Painting Update, aug 13

Yesterday (Tuesday) Andrew came to help again, and my dad.  I took the day to work on the inside and catch up on some housework that was really mounting.   We also did a run to town later in the day for some supplies we need to finish up (including 2 more boxes of caulk [in addition to the 2 boxes which are almost gone. . . .].)  Still Daddy got some siding replaced and tightened.  Shane and Andrew worked on the Eastern kitchen wall.  It is caulked and mostly primed now.  We also rented the lift for another week, as there is still too much high work for us to do without it.  Yesterday, however, the sprayer rebelled. . . .Shane fought with it off and on all day.  Finally when we got back from town, he grabbed a bucket of primer and a brush and went to the kitchen wall with that.   Last night the rain started -- and hasn't stopped yet -- it has rained ALL day.  We need the rain, but I wish we could have finished our painting first.  I have spent the day working on an article for our local newspaper which is due Sept. 1.  Shane has tried to work on his college class for the fall that he'll be teaching, but was having some "technial difficulties", so he's been out on the porch most of the day fighting with the sprayer.  Hopefully he'll get it up and running so that when it dries up (maybe tomorrow?????) we can get back to the painting.   The break feels nice, but I hope it doesn't set us back too far.  We're running out of time before school starts back, and we were hoping to be finished with this project, especially since there are so many more waiting. . . ..  Oh well -- we'll just continue working until it's done.  We've come a long way, thanks to all the help and prayers from our friends and family.   Blessings, Tonnye