Monday, August 6, 2018

It's Been Awhile...

I haven't forgotten about y'all (or the blog!), I promise :).  Progress has been very slow though, due to injuring myself and the tile behaving badly.  I have gotten this far putting it down:



Terrazzo is a pain and I can understand why people just put carpet down over it.  I have scrubbed it, sanded it, roughed it up and still have issues with the mortar not sticking as well as it should.  For the most part I think it will be okay.  I have already determined that if a strong hurricane comes along and I get water inside again I am having someone else come to redo the tile/painting.  This is my last time!

I finally have all of the dining/living room and most of the hallway painted.  I still have to pick a color for the bedroom and the main bathroom but after those two are done painting is officially over and I can move on to the fun stuff, like decorating, which I will admit I am no good at.  I have no sense of style, plus I am a minimalist when it comes to displaying things (I hate cleaning, so the less I have to clean the better!).  I would like to have something on at least one wall and a lamp that looks a bit stylish.  Maybe a couple pillows, but that would be it.  I want it to look nice, but not bare.

Birding during the Summer here sucks, so I haven't gotten any new pics to share with you :(.  Starting around mid-September is when we start seeing an uptick in activity and that's when I start heading out.  So hang in there, bird pics will be on the way soon :).