Vacation Over, but List Complete

I did one of those "I'm going to sit on a billboard until my terrible team wins a game" things. Although mine was, "I'm not shaving until my list is complete." So, after a week of work and some help from my dear wife, my list got completed. One project we've just been putting off and putting off (since Christmas) until we found time to do it together was painting our mantel(we blame Mae). I put it on my list and it was one of the final projects we completed on the list. So, I finally shaved. The downside was it took Mae over an hour to recognize me again. She just stared at me like I was some weird stranger that stole her dad's voice. Anyway, although my week of "vacation" is through, it was all very fun and fulfilling. -T

The mantel before

You can vaguely see there is even a damaged spot on the top that needed to be addressed, it wasn't that we JUST wanted a different color

And it needed some work on the left

Finishing up my last project (organize garage shelves) on the list

The painted mantel

We like it

Isn't this the face of a guy, with the help of his wife, just completed the following list: clean shower, strip caulk out of shower, re-caulk shower, caulk around mirror, make a 244-page book from our blog 2010, change windshield wipers, wash cars, vacuum cars, wax cars, clean out area around pine tree, "Resolve" carpet stains in living room, dining room, guest room, and family room, carpet clean living room, dining room, and guest room, clean basement carpet, lay down outside pathway bricks, take Lindsey's car to Firestone, goto eye doctor, paint mantel, and organize garage shelves...plus a few other normal and odd jobs

List complete - bring on basketball season...and a nice shave!