Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Doors

No, not Jim Morrison's band, although I do love their music. This is far more mundane.

There are 18 doors in my house. Each side of a door takes about 30 minutes to paint, give or take. And each door needs two coats of paint to look really nice. See where I am going with this?  That is 2,140 minutes of painting or 36 HOURS!!! I don't even want to think about the trim. And now you know why I am going crazy. Or maybe I'm already there and just don't know it!

"When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name..."

Um, yeah.


Sunday, February 20, 2011

Hello...My Name is Lisa, and I am a PAINTER!

It is 8 a.m. and I am already painting...what is wrong with me???  I certainly feel like I need a 12 step program. Or I am going to end up in one because of all this painting! The good news is we are making progress. Yesterday, in addition to me painting all day, we got the new shower door in the master bath installed. We should be a lot closer to having this house done by the end of the weekend.

And then, I get to paint this room at the new house:




Yep, definitely gonna need that 12 step program.

Hugs & Stitches,

Thursday, February 17, 2011

What I'm Working On...

Not much besides packing....LOL! I am participating in a Block of the Month by Jan Patek Quilts. It is her "Bible Quilt" which is a quilt I have always loved. It is very folk artsy, with applique and a little bit of embroidery. So far I have received the first block but I have not started it yet.

Here's a picture of the completed quilt:


Also working on the blocks for our next raffle quilt. I totally screwed one up the other night. It was a no sharp object day and I dared to pick up scissors. Sigh.

Hugs & Stitches!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

New House and Other News!

I know it's been a long while since I've posted...life has been a bit crazy at the 'Berger house! We found out the day after Thanksgiving that Kelcey and Ryan are expecting. It is pretty exciting, because we will have two new grandbabies within two months! The kids will live with us until they get on their feet. We knew we were going to need a bigger house and had intended to start looking in the "spring". Well, Joe got transferred to another minesite (same company) which is the opposite direction of our current house. Fast forward the move! We actually bought the very first house we toured. Here is a link to the virtual tour:

http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-327440.html

It is a beautiful home on some acreage. We have wanted some space for a while now. The views are phenomenal. The very best thing is that there is very little home improvement to be done. Maybe I will actually have time to make baby quilts!