September 15, 2009

  • Every Well Meaning Project Has It's Own Punishment...LOL

    Ahhh, the pungent scent of paint hanging in the air......makes me nauseous after two or three days of it, doesn't it you?  Yes, the Beast is still painting in the guest room.  He has spent two days painting doors and trim (including around the window).  What cracks me up is this.....now that the door to the room itself is painted his bright white, guess what OTHER doors and trim now will have to be painted??? 

    This small hall has:  the guest room door (painted), the bathroom door, the computer room door, the coat closet door, and the linen closet door (all complete with trim.  Other than the guest room door, the others are NOT a bright white.  They are white, just not bright white.  You can tell the Beast did not think this painting thing through.  He has just added several more days of painting to his project.

    This will also involve me, albeit minimally.  He takes the doors off since none of them were painted at the top or bottom which results in the doors doing some pretty funny expanding and contracting depending on heat, humidity or even cold.  While the doors all seem to be fitting well, it seems like it might just be a good time to get that done anyway.  When he gets ready to reattach the doors, I have to help by putting one of the pins in the hinges (there are three on these doors) and then holding the door straight while he does the other two. 

    I spent today trying to clean and straighten out the closet in my computer room.  I want to clean the carpet but realized that I needed to get some things put away first.  I was going to just shove them in the closet but realized that I was creating a monster by not just doing the job and getting it over with.  So I pulled stuff out, took it off the shelves, went through boxes, threw out a bunch of stuff (like papers from a house we haven't owned in almost 30 years) and then started putting stuff back neatly and with some organization once again.  I don't know how long it will last but at least for now it is in great shape.  I may actually get to clean the carpet tomorrow if I can only get the bookcase neatened up a bit.  I'm thinking maybe I can even get to it a bit later tonight after I get some clothes folded that are in the dryer.  I have been cleaning some of the blankets and linens that were on the shelf so I can put them away, fresh and clean.  I had actually forgotten that I had some linens on my shelf here so they were a bit...well, yellowed and dusty.  I never claimed to be Mrs. Clean, Neat and Organized.    I do, however, keep all my spreads and blankets in zippered plastic bags.  Usually, the ones they came in when I bought them.

    The Beast is trying to cut down some of the time he will be spending on painting the doors and trim by painting what he can and still be in sight of the TV while football is on (this is Monday night when I am writing this).  He can actually do quite a bit as long as his legs hold out, which may not be too much longer since he's already been on his feet for quite a while today.

    We had a couple downpours here today and expected a thunderstorm or two but it seems it passed us by but did hit the towns north of us.  The Beast found that out when he was going to take the dog for a run by the lake and hit the top of the hill heading down towards it and it was pouring.  We, on the other hand, had lots of sunshine going on by us.  Weird, huh? 

    It was another day of feeling great, hence the energy and interest in cleaning up the closet.  May I have many more. 

    I have to close for now and get this set up for posting.  I feel bad when I see the people that are looking for it shortly after midnight and I don't have it ready.  I apologize.  I am trying to be better.  Love you all and I wish you all a wonderful day.  Stay happy, smile a lot and try to laugh out loud a time or two.

    The thought for the day is this:  'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'   This was out of the mouth of a 4 year-old.  Precious, don't you think?