Who Can Keep Living Like This

I've come to the conclusion that I am at my wits end. My house is chaos and there is no end in sight. Hubby has his priorities right and has gone off to a canoe instructors course and I think he is happy to leave this craziness behind. I on the other hand continue to struggle with the mess and make a pleasant home for us. (Snork!)

Have a look at what Hubby has run away from and what I would like to run away from too.


This is me a few days ago applying stain to the floor of Daughter #1's room floor.


This is the floor after it was finished.


This is the wall in Daughter #1's bedroom that needs staining... on the right... and the back wall that needs paneling.

I feel pretty good about Daughter #1's bedroom..... except the ceiling needs to be stained too... so here is the rest of the mess....


This is the rest of the wood for the ceiling in our bedroom and the bathroom which juts out into the entryway so that you have to be careful not to scratch your legs.



Here is the upstairs bathroom that has a shower hooked up but the toilet is just sitting there not hooked up to anything... and notice the wall behind that has no paneling..... and the shower stall which needs a false wall built to help support it...
And this is my bedroom which really scares me..


This is the his closet.....


and the hers closet... which are nothing more thans heaps of stuff...


Here is the entry to the downstairs bathroom.... we have to hang a blanket so that we can be afforded a little privacy. (notice the mess of dishes to the right that are all clean but have no shelf on which to sit....


Here is the mess in the bathroom except I just smacked out the wall at the bottom of the steps for the new door so now we are back to square one with no privacy..... and there is dirt everywhere..... and I am going to rip out the linoleum while more pictures upload to this blog...... argh!


And the dining room table looks like a tornado hit..


Under the steps is so dirt infested with dust and sawdust that I'm afraid to go near it...


The front door is still not straight since Hubby took it out to put in the tub.... we can't get the door to close properly...


Meanwhile the front porch has a mess that may or may not have been there since school closed...


And if I have a shower I have to drape the wall with towels for privacy...



I'm horrified.... we live in a dump.....I'm starting to feel like it will never end. I want my bathroom back and I want the upstairs bathroom done.... I want a kitchen where I can get supper without tipping over stuff or knocking over dishes....I want some privacy when I shower so that no one sees my fanny..... and I don't see theirs. I want this renovation done....

Meanwhile Hubby is on a lake with a paddle in a canoe for today and two more..... it's enough to get one down. Next week he is going on a fishing trip with a bunch of rangers. I hope my toilet is in by then. I'm off to paint a vanity.... and a wall.... and the floor..... and a rail..... and rip out some linoleum..... finish putting in the bathroom door and the step to the bathroom..... Oh I'm tired just thinking about it.