It's done. I'm happy. And tired!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
70's night at the disco
Allen has a high-faluting gig Friday night, and he has to dress 70's. We hit the Salvation Army on Saturday, and I think we got pretty close. The pants were $10, though. Hello? Oh well. The money goes for good, at least. They are most definitely polyester, too!!! Ain't he cute????
Monday, August 4, 2008
Slowly but surely
Another wall down today! I might get through with the kitchen tomorrow, but more likely it'll be Wednesday. Then on to the dining room! No disasters today. I'm liking it more and more. It's so warm and cool at the same time. And clean. No scuffs or unremoveable dirt. Although I'm finding lots of dust bunnies. And I call my self a house wife? Heh. I'm excited about tomorrow and Wednesday. NO WHERE to go. Just me and the paint brush. Wee hoo!!!!!
Starting on the kitchen
Well, now it's the kitchen's turn. I'm totally second guessing the color, but, as Allen pointed out, I haven't been too sure about any of the colors. I think it's because they are so different than what we've been looking at for the last 7 years, and it's a huge change. Allen really likes this color, though, and I will too. And like Joy said, you love the color because it's finished!
The kitchen was much harder than I thought it was going to be. I taped everything up, because there was lots of cutting in, and the darn tape bled everywhere. Maybe I'm not doing the tape right. You can still mess up, too, with the tape, because if you don't tape straightly, you still don't get a good result. Apparently you can add "can't tape straight" to my resume.
I edged the ceiling with a paintbrush. Not fun. I think I have a new idea for edging the ceilings with the popcorn stuff and no crown molding. I'm going to try it today. I haven't fallen off the counter though, trying to paint above the cabinets. That's God right there...
I also have this weird caulking above the counter that I can't get a straight edge because of. Daddy said it may involve caulk removal. Great! I can only imagine the mess I could make with that!
I caved and called Daddy for advice. He was so sweet, offering to come help. I told him to hold off until we got to the two story stairwell. I told him I wasn't the expert painter he was, and he told me a great story.
He finished up a job one day, and the husband and wife were talking about how clean the painters were when they were done. Daddy laughed and told them that they do get some on their hands and maybe arms, but they do stay pretty clean. The wife glanced over at the husband and said to Daddy, "When he's through painting something, it looks like he's been painting with a live chicken!"
That's me. Live chicken lady.
In an effort to stay cleaner, I used plastic gloves and one of Allen's old hats. They made me too hot, so I ditched them. And yes, I still have paint in my hair.
The color is much more orangy than pink than it's showing in these pics. It's very terracotta, which is what I was going for.
I'm going to try to do one more wall today-the one with the stove on it. I'm so ready for a big, blank wall. Until now, I think those who think this is fun are a tiny bit crazy! *smack*
The kitchen was much harder than I thought it was going to be. I taped everything up, because there was lots of cutting in, and the darn tape bled everywhere. Maybe I'm not doing the tape right. You can still mess up, too, with the tape, because if you don't tape straightly, you still don't get a good result. Apparently you can add "can't tape straight" to my resume.
I edged the ceiling with a paintbrush. Not fun. I think I have a new idea for edging the ceilings with the popcorn stuff and no crown molding. I'm going to try it today. I haven't fallen off the counter though, trying to paint above the cabinets. That's God right there...
I also have this weird caulking above the counter that I can't get a straight edge because of. Daddy said it may involve caulk removal. Great! I can only imagine the mess I could make with that!
I caved and called Daddy for advice. He was so sweet, offering to come help. I told him to hold off until we got to the two story stairwell. I told him I wasn't the expert painter he was, and he told me a great story.
He finished up a job one day, and the husband and wife were talking about how clean the painters were when they were done. Daddy laughed and told them that they do get some on their hands and maybe arms, but they do stay pretty clean. The wife glanced over at the husband and said to Daddy, "When he's through painting something, it looks like he's been painting with a live chicken!"
That's me. Live chicken lady.
In an effort to stay cleaner, I used plastic gloves and one of Allen's old hats. They made me too hot, so I ditched them. And yes, I still have paint in my hair.
The color is much more orangy than pink than it's showing in these pics. It's very terracotta, which is what I was going for.
