117 of 365...That Was Easy

If you're my Facebook friend or any kind of friend to me, you will know that this tearing down wallpaper project has been a bit off a....challenge (to say the least).

It all started 4 years ago (almost to the day that I'm writing this). There was a little piece of wallpaper pulling up and I had been contemplating taking it down and redecorationg so I thought, "What the heck? I'll just take it down and get this done in no time." That summer my brother and his then girlfriend were coming into town for a week or so. My goal was to get the whole hallway finished by the time they came for their visit.

Here's just a little glimpse of everything thing that has happened in that 4 years:

My brother and his girlfriend broke up right after that visit. He has since married a wonderful and beautiful young lady. He is now in the Army and starting a new life with his wife.

Older Drama Queen has had an eardrum transplant and using a hearing aid. She has lost all of her baby teeth. Graduated from elementary school and is now going into 8th grade. Went from wearing a size 3 shoe in youth size to wearing a size 9 shoe in women's size. She is about 5'2" (taller than me). Recently got two bar bell cartilage piercings. I won't even mention the bra size...LOL

Little Drama Queen was in preschool when this project started. She is now going into 4th grade. At the time, she hand no hand/eye coordination. Last week she received all sorts of gymnastics awards for the year. Oh...and this will really tell you how long this project lasted...4 years ago she couldn't even open a box of Pop Tarts. Not only can she open a box now, she can stick them in the toaster...LOL

Geek Book is on his second iPhone. He has acquired an iPad, network routers, a new laptop, desktop, Apple TV, 52" flat screen TV, Playstation 3, upgraded from a regular DVD player to a Blu Ray player.

Diva quit Myspace and found Facebook. Has gone through many hair colors and hair styles. Received a promotion at work. Went from wearing a size 8 to a size...you guess. Has also gone through 2 iPhones, 2 Kindles, 2 iPods, acquired an iPad, new laptop, 2 cameras.

Our family has welcomed 2 kittens in our home. Had to make the difficult decision to have our dog of 11 years put to sleep after an extended illness. There have been two baby nieces born in the family. 5 very close family members have passed away.

So last weekend the wallpaper was all torn down. I primed the walls and painted the walls that had wallpaper on them. At one point during the process I thought, "That was easy." Why did it take me so long to get this wallpaper off. Procastination perhaps? Lack of wanting to put forth any effort in making my home nice? Depression? Scared of what I would find underneath the wallpaper? Probably a little bit of all of the above.

The point of this blog is don't let things slow you down for 4 years. If you keep prolonging the inevitable then it causes so much unnecessary stress. Life is going to go on with or without you and it's how you choose to live it. I know it was just wallpaper, but it really brought me down for 4 years. The other night I was just staring towards the hallway and Older Drama Queen asked what I was staring at. I said, "The hallway. I can't believe it's finished."