I’m nesting. Now, don’t get any funny ideas. I’m too old to be having a baby. Sadly, I’m not even getting a new puppy or kitten. No, I’m preparing for surgery. On June 16 I will have ankle surgery.
In the meantime, I’m painting my kitchen. I started this project a year ago, and I got one wall painted. But then I got to the walls that had wallpaper on them, and things stalled. I removed some of it. Some of the wallpaper had already begun to come off on its own. We had a dog who had also taken some off. However, the rest of it clung to the wall like there was no tomorrow. I scraped. I scored it. I sprayed the stuff on it that “guaranteed” it would come off. I soaked it. I steamed it. Still there were large sections of the wallpaper that just would not budge. I gave up.
Early this spring a wise woman asked me about the progress in my kitchen. She suggested that I hire someone to remove the wallpaper. That was a novel thought to me. I had already asked our handyman, and he laughed at me. I told every person who had checked in on the progress of the kitchen that they could come over and help remove wallpaper, and they laughed at me. I didn’t think there was anyone who would remove it.
I searched online and found a painting company that would do it. When the man came to give an estimate, he said it was a small job that would probably only take an hour. When the day came to remove it, it took 2 workers over 3 hours to get it off. And I felt vindicated that I hadn’t made much progress.
Since that day, I have been happily painting away whenever I get a chance. My goal is to complete the project before surgery. One day when I was painting, I thought about the last time I did a major painting project. The month before I had my knee replaced, I painted our bedroom. So, this apparently has become one of the ways I nest before surgery.
It will be nice to have the kitchen completed and to have the ankle fixed. Blessings on all your projects!
Pastor Beth
