One year ago, Tom and I bought our first house. It needed some minor fixing — tacky wallpaper in the dining room and kitchen needed to go, wallpaper in the downstairs half-bath needed to go, the kitchen cabinets are old and dated, and the master bedroom is painted with a hideous neon yellow. To rectify these four things was my priority.

And so I began. Wallpaper in the dining room was ripped down and replaced with a neutral taupe wall color, and earth-toned accents of various reds and greens were introduced. The dining room is connected to the kitchen, so the dated cabinets and horrid wallpaper was still visible. In the meantime, we had also removed the wallpaper in the downstairs half-bath, but nothing else had done.

This has all been sitting, unfinished, for the past year.

Now, I could give you plenty of excuses as to why this wasn’t finished but none are really that good. What I will say is that sometimes it’s hard to get this stuff done because my wonderful husband always has a comment about everything and those comments are always negative. So when I start work, I already feel the oppressive comments of Eyore, the Agent of Negativity.

This morning, Agent Eyore is stuck upstairs on the computer, on a conference call with his coworkers. He will probably be there all weekend.

Now’s my chance. It is now 10:55am. I have showered and dressed. I have a big cup of coffee and a granola bar. The primer has been opened and stirred, and is waiting for me to pour it into the paint tray. The bathroom will get primered. Next, I have already started unloading some of the dishes from some of the cabinets. Crap is everywhere. I still have to pick out the worship for tomorrow and email the bulletin to my pastor, but I think that should wait. Time is of the essence and I must get this stuff done before Agent Eyore spots me.

More updates to come. Will edit this post with my progress.

Edit: 11:08am Agent Eyore came out of the computer room. I quickly shut the bathroom door behind me and he never saw what I was doing. He didn’t even notice that I have primer all over my arms. Speaking of which, he will probably be pretty mad when he finds out I was using the laptop while covered in primer. Cats are staring at me from the doorway, looking at me like I’m some sort of alien.

More updates to come.

Edit: 11:45am Almost finished with primer in the bathroom. Agent Eyore was reading his blogger during a conference call and caught me. Also does not like being referred to as “Agent Eyore.” I don’t think he’s figured out my master plan, so for now I am safe. Going to take a break and get tomorrow’s worship set done. More updates to come.

Edit: 3:50pm I had to go dark for a couple of hours. At first, I thought Agent Eyore was on to me, but I was able to divert his attention elsewhere. After I went out and got him a large sub, he seemed satisfied and returned to the computer room. Mission progress: I have removed the kitchen cabinet doors that face the dining room and have given everything a good coat of primer, except for two cabinet doors. Will give a second coat of primer in a few minutes. Will provide more updates later.

Edit: 5:40 Primer in the bathroom and kitchen is complete. Paint is scheduled for tomorrow… woo!