I have been a bad bad blogger

Hello everyone! I want to start out by saying I am really sorry for being away for so long things have been super crazy around here. We were dealing with all of the end of the year stuff with the kids, and many other things including dealing with a stroke my mother in law which I will get into in another post. I also have been working on a huge project that seems like it is never going to end.  It all started when I got a idea (you all know how dangerous these can be) and decided that I was going to paint the paneling in the living room. I had no idea how much primer it would soak up and how long it would take to just paint one section with the primer.  After over a month I am still working on getting the whole room painted, I didn't realize how big the living room was till now LOL.

So this is what I started with the paneling isn't too dark but with no real windows in the living room it makes the room much darker than I like. I went and looked for colors for several days and got several testers. When I found the colors I wanted I started priming and priming and priming some more. Let me tell you this is enough to discourage a girl.

Finally it looked like it wasn't going to soak in anymore and we were ready to start this thing. This wall alone took over a week between the priming and painting. Oh yeah and when I said there were no real windows, I do have these three windows and a door that lead into my sun room which is where we get our light form. I have lots more to go and on it and have more to share with different parts of the living room. I will be adding those in the next couple of days. I still have about half of the living room to prime and paint but I am really loving how it is turning out so far.

I also have several other projects to share in the coming weeks along with a fun surprise. I wanted to thank everyone of my followers for sticking it out with me  and promise to not be absent like this again.