Preparing baby room

I am now undertaking the task of preparing Nicholas’ room. Someone pointed out that if we are going to paint and stuff we should try to do it well in advance of his birth so that the fumes would have dissipated so we are well on schedule. Last couple of nights saw me taking measurements of the room since we are going to put in some sort of borders and molding, and covering over the outlets and other areas in preparation of painting. Of course if I had my way all we would need is a couple of wall posters with Manchester United paraphernalia on it but that is another story.

Minor glitch when I took the measurements though. You see, I had my blank paper all lay out and I drew the diagram of each wall and had notations for where the windows were and each outlet etc. Then I took the measurements and wrote them in. Yes I was quite the expert standing there with my tape measure and pen and paper looking at my handy work feeling quite proud. Never mind the fact that the real work is painting and putting up the molding and such. But I was feeling good. Was about to grab a beer to celebrate my efforts when I took one last look at the diagrams I had meticulously drawn.

As it turns out, the back wall and the front wall had two different measurements! See, the room is pretty much rectangular so any two opposing sides should have the same dimensions. Needles to say there was a slight problem with the measurements that I had to remedy.

That is precisely why I am an accountant!