Patience!!!!!

I am still coming to terms with the fact that patience is the understanding that things will happen naturally as they should and I must have respect for the process.  Forcing things will only serve to disrupt the natural flow and I do believe that my best interest will be accommodated.  Also, doing things the right way will lead to the best results.  Often times the right way may take longer or require more effort, but I would rather be happier in the long run than satiate laziness.  I have been going to the house quite frequently to do the things that I feel need to be done but are time consuming.  Yesterday my Mom and I had a couple tasks at hand.  First was to clean out the basement.  There really wasn't that much stuff in there but it was quite dirty.  Before vacuuming the floor, I vacuumed the ceiling, which is actually the floor of the house, to remove all the creepy cobwebs.  I also needed to organize what was down there and make room for me to continue painting the kitchen cabinet doors.  We got there about 9:30am and cleaned until 12, took an hour lunch break and then finished up cleaning/painting by about 4...that's a LOT of sweeping!!  Actually, sweeping will really only pick up a certain about of dust and I needed it super clean so that my drying cabinet doors wouldn't get dusty.  Also, I wanted all of the stuff we were working on to be out of the way of the contractors; the last thing I want is to get on their nerves being in the way.

So we are finished painting the cabinets...just need to polyurethane them in a few days...want to make sure they have time to dry completely.

This is the way I have been painting the doors...paint the sides and the front first; then hang them to paint the back.  A nail/screw is used to hold it for stabilizing while it's being painted.  Cup holders are used on the edge that's not seen once hung on the cabinet to hang it for painting.  After hanging overnight, I move them to the canvas drop cloth to dry further.  Since I can really only do 3 at a time this is a lengthy process, but I feel is worth taking my time with so that I have the best results possible.  It is recommended that the doors be left off for at least a week after painting to make sure they don't stick.

Here is another look at the almost completed vanity...I really can't wait for the bathroom to be done.  It's going to be so cute!!

Of course we have to sand between coats...the roller brushes had a really bad problem of shedding...so annoying - painting tip I just found out...use masking tape to pull off the loose fibers :)

So at my last trip to Home Depot, we were daydreaming, which happens quite often, and we ran across this carpet!!!  I love the textured look and this has inspired me to look for one that has animal print (although this looks really close).  The third floor (my room) won't be completed in this portion of the remodeling process due to time, but next year it's a GO!!!  Good thing I have 4 other bedrooms to choose from :)