Whirlwind Week

My week has been full of painting, painting, and more painting.  First came all of the wall touch-ups.  That wasn't so bad and went pretty quickly.  I think I got overly complacent that my work was almost done.  Then the reality hit when I started to work on the trim.  Whoever came up with the idea of white trim obviously never had children.  I spent so much time touching up baseboards and door frames it's ridiculous.  Gratefully, it looks a lot better, but man, I'm sick of painting.

Our realtor is awesome and very hands on.  She stages the entire house for pictures.  This was an almost 3 day process.  We started on Tuesday and I finished up right before they took the pictures this afternoon.  It was so much work, but the house looks good.  I was so relieved when it was all done.

During all of this I've had a very sad and sick little boy.  Well, all three boys were sick and missed some school this week, but Little Guy has gotten the worst of it.  It started out with a cold that developed into croup.  He started to get better and then he tanked again this weekend.  I took him to the doctor yesterday and he had an ear infection, tested positive for Flu (Type A), and on top of it all we think he has asthma.  His wheezing got really bad and we went ahead and got him an inhaler.  You would think we're trying to amputate his arm when having him use it.  Joel and I both have to hold him down to get him to breathe into the mask of the spacer.  He's been just sitting on his bed for hours at a time he's so tired and sad.  It's helpful when trying to get the house ready, but it's so incredibly sad to see him like this.  We're hoping the meds will all kick in and he'll start feeling better soon.  Little Lady has been the only person in the family to remain completely healthy.  She absolutely loved working on the staging with Sharon (our realtor).  She became her little assistant.  Little Lady also enjoyed her field trip to the zoo today, so she's had the best week out of anybody in the family.

Now that the pictures are done, we just have to deep clean everything for when it goes on the market next week.  Fingers crossed that it sells quickly, so that I don't have to try to keep it clean with 4 children running around the place!