Ouch, Thats Hurts (As E1 would say)

Yes, I finally did it, after all my close calls with almost stepping on nails, almost taking a nail to the head, almost cutting off my finger during the tile cutting, just as I could finally see the light of day at the end of our remodel with the final coat of polyurathane drying, 75% of the mulch laid and the family room rug rolled up in the foyer ready to be laid out, I fell down the stairs and sprained my ankle! I thought for sure something broke after hearing snaping and cracking on the way down, but after a few minutes on the couch, I started walking around and moving furnature back into the family room. It swelled up quite a bit, but by the time I went to the doctor on Monday, she said I didn't even need x-rays, it was just a sprain! Maybe it was just the Lord telling me to SLOW DOWN! I have been taking it a bit easy, and rested a few days before continuing the work on the painting of E2's room. The hardest part on the ankle was the long periods of standing and treking painting materials up and down the stairs. Eventually, I gave in and just started washing out the brushes in the upstairs bathroom to limit the trips. It was pretty sore after Saturday this past weekend, but seemed to be a bit better Sunday.

The nursery is really starting to take shape, my sis is coming to get her bed out of the room that we have been storing and I got a great deal on a rug for the floor that is in the mail. So far, I have one wall with a mural that is a take off from an Addis artist of fishermen on the shoreline. The next wall has E's name in Amharic which I hope to put an Ethiopian cross by. The next wall has a few traditional homes and hopefully some donkey's carrying straw (this one is still in progress) and the last wall has a woman carrying firewood through her gate (take off from Ethiopia Reads book). All along the top is the colors of the Ethiopian Flag. As we did with E1's room, we hope to bring some things back from Ethiopia to add to the decor, but for now, I think we have a great starting point. I will be sure to post some pictures when we get the room cleared out a bit!