Sunday

Over a week later, but here's what happened last sunday -
Woke up at my pre-daylight-savings-time time. Which is good, because I needed that extra hour. Ran up to Home Depot. Got some quick fix tile mortar and another bag of leveler. Ran over to the laundromat and did a quick 4 loads of laundry. (Wash/Dry/Fold). Hoofed over to Ace to pick up a gallon of eggshell "Silken Pine" Ben Moore Regal for the guest room.
Supermarket, gas station, home by about noon.
I mixed up the mortar and smooshed it into the little holes the previous day's leveler had made obvious. Then I had to wait for it to cure before I could pour another layer of leveler, so I went outside and mowed the lawn. Really, I mulched the leaves so I could put them on the flower beds in an attempt to use the leaves for good. That took about 2 hours exactly. I mixed up another bucket of leveler and put it down. Good news is that it didn't run away this time, bad news is that it was stiffer than the day before and dried with a bit of a lip. Ian tells me that the mortar for the time should be able to make up for this.
I went back outside and started toting gravel over to the not-a-flower bed. I waaaay over ordered. Now I've got about 2/3 of a yard of gravel sitting in my driveway. I can use some to tune up the hole in my foundation, but I have no idea what I'm going to do with the rest. I don't really want it there all winter. I don't know.
After gravel was dinner, and then upstairs to hit the little spots in the ceiling paint I'd missed in the guest room. That pink paint that dries white really is a good idea, I just wish it wasn't such an up-charge for it. After the ceiling I put on the Silken Pine. It came out really nice - the best part about using Benjamin Moore is that while it's pretty pricey, even after one coat I was pretty satisfied with the coverage. I'll put on a second coat eventually, but in order to get the guest in it the next day, it was more than good enough. I then did the ceiling trim in Ben Moore Advanced High Gloss Super White and called it done. Gave it an hour and then moved in a few pieces of furniture for her to use.
I was super excited to sleep that night! But no, I was so sore I couldn't get comfortable. But I got a ton done in a short period of time.

Mowed and mulched into the bed at the end.

The second pour of leveler - I didn't do as good a job as Ian did
the previous day, but I'm told it will work.

Not-a-flower-bed, now a generator pad.That's about 16" deep with 3/4" gravel.
Gravel is heavy.

Painted guest room!

Left over gravel.
Not sure what to do with it, I'll think of something.