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It has been a long while since I have posted, but I have been busy.

I have been painting our living room, hallway, and entryway while C5 was at Dance Camp and we had rainy weather. It pays to take advantage of all of the help you can get when you can get it! I wanted to get the project finished in one week because, in our house, it often takes eons to finish painting. We have been painting our family room for two years now with no end in sight! I am finished with all but one portion of a wall that spurred the painting project in the first place.

It all started when A2 decided to “decorate” the wall with a black ball point pen. She didn’t just scribble a little bit either. She colored the entire length of the wall and as high up as she could reach. I thought that it would be easy enough to cover the ink with a couple of layers of paint. Silly me! The ink keeps bleeding through the paint even though I have seven layers over that section! We finally bought a fancy primer that is supposed to cover everything including mold and mildew. I hope that it does the trick with this, too. I have long lost interest in that project!

Now I just have to paint our school room. I’m taking a break from that for a bit, though, and hoping my budding Picasso doesn’t find another wall to decorate…