The dust has settled...

I wish I could say this picture is of all the sand we tromped in from being at the beach. But, of course, that is so not true...especially in sunny Ohio! Kevin patched up all the drywall that was damaged from the wallpaper removal. Then, came the sanding. 2 very long days of sanding. My house was covered in dust and sand. Like Kevin said, the only room in the house that did not get dirty was the garage. So, Sunday evening was spent washing the floor, banister, kitchen counters, etc...if you could have taken a hose to the inside of our house, I would have so done it!

We at least have all the hard work behind us. Keegan and I now have the job of priming all the walls for the next two days. Kevin then will prime the upper walls on the 21' ladder.

The one interesting thing about this project is watching Keegan entertain himself. He frequently will climb up the stairs, crawl into his room and start paging through his books. He also likes to open up his drawers and throw out his clothes onto the floor. He really likes spending time playing in his room...and I am glad, because we spent so much time getting that room ready for him. It is really neat to see Keegan enjoying it...

Daugherty Family 1 : Foyer 0

There were so many ideas for the title of this blog. Like, "Why", "Are You Kidding", "Are We There Yet"! But, in the end, the wallpaper lost and we won! All the wallpaper is finally off of our foyer walls. For those who have seen our foyer, you understand what an undertaking this project was.
Of the four step process, the first, and hopefully the worst, is over! Only three more steps until our foyer is complete.

Kevin was the brave soul and spent most of the entire day on the 21 foot ladder! I spent the day handing him the items he needed and entertaining Keegan. Oh yeah, Keegan not only played but supervised dad when he was up on the ladder. Thank you Keegan!!

Do not worry though...Keegan did not work too hard. He thought climbing the pile of wallpaper was pretty cool!

Winter Project 2010

We, or should I say I, have decided to start yet another home renovation project. We have painted every room in our house, except for our 2 story foyer. Well, I for some reason had the urge to begin the long and tedious process of wallpaper removal this weekend. I searched high and low for the newest wallpaper removal gadgets, and found a really good product. Just this weekend we have removed about 40% of the wallpaper. Our goal is to have it all down in the next couple of weeks. Then comes the drywall repair, then the primer, then painting. Okay, why I am doing this?!?!?

Oh, the places you will go!!!

I recently saw the Ellen show and one of her guests was Paris Hilton. Paris was talking about all the party invites she had for New Years Eve...you know, Las Vegas, Paris, L.A.. I remember thinking..."Wow, I can not imagine that life!" Turns out...we got a lot of invites for the New Year and went to all of them. We went to 4 different cities during our 3 day holiday weekend. We traveled to see old friends, family friends, neighbors, and of course we traveled to see Keegan's girlfriend, Abby. Here is the happy couple:

Five months ago, we spent the Fourth of July with Abby and her family. Man...how things change over a 5 month period!

We could not think of a better way to ring in the 2010 year. We had so many blessings in 2009 and can not wait for even more wonderful times this year!