First of all, I have to do this – Hi Shawn! **waving** We miss you!

OK, so I had to give a shout out to Shawn, who is very, very far away, but yet took the time to leave Neal such a supportive message on my blog. And yes, I know I’m a sorry ass, haha. Thanks for reminding me.

Anyway, this weekend made me feel like a slave driver. I made plans a while ago to hang out  Saturday with Andi and some friends at her mom’s house. Neal’s parents still came up to help out with the attic. I helped do some work in the attic in the morning, which involved sanding. I left around 12:30, and could barely see Neal and his parents while saying goodbye because of the cloud of drywall dust in the room. I felt like such a schmuck. But I had been looking forward to hanging with the girls since we made the plans, and didn’t want to cancel. So I slunk out of the house. I felt like I was playing hooky, haha. I can’t thank Neal’s parents enough. Home improvement definitely doesn’t bring out the best in me, but yet they still come up every weekend to show us what to do. Amazing.

Anyway, Friday night, Neal and I primed the ceiling so that Neal’s mom could show him how to do venetian plaster. I came home from a relaxing day at the pool to find the room completely sanded and remudded, and Neal finishing up the first coat of plaster on the ceiling. It was awesome. They also put up the molding on the walls separating the slanted walls from the regular walls.

Here is the plaster. It was very hard to take a picture of.

And here are some of the sanded walls and molding, which we will prime and paint.

Woooo hooo!

So, what’s left? We need to prime the walls (two coats), finish the plaster, and then paint! Carpet goes in next, and then we’ll put up the baseboard and trim. We bought our ceiling fan today, which we’ll install once the ceiling is done. We’re almost there! I’m already plotting how I’m going to decorate it. I think I’m going to utilize some of the flower shots I’ve taken with my camera and hang those up around the room.

We had to purchase our last bit of stupid drywall today, and Simone was definitely the most excited about the purchase, haha.

HAHA! I love that cat. I do feel really bad about neglecting the cats. Neal and I and the kitties took a nap today, which was really enjoyable for everyone. The cats love naptime, and they like when we nap with them. It’s also probably my favorite thing to do as well.

I’ll have some more flower pics later this week. And I really need to start cooking again! I haven’t really been cooking dinner, because I’ve been working on the attic after work every day. Once this stinkin’ attic is done, I can get my life back! Aaahhhh!