Painting ceilings

Today was a hot one...around 90 and humid. So what a better time to be on a ladder near the ceiling sanding spackle?  The previous owners applied spackle over the entire dining room ceiling but never sanded. So we needed to sand before we could paint. They did a decent job. At least I was using a wet sponge sander so it wasn't that messy.

Dining room ceiling

I had about a 1/4 inch of joint compound in my bucket after the sanding.

While I had ceiling fun, Gina had the sticky job of putting down contact paper.  

And the puppies took a nap on their cots.

Lodi and Ziggy in the living room.

They were able to hang out upstairs because the UPS man delivered our new air conditioner. The AC unit looks like the robot from Lost in Space. We are going to use this in the basement. It is also a dehumidifier.

I did get to painting the ceiling. We really wanted to get the living room and dining room ceilings done so we could have the movers deliver the big furniture soon. 

I really like my telescoping paint roller extender. It really has been good.

Dining room ceiling. 

We also patched some holes in the walls in prepping the rooms for painting.  

This is our big push...really hoping to get as much painting done as possible.  We will most likely do the hallways at a later date. They will be easier because there won't be any furniture to worry about.

Can't wait to get rid of the awful color on the dining room walls!!