Trim It

Painting the trim in the kitchen was Reed’s project for me in July. It was fairly easy, but time consuming. The taping and prepping took the most time and I have to say I was a bit more thorough taping because of Reed’s knack for prep and because he was around the house while I was working. I didn’t want him judge my work and interject with his opinions about how I was doing. Or, even worse, give me some non-verbal cues on how I was not doing it right. One of the hardest things for me during this is to feel like I can work on projects without letting Reed’s judgement stop me from working or get too frustrated that I bow out. The truth is we are different workers. I like to just go and figure things out while I am working. And, actually, the prep I did for the trim project turned out to be mostly extra work that didn’t need to be done. During the project, I decided that I could have done just as good a job at staying on the trim without the tape. And, thought I should continue to paint beyond the trim, making the tape unnecessary. I am glad it’s done and it looks great. The sense of accomplishment is great and I am looking forward to other projects.

The second thing to note about doing this project is that Chase was at Nanna and Papa’s during this time. In order to do these project, Chase can’t be around because he needs attention that make project very difficult. I am grateful that Nanna and Papa can take him for a night so we can work on projects, but there is a little part of me that is frustrated that the only time I get away from him is spent doing house projects. I’d like to be at the beach.