Too pooped to party!

I have been complaining for years about not having time or energy to do the things I wanted to do because I was always doing the things I had to do instead. I'm still in that mode, but I have a different attitude now.
I feel good about getting things done.
The problem is now that I'm older, my fingers hurt and I'm too tired to play my guitar when I actually have time.
Right now, I am tapping out this blog two fingers at time. The rest of the fingers are in a drawer somewhere recovering from holding the long handled paint roller all day.
I put two coats of paint on the garage floor and I need to touch it up tomorrow. I also need to cut the grass, and have another dozen other things that have to be done too.
I promised myself that I would finish all of this clean up, paint up, fix up stuff so that I could put the house up for sale next month, so I still feel good.
I am reviewing music in my head all the time since that is the only part of me that doesn't get sore after working all day. I used to do that all the time, but my fingers didn't hurt this badly.
Oh well.
Yesterday, I couldn't do anything because my back was too sore. I felt good today, and will probably not feel so good tomorrow. But, I will plow ahead to get finished with what I started. I will post pictures, both before and after. I am proud that I have been able to get this much work done on my own. I am lucky to have had the help that I did also. They spurred me on to start working again.
So, tonight, I will go watch Wolverine on my blu ray, HDTV until I can't keep my eyes open (probably about 9pm.), and then hope to get up in the morning and start work again. I think the iron pills are working!

Humid, hot, and bad back!

Yesterday, I went South to take my Daughter out for lunch. It was her birthday, and this time I was surprised to be able to take the whole family out. Usually, I don't get to spend time with my son in law, but he came along and I was glad to see him.
The drive down was pleasant. I decided to use the AC in the car instead of opening the windows. Even in the hottest of weather, I ride with the windows and the roof open. I love the open feel and the air rushing by.
We went to a high end Pizza/Italian restaurant and I ordered an individual brick oven pizza. It was huge and cut into 4 slices. I ate one slice, and got a box for the rest. Afterwards, I transported a crib mattress up to my son in York County. I got to spend some time with him, talking about his situation and trying to help him sort it out without giving him any money. I got home around 7:30pm and felt good about the day.

I went out to the garage this morning with the intention of starting to paint the back wall and floor. I still might get there.
But, my back has other ideas. Let me back track and talk about the past week.

I was so blessed to have friends help me get some work finished. They came over and painted the kitchen. I did some of the work, or worked elsewhere, but they did the majority of it. I helped out in the garage where I put down chemical de-greaser and scrubbed and scrubbed, and rinsed.
I worked on this stuff every day last week. I also was down in the basement painting the stairway walls and ceiling. And, I actually "Mr. Cleaned" the basement tile which covers half of it. I used the same heavy duty long handled brush I used in the garage as well as a sponge mop.
I expected more of the cleaner, although it did get up some long term stains. The floor still looks old and worn out as it actually is, but it's cleaner. I had considered using a polish, but decided to let that go.
So now for my purposes, the basement is finished. I still have an area above the top stairs that needs paint. I should be able to do most of it, but don't have the fancy ladder to get the trim. It's not all that important. I will tackle it this week.

There is a small square on the back wall of the garage that had a shelf on it that I didn't paint. I will do that as soon as the humidity and heat abate. That should be tomorrow.
Today, I went out to do the garage, and my back had other ideas. I usually don't have to worry about my back, especially since having the surgery and starting up with the chiropractor, but today, I am sore. So, I managed to take everything up off the floor in preparation for painting, and came back in to write this.
I know if I try to paint, I will be too sore, so I have to do something else productive.

In addition to everything I've been doing in fixing up the house, I've been doing all the other things that one does in order to live.
I sat the other evening and went through yet another box of photos. I found some I thought I lost and sent some digitally to one of the people in the pictures. I was able to empty out the box and transfer the photos to my trunk with all the other photos. I would love to have an HDTV that covered the whole wall hooked up to my computer. I could sit and review all of the pictures and cry all night while remembering the good times!

I managed to do my food shopping too, but haven't gotten everything I need for the next month. I'll do that later this week.

I started to plan in my head the bathroom renovation. It will just involve painting, but I have some stuff to move, and some stuff to re-think whether I need or can get rid of.
I am also planning to start packing things I don't need on a regular basis. I plan on renting a storage unit. That way, they won't be clogging up the space when I put the house up for sale.
I'm going to do some stretching to see if I can get my back working again.
Stay tuned, the heat wave is due to break soon allowing me to do some outside work.