Thursday night I got home ready to work on the house only to find a large bag of roasted chiles waiting to be peeled. A happy belly all year long is the result of buying chile at the end of the summer and filling freezer with little ziploc bags of ready to eat goodness. However, we nearly missed out because we couldn't really bring home chiles to freeze without a freezer.
Last week we got the floor waxed and then sort of polished - enough to move in the freezer anyway. So having brought home the chile, Thomas got things ready to move in the freezer. We got it in and running and then peeled the night away!
He had already put in his 40 hours for the week, so Friday he hung drywall in the mudroom, as well as a lot of other work. Next up - the cabinets, shelving, or other layout for the mudroom walls! I had come up with a plan, was encouraged to revise it using the leftover kitchen cabinets, was also told we would just get more at Habitat, and then had sour grapes when none of these plans were accepted. Ah well...after a good night's rest and some time to mull over the options (primary parameter being that it needed to be completed the next morning, which meant materials in hand), Thomas and I devised an acceptable plan for both of us.
Saturday we cleaned up and hung the cabinets right off the bat. This was to Tom's liking, so he wouldn't have to texture the area behind them. While he textured the spot behind the washing machine, I mixed paint - using some of the yellow from the house, I added some of my craft paint to warm it up a little - more complimentary with the floor. I was able to paint the wall behind the washer and dryer, so he could install them on Sunday while I was at youth group. Plus, this morning I was able to paint the north and west walls before work, which he textured Sunday, too.
There's still the ceiling and east wall to paint, but it is looking good! And it sure is nice to have clean socks and undies!
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