The past 2 weekends had a lot of work being accomplished.  Firstly, on Saturday, 24 Oct, the cabinet installation was completed.  All the crown moulding was installed, the drawers were adjusted and now Toby is happy.  While they were working on the cabinets, Pop and I were doing more prep for paint work.  We used a lot of caulking and spackle.  Pop bought really nifty spackle.  This stuff is pink when it goes on, but turns white when it is dry.  You don’t have to wonder if your patch is dry.  My fingers were sore from smoothing the caulking.
Sunday, Toby and I painted the color of the main rooms.  Lucy wanted to help as well.  She started off with the roller, then moved to the brush and finally became the project photographer.

The Wagner TurboRoll that we are using is awesome.  As the pictures above show, even a 5 year old can be a painter.  But seriously, this short video is truth!  But what the video doesn’t tell you is that this thing takes a looooong time to clean up.  We had plans to have dinner with our friends and watch the Angels vs. Yankees ball game (on Sunday because Saturday was rained out), but I was late because I wanted to finish a couple of walls.  Then I was even later because I ended up cleaning it in the dark!  I got to dinner just before the wheels came off the Angles bus in the 8th inning and watched them lose.  🙁  The TurboRoll really does cut down on paint time and effort, but watch out for the cleaning overhead.