NEED LESS PROJECT Underway!

This week began in earnest our, what will heretofore be called, NEED LESS PROJECT! We have worked all last week on painting and siding our garage. Yes, it's cold here, so that is why we are painting inside and hanging the painted siding outside. It does present some issues that will have to be addressed later such as painting all the scratches and nails. It still looks better than Tyvek! It's also much easier to paint horizontally as opposed to vertically!

Oh yes! I have been pushed into the realm of power tool usage. It's a little daunting to use something that can saw my leg off, but I'm fortunate to have a very safety minded teacher. As you can tell below, we have opted to forgo the "ladder of death" in favor of a slightly better option of a real extension ladder. It's still scary to me, but my fearless leader is undaunted.

In case you were wondering, this is our garage "loft" that happens to have a 12/12 pitch. That's really really really steep. We still have to put on the soffits, but all in good time!
On an inside note, we have also been working on redoing our spare bedroom. It's a tiny little room that just fits a bed and a dresser. It really needed some work. Talk about selling to motivate one to fix things up! We figure if we don't sell, we'll have an incredibly nice place!

Seriously. People post signs like this up here. We can't quite figure out if 1st grade exists or if the meth use just eliminates that year from people's brains. Don't make fun. You have these people in your neck of the woods, too!