Christmas has already come and gone!

I have had a great Christmas break. I have been lazy...I've slept in, gone to the gym, went shopping and out to lunch, stayed up late and worked as little as possible. BUT not all of us like to waste our time away. Take for instance my husband Bartus.

This is Bartus (or Bart-what ever you like to call him), he has been very busy over the holidays. Not only does he grow a beard, which then he shaves into a foomanchoo with super long side chops for Christmas Eve and Christmas day, he also does many house projects.

We have yucky plastered popcorn ceilings in 2 basement rooms. Bart decided that was unacceptable so he got a belt sander and sanded the ceiling (I think this took 5-6 hours-his shoulders were very tired) and then textured the ceiling, sanded and resanded, then he sanded and spackled the walls and finally finished by painting the ceiling and the walls and all the trim in the room.

This is the BEFORE picture.

This is the AFTER picture.

I think the ceiling and the room in general look fabulous and I am grateful for such a hardworking, handyman husband. A few days later Bart started his next project...to replace 5 windows in the upstairs of our house. He is very good at installing windows because now he has replaced ALL the windows in the entire house by himself (with the big windows he occasionally needed help).

The new windows look great and they aren't cold or drafty. Bart is a happy worker and he certainly accomplished more than I did over this break. Did I also mention that he still worked 40 hours a week while doing all these projects? Yea, I think he is amazing. :)