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Good mid(ish)- September Friday to you.  I hope your week felt short and your flop sweat was minimal.  We never seem to be rewarded with two cool weeks in a row so it was back to poopie temps and we'll be tipping 90 this weekend which I am none too pleased about.  Once you throw me two 70's days in a row, it's time to retire the summer temps.  Dems da rules. I got a few things done this week like steaming the curtains which made them drop about 1/2" but thankfully not drag the floor.  I finally got the dead flat I ordered from some chick on Etsy after she sent me the wrong thing initially and it took two weeks to get the right thing.  I don't know about you but if I sent someone the wrong thing initially and made them have to drive to the post office to return my mistake, I'd be refunding some money or expediting their shipping on the right box.  So I've got my two coats on the newel post after doing a little touch up on a spot I didn't see originally....
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Sofa City Sweetheart Weekend Recap

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I hope you had a great weekend and Happy Halloween to you.  Doesn't mean anything in these parts since they don't seem to trick or treat around here anymore so if you get lil goblins on your door, enjoy them for those of us who don't get any.

We worked on the "two steps forward forty steps back" project last week and this weekend- aka bedroom remodel.

On Wednesday, we installed our drywall for the bottom half of the wall project and did our own soundproofing with Green Glue.  



It was a massive pain in the butt working with 1/4" drywall as it doesn't cut well and is fragile to work with.  I will say we've already noticed a major difference as far as sound dampening so we're keeping our fingers crossed with full on results.  It takes 30-45 days for it to completely cure to it's maximum soundproofing potential but my Lord the fumes coming off of that stuff was horrible.  Given I'm very sensitive to smells, that meant 

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I was hoping by the weekend it would dissipate but no such luck and there is definitely no sleep going on when I have to bunk on the couch.  It's that kind of sleep that you swear you didn't get any but you know you weren't awake for a full 8 hours.

We had a huge list of stuff we wanted to get done and all seemed well on it's way to being a very productive weekend.  Let's just say the initial mud and taping didn't go as planned so we had to backtrack and start over.  As that was happening, I noticed that the grout I thought I was done with looked like a giant turd and I would be spending the weekend fighting with it.

The only thing on our original list that actually got done was the taping/mudding and priming.


It's an utter show de la shite over here.

In between real life horror shows, we got in some horror movies to round out schpooky season.

How was your weekend?


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  1. The Mr.October 31, 2022 at 6:48 AM

    Happy Hallloween! I am glad we managed to get our horror movie watching in despite DIY projects. Those pics are horrific actually but we managed to get a halfway decent wall up if you ask me, lol.

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  2. Momof3,Grandmaof4October 31, 2022 at 1:27 PM

    Happy Halloween! Renovations are my nightmare, never smooth going!

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  3. WoodsyOctober 31, 2022 at 2:24 PM

    Real life horror shows, indeed! That was a naked-stuck-in-a-room-with-a-porcupine kind of weekend you had. I was thrilled to read that you are already noticing a difference in sound with your wall though. THAT is very encouraging considering you still have another month+ of curing to go. I can't wait to hear how it sounds (or doesn't sound!) in another month.
    Weekend was good with half work and half rest and house stuff. This morning I lugged 6 bins/bags of books and 1 big box of decorative plates in the basement then set off on two trips back and forth from the storage unit with dresser drawers, boxes, and folding table and chairs. Twenty-four times up and down the stairs and I called it quits (or should say my knees did). I took a shower and aside from blinking and answering the door with candy in my hands (only one of those is liking to happen), I'm done for the day. Tomorrow I'll work on hauling more stuff downstairs.
    Happy Halloweenie!!

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