Painting, Day two

A long and busy day, today.  My angel of a brother brought us a new nozzle for the pressure washer, and it was so much better and faster, so he pressure-washed half the house today and finished what of the foundation I didn't get to.  Bless his heart!  What a difference a nozzle makes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   We were blessed all around with a great crew today.  Shanda did KP again today for us, including some delicious spaghetti for supper.  She also did alot of clean-up and plant detail.  Stephen was on the construction crew and scraped and scraped and scraped some more.  He did a lot of other stuff too, including moving a pile of junk and building materials off the porch. . . .   My dad came up again and spent most of the day doing a million helpful things, including replacing siding, caulking, pressure washing, hauling, etc., etc., etc.   Randy and Marina came mid-afternoon and spent til the wee hours of the morning working.  Marina helped me clean the windows, tape them, put on a coat of primer on the porch, and helped us finish cleaning off the porch, and clean up yard debris as well. (She can straddle a ladder with the best of them, let me tell you -- all the way to the top :~)   She also made a late-night run to Wal-Mart with me.  Randy was on construction detail.  He and Shane replaced siding, put a door on the bathroom upstairs, primed the dormer, and  probably some other stuff I don't even know about.    Janet came late afternoon and helped with the primer on the porch and also helped Shanda with supper KP.  Paul came later (after working a full shift on his own job. . . ) and primed and primed and primed.   Shane has worked like a mule all day, and as I write it's almost 1:30 AM and he's just getting his shower as I write.  He's been on construction detail all day, plus hauling Dale up to pressure wash the top part of the house, and scraping and priming the front dormer.    Mama (who's recuperating still from her surgery . . . and she's been sick all week with a nasty stomach virus. . .) came up and helped with supper KP, and brought us paper plates (Christmas ones. . .so we had Christmas in August. . .we also ate salad tonight off "Happy Birthday" plates. . . .oh well.    We all sat down together and ate supper.  It was a long crowded, but very blessed table and we appreciate everyone's help so very much. . . We are very grateful and accomplished a great deal today.   The front wall of the front dormer is ready for lavender and white paint (No, I'm sorry to disappoint "everyone" but we are not leaving it white. . .some people got excited when they saw the primer, thinking we had gone normal or something. . . .what were THEY thinking??????  Of course it's still going to be lavender. . . .we've always been the "purple house on Peacock Rd. . . ."  it's our destiny :~) LOL)   The front wall of the porch is cleaned, primed, taped and ready for it's real coats as well.  The porch is devoid of it's previous storage inhabitants and is looking really beautiful.  the pressure washing is complete, and we were able to actually pressure wash most of the walls of the house.  Some had already been scraped and we didn't want to have to wait to let them dry, so we're letting them be. . . . Many siding boards have been replaced, much scraping has been done, plants have been dug up and moved and the upstairs bathroom now has a working door.   Tomorrow's goal is to get the front porch wall completed, finish replacing boxing, siding, etc., get primer and first coat on as much of the rest of the house as possible, and scrape the porch railings and prime them, if time allows.  We're expecting several more people tomorrow in addition to Randy and Marina (who are spending the night in order to help us 2 days. . . bless their souls.) and Shanda and Stephen and maybe my dad.   Today was a great day, we are blessed people, and we love you all and still covet your prayers.  BTW, the weather was perfect today ...even slightly cooler thanks to that tremendous storm last night (which was over just in time for us to get up and get busy!)   Say your prayers for us tomorrow, Sunday and Monday -- we have a lot left to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Blessings and love, Tonnye   BTW, I worked today too.  I just realized I left myself out.  I actually started my day doing some laundry, dishes and vacuuming, since life must go on in the midst of construction.  I also had a very "exciting" trip up in the LIFT to the upper dormer.  (For those of you who know how I feel about heights, you'll understand why it was exciting.  the rest of you will simply have to use your imagination. :~) Luckily it was a short-lived trip, since Shane didn't have the board he needed, so I was pardoned, and Stephen came up in time to take my place (Bless him!)   I pressure washed again today, getting incredibly dirty and nasty.. . . .I also  gophered for everyone helping "I need a brush, a sponge, the caulk gun, some nails,. . . I scrubbed windows and shutters, helped clean off the porch and helped with KP off and on all day.  I may have done some other stuff too, but at this point I'm too tired to remember, so I'll say "Good night"