Yippee

Just had to stop and sit down in all my painting mess and let God have His due. Like I posted, the remodel has been all headache and no reward. I was so sick of the frustrations, one in particular, the ceiling.
After removing the popcorn texture, which was SO easy, even if REALLY messy, we fixed some of the problem areas. When we removed the wall, there was obviously part of the ceiling that needed to be patched with drywall and joint compound. Once again, not too difficult, but a little time consuming to say the least. But then we really hit the headache. After much discussion and research, we had decided to re-texture the ceiling by hand, not with a hopper. We thought at the time this was the less mess, less hang up option. But after SIX days of disaster..with not even one application going as we hoped, we had given up hope.
On Wednesday night when I got home from church, my husband was bummed with the progress or lack there of, and was ready to buy ceiling tiles to cover the entire kitchen ceiling. That is not the look I was going for and in my mind I just saw more opportunity for problems.
So, I asked my DH if I could take one last shot at making it work. He was hesitant, but agreed. I agreed, as well, that if my last ditch effort failed then we would go with his option. So this morning, before my feet hit the ground, I covered my ceiling in prayer.
I know, that seems silly, but I just asked that the Lord give me wisdom and patience. And that my husband, not matter my failure or success, would not be stressed with the situation. I pleaded with my Lord, not for a miracle, just a respite. Just a little light at the end of this mess.
I guess, you already know that HE showed up in a HUGE way.
After six days of trawling the texture on with no success, and six days of trying to roll the texture on with even LESS success. I had the idea to apply the texture with one of the huge sponges that we cleaned the grout with when we laid the ceramic tile. And guess what? It totally worked, it looked GREAT, and it is done!!!
Yes, I said done. After six day of failure, one morning of prayer led me to the promised land. I completed the entire kitchen and hallway in about 4 hours.
How about a little praise dance yall? This was so huge in so many ways...you might not fully get it...but I do. And I am grateful.
Who knew He was such a pro at kitchen remodeling? Especially with the hangups and the disasters?
I guess, He has been practicing lately.
I wonder what he has been remodeling here of late?
Could it be me?
Yes, indeed!!!