I had "help" today

I worked more on the window trim today and am trying to get myself motivated by getting one window (and hopefully the door in the same room) ready for window shades by the time my mom comes to visit in August. We've lived here 14 months and still have a variety of newspaper, butcher paper and plastic taped over the windows because shellacking the trim takes so long none of them are ready for shades yet. Also, being the saavy consumers we are, we want to comparison shop before sinking money into window shades. It seems like a simple enough thing, but they actually cost quite a bit, have loads of features and there are many different brands at different price points. Like everything house related, it's not simple if you want to make an informed choice. I at least know I want "Honeycomb" shades so that rules out a lot.

I have a hard time doing more than 30 minutes a day on the window trim because it is so tedious. I have learned that I have a low tolerance for tedious activity.

I had "help" working on the trim today though. It was quite funny because he has the whole house to lay around in, including a plush bed and two rugs but he choose to lay right here and effectively stop my work by making the trim piece not level and thus making my cut off. I was almost ready to quit when he did this, so I didn't lose that much time.