Free Dust

If you need some dust, I've got plenty. Really…

When I sanded the ceiling I took everything out of the room that I could and covered everything that I couldn't remove. Still, dust got into everything. It got under the covers. It even got into rooms that were closed off.

I swept up as much as I could. I've vaccuumed the floor several times. I've wet mopped the floor several times. I've dry mopped the floor several times. There's still plenty of dust to go around.

I spent a lot of time yesterday cleaning all the nooks and crannies of my entertainment and computer systems. The living room is starting to look almost clean again. The kitchen and master bedroom are another story. There's an open doorway to the kitchen so I can understand a lot of dust getting in there, but the master bedroom is behind a closed door and there's tons of dust in there also. It's almost like I had left the door open.

I'm cleaning dust as a way of avoiding heavier work like finishing the ceiling, installing the new flooring, and doing the trim work. I guess there's no real reason to rush, but it would be nice to be done. 

As I was priming the ceiling I noticed several places that should be patched that I missed. I was getting all bent out of shape about it. I used to be a perfectionist and sometimes fall into old habits. I finally realized that there's not a square inch of drywall in this place that's perfect so why should I worry so much about the ceiling. It may not be perfect, but it looks a heck of a lot better than it did before I started this project. Still, there are one or two spots that I'll touch up…

Ah, nothing like the smell of fresh plaster dust in the morning.

Life is good.