Tuesday April 28

Elsie bug woke up with a fever this morning.

Just a little one....but she kept sneezing lots of buggery sneezes.

So I kept her home.

Maybe the reason she was so rotten yesterday was just because she didn't feel good.

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My friends Stacia and Holly came by this morning.

They wanted to help me with whatever I needed help with :)

My plan for the day was to get to the staining point!

So, we sanded....and sanded and sanded!

So much prep work goes into getting the stain on!

I am so glad they came over to help, because I would probably need a whole other day to do the work we did together.

They left around the same time I went to get Porter.

After I got lunch for everyone, I made a run to Lowes.

I got some things I needed to get the staining done....and more stuff to finish prep stuff.

When I came home, Drew and Heather were there (with the new van they got :)

They came to finish up the front steps.

They look so great!

Elsie thought she was a lucky duck to get some one on one time with Heather :)

Heather helped me out with the taping of the stairs inside.

And finally, FINALLY, I started putting stain on.

It still made me super nervous when I started.

But I think it looks good.

I am a little nervous with how dark it is in the grain......but I also like it.

I started with the handrail up top.
Then I wanted to see what the landing would look like, because that is what the floors will look like.

Then I dripped on the next step....then the next :)

That is why those are stained.....

Whoops....

I hope to get it done tomorrow.

One step closer :)