Need an excuse to stay home and write? Just tackle a home project!
That worked for me this week when we finally had our nasty, God-knows-how-old, smells-like-a-barn carpet ripped out. Goodbye dust mites, hello sawdust! Did you know that it takes a lot of sanding to prepare hardwood floors for staining?
It’s a good thing, too, because it gave me lots of time for writing. While babysitting the workers I was trapped in the kitchen and dining room – unable to access and clean the bathrooms as I’d planned. So I edited and wrote. For four hours straight! I can’t remember when that ever happened. It was wonderful.
Now I’m daydreaming of having our bedrooms and hallways painted, gutting a boring linen closet and replacing it with an antique armoire, remodeling bathrooms, raising ceilings, ripping out a faux brick wall – the list goes on. And thank goodness too. I have a book to finish!
Now…which vendor should I call next?
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