I'm on a union break right now. Matt and I made a morning run down to Home Despot in Meridian to get more primer and paint so that we can keep going on our wood paneling tear-down project.
We've decided to attack the hallway next. It runs from the living room to the other bedrooms and bathroom, and it's quite a dark area. Once the paneling is pulled down, we have to clean underneath it. The people who lived here before were chain smokers (I think I've mentioned this before) and most of the drywall and other surfaces in our house have needed a layer of nicotine cleaned off them. It's pretty friggin' vile, and I was amazed and yet not really surprised when we got the first pieces of paneling down and discovered that familiar orange ick underneath.
Matt has gone to a firearms qualifier, lucky devil. All the game wardens have to go shoot several different firearms a couple of times a year to stay qualified and tonight is his night. That means I'm home alone, trying to remove trimwork from doorways (via the hammer and screwdriver method). Hence the break. This is what happens when you leave me unsupervised--I take a lot of breaks.
Maybe the next time I post an entry, it will be pictures of our new, improved hallway. I can't wait to get my hands into some spackle...