I'm going to try to do one more wall today-the one with the stove on it. I'm so ready for a big, blank wall. Until now, I think those who think this is fun are a tiny bit crazy! *smack*
Celebration time, Come ON!
Zane is sleeping!!!!
I just want to say it again.
Zane is sleeping!
He still wakes up once in the night to nurse, and cries a little bit, but then snuggles right back down and goes back to sleep.
He then wakes up as soon as it's morning, because it's morning, of course! But he usually goes back to sleep. That's really okay, though, because with school starting *choke* I need to start getting up earlier.
I still wake up at 4 every morning, since he's always woken up at 4! It's like I need to relearn how to sleep!! I do feel better, though. Sleep!
My goal was to get all this done before school starts, and we did it! Wee hoo!!!!
Thank you for your prayers and support during these 2 years! I couldn't have done it without you!!
I just want to say it again.
Zane is sleeping!
He still wakes up once in the night to nurse, and cries a little bit, but then snuggles right back down and goes back to sleep.
He then wakes up as soon as it's morning, because it's morning, of course! But he usually goes back to sleep. That's really okay, though, because with school starting *choke* I need to start getting up earlier.
I still wake up at 4 every morning, since he's always woken up at 4! It's like I need to relearn how to sleep!! I do feel better, though. Sleep!
My goal was to get all this done before school starts, and we did it! Wee hoo!!!!
Thank you for your prayers and support during these 2 years! I couldn't have done it without you!!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Well, I succumbed to peer pressure and actually started using my Facebook page. I admit, I like it! I'm finding old friends, and that's been really fun. Except for the one childhood friend that won't write me back. Maybe they hate me? I worry about that kind of thing. Oh well.
I do like that I can chat with people I don't normally get to see anymore. I am absolutely refusing to play games. I could waste hours doing that, and I'm just going to nip that one in the bud. I'm glad I got on there, and now we just need to convince Ronda. PEER PRESSURE!
I do like that I can chat with people I don't normally get to see anymore. I am absolutely refusing to play games. I could waste hours doing that, and I'm just going to nip that one in the bud. I'm glad I got on there, and now we just need to convince Ronda. PEER PRESSURE!
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This is the nice email I got from the Blogger people the other night when I tried to sign on to my blog. I had this post welling up in me that I just needed to get out. I was all ready to purge it onto my blog, and I get this email.
My blog will be DELETED???? *choke* As I researched further, I found this:
Blogs engaged in this [spamming] behavior are called spam blogs, and can be recognized by their irrelevant, repetitive, or nonsensical text, along with a large number of links, usually all pointing to a single site.
*double choke*
Did the nice people at Blogger just call me "irrelevant, repetitive and NONSENSICAL"??? Okay, that's a low, low blog to my blogging ego. I mean really. There is NO need to be nasty.
I was cleared, fortunately, but now I'm afraid that if I am nonsensical again, I'll get targeted as a spamming blog again. Seriously, asking me not to be nonsensical is kinda like asking me not to breathe. And irrelevant? I doubt that I utter 10 words a day that are relevant. Let's just call it like it is.
Anyway, disaster averted. I'm not deleted. And I'm free to ramble on, in my irrelevant, repetitive and nonsensical way. I'm sure glad!!!!
My blog will be DELETED???? *choke* As I researched further, I found this:
Blogs engaged in this [spamming] behavior are called spam blogs, and can be recognized by their irrelevant, repetitive, or nonsensical text, along with a large number of links, usually all pointing to a single site.
*double choke*
Did the nice people at Blogger just call me "irrelevant, repetitive and NONSENSICAL"??? Okay, that's a low, low blog to my blogging ego. I mean really. There is NO need to be nasty.
I was cleared, fortunately, but now I'm afraid that if I am nonsensical again, I'll get targeted as a spamming blog again. Seriously, asking me not to be nonsensical is kinda like asking me not to breathe. And irrelevant? I doubt that I utter 10 words a day that are relevant. Let's just call it like it is.
Anyway, disaster averted. I'm not deleted. And I'm free to ramble on, in my irrelevant, repetitive and nonsensical way. I'm sure glad!!!!
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