September 4, 2008
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2nd Thursday Entry
Okay . . . the painting honeymoon is over!
Annmarie stepped in paint and it was all over the bottom of her foot. I told her to jump across the hall to the bathroom to wash it off. She jumped on the foot covered in paint (sigh). Then Luci was twirling around and I quickly sent her out of the room. Chiper was curious – but no way was HE coming in. Rissy was overly confident (due to her one day’s experience yesterday) of dipping the brush tip in the paint and handing it to me on the step stool. She wasn’t paying attention and dropped the brush full of paint on the plastic drop cloth.
Note to self: Stop buying plastic. Buy old sheets and throw them away after the job. Plastic sticks to a person’s feet.
I can’t believe when I was young I actually ENJOYED painting the “right way.” I caulked all the corners and woodwork, filled holes, pounded protruding nail heads back into the studs and then covered them with putty, and painted to my little heart’s content.
Not so today. Yesterday was 62 – 64 degrees and I had the window open. A wonderful breeze came through the window to offset the perspiration. Today it’s near 80 degrees and I’ve turned down the bedrooms’ thermostat to 70 degrees and have the ceiling fan going in the room,. BUT, it feels as hot as nine hells in there!
Furthermore, white to “Pastel Jade” isn’t a dramatic change and it’s discouraging work.
Someone – ANYONE – with an eye for color, please tell me you can see a difference!
I couldn’t find the box of powdered plaster Jesse found last night. We decided the patching putty must be long gone. How careless am I this time??? I used tooth paste to fill two holes where anchors had been, previously. We’re talking about huge holes!
, , , and what makes me doubly lazy and bad is that my toothpaste isn’t even white. It’s Aqua Fresh which is red, white, and blue stripes!!! I don’t care! Just so the two holes are plugged and I can keep painting. I’m one and half walls into the job.
The part of the walls that the primer didn’t completely cover (look at baseboards in the picture above) is being covered very nicely buy this Behr (worth every extra penny) paint.
HOWEVER . . .
I think I’d rather be teaching Latin & Greek word roots (a new book I bought for the girls) than painting. I’m not sure which I’m too old for – Greek & Latin or painting!
I have no choice – I’ve committed myself. And YES, I know . . . I really *should be* committed – SOMEWHERE!
What was I thinking???
Okay! Okay! Stop feeling sorry for myself and stop prolonging the job!
Seriously, does anyone see much of a difference. Like I said, I guess Forest Green to Jade Green IS the biggest difference, but the Forest Green is long gone.
Comments (4)
YES the difference can easily be seen. Maybe you have just looked at it too long. Hope all goes well with the rest of the job.
~Judy
Yes I can see a difference! And give it a couple of hours too as paint always darkens as it dries!
I laughed (and then quickly repented) of Anna Marie hopping on the foot with paint on it! I’m sorry!
So glad you had a drop cloth of plastic and the paint would have soaked through a sheet with out the plastic under it.
Hope this is the encouragement you need!
You can do it!
Tina
I see the difference…it looks like it’s going to have a very “fresh” look when you’re done. I like it! ~Dawne
Your painting sounds like mine. I had Tommy help me the first day! ARGH!!! And both of our dogs are always right beside me so they frequently got into the paint. I ended up finishing paint at night once Tommy was in bed in our room and the dogs kenneled.
I definitely can see the difference….I like the color very much!!! It will be very fresh and pretty looking when your done.