poser big mac

waiting for work to catch up with me - - don't worry, it will - -

in the meantime - another story about the house.
i have chemically enhanced sinus gunk flowing BURNING the back of my throat like acid from the work we did yesterday. it started with washing the walls in the "play" room. I washed ONE - one span of about 5 feet from top to bottom - wall and my bucket of TSP had gone from cloudy white/clear to the color of root beer - - with a stench something akin to dog pee in an ashtray.
i'm not kidding. the color of root beer.
after that we painted the second coat of primer on the dining room. this went fairly smoothly.
and then - - sigh - - the primer in the play room.
after three washes and a rinse, the walls were still covered in enough nicotine that the white primer turned orange. as if that's not enough - - try mixing kilz 2 (the latex version) and nicotine fumes IN YOUR LUNGS at close range. by the time we were ready to leave the first coat to dry last night i didn't know whether to throw up or pass out... and felt inclined to do both.

instead we came home and made dinner and i vowed that today, after work, we'll be going grocery shopping, spending some quality time with the baby, and making dinners that can go from freezer to oven or freezer to crock pot for the rest of the week.

p.s. - - i was FOOLISHLY optimistic. to date the living room, dining room, and kitchen are primed to the point of being able to accept paint. the play room and study have first coats of primer. the hall/stairs to the upstairs, and all of the upstairs rooms are not even spackled/sanded (nor is the back entry and stairs to basement). we have ordered appliances, and should be able to order flooring sometime this week. the downstairs toilet is out so that we can paint unimpeded and put in the new peel and sticks. tomorrow after work is going to be another busy day.