Girl with the Pink Toolbelt

I get so many questions and statements and opinions (soooooooooo many opinions) on why I write my blog, I figured it’s time to answer some of them.  I’ll be straight right now, you’re gonna get honesty from me here.   I started writing my blog originally because I’m out here in Indiana and my family and the majority of my friends are not.  They have not and probably will not ever visit me here and therefore will never see my house.  It started out as “Look at how I decorated my brand new, empty house” to “Look at what I’ve changed/built/created/etc.” just so that those people could see where I live because they more than likely will never step foot inside.  I have never, nor will I ever, care if anyone outside of that circle reads my blog.  I don’t want to get paid for it.  There isn’t a company looking to sponsor a girl in middle-America who does semi-decent DIY that swears far too much.  I’m not DIY Blogger friendly.  I don’t want p...

Has it really been since October that I've posted about the sun room?  Or in general?  Jesus!  I guess when I think about it- it turned cold outside and winter has lasted for 947 years.  So there really was no way to be out there working when it was negative hell outside.  But I've done a ton of stuff in the room the last few months, I just haven't gotten to the posting part of it.   So sit down and kick your feet up.  I'm about to give you at least 7 minutes worth of reading.  Last time we chatted about the sun room it looked like this- the floor was down, the ceiling was up and the walls had the first layer of plywood up. The goal was to have the room finished by end of spring.  I got an early start the beginning of March.  The sun was out and it was what you could consider slightly warmer out.  I jumped at the opportunity to get the wall boards outside and painted.  I had gotten a Wagner paint sprayer and th...