Not much of a holiday weekend for us!

I'm ready to go back to WORK!!  We decided to leave Chili at the rent house today to rest . . . he's kind of annoying under you feet all the time, and then the ride to and from he gets WAY too excited. 

So, we went straight to the house today and took some quick measurements, and then went to Lowe's for another BIG purchase.  3 doors (bedroom, master bath, and entry closet), 96 feet of baseboards, 96 feet of crown molding (hopefully this trim will be enough for the master and entry way, with some to spare).  Door hardware, hinges, plug cover plates, switch plates (all for master and entry way), 4 more gallons of wall paint for the hobby room and guest bedroom, new AC vents for master and entry, entry way light, door hinge template jig, and a couple other miscellaneous things.  Here's the truck all loaded down when we got back to the house.

So, while Robert tackled the painting, I thought I'd tackle mowing the front yard.  Since I had fertilized, it was growing pretty fast.  I started on the side with the retaining wall next to our neighbors house.  I was mowing along the wall (push mower, not riding), and the wall gave way when I stepped on it. I fell 5 feet on the neighbors concrete ... On my ASS! I scraped up my elbow and leg, but I can't sit down straight. Thank GOD the mower didn't fall with me!! If I feel the same or worse tomorrow, I'm gonna go get checked out to make sure I didn't break my tailbone.  I was VERY freaked out . . . more from the thought that the mower could have fallen with me, than the pain of falling.  I had to walk all the way down to the street, and then up the driveway to get inside.

Soooooo . . . after I calmed down, and realized that I was still alive and that it actually hurt too much to sit down, I figured I might as well finish mowing (I had just started with this happened).  I pushed towards the wall instead of along the wall . . . and will from now on!!

I asked Robert if we could just tack up the crown molding, and lay the baseboards against the wall to see what they look like.  LOVE!!

Here's the painting Robert worked on today . . . he still needs to cut in the top and bottom.

 

 Robert wanted me to take a picture of the stove top and cord that aren't working to see if we can figure out how to fix them . . . 

 End of the stove top cord.

 Underneath the stovetop.

 So after the traumatic day, and us looking REALLY crappy . . . we said "who cares" and stopped at Taco Cabana for nachos and a DRINK!!!  Now I need a pain pill . . .