The painter was here again today. This time, he brought a coworker, so we saw progress to the outside of the house as well as the inside. This had been the first dry day since last weekend, so it was ideal for scraping and the first layer of paint on the window frames. The painter finished his first coat on the basement wall. It's really looking good. He started working on the upstairs bathroom too, but messed up on his colour mix... the paint looked absolutely awful when it went on the wall - and he knew it - so he stopped, and will come back tomorrow with a properly mixed can of paint.

When my wife got home from work, she didn't even notice the job the painter had done on the outside of the house. Does this mean this entire effort and expense isn't worth the cost? No, it just means my wife had a headache. She's like Sgt. Shultz on Hogan's Heroes when she's got a headache (I see nuthink!)...