Painting, etc.

Yesterday after chatting to myself here on the blog, Earl and I went to Lowe's and purchased paint, rollers, brushes and all that goes with painting that we didn't have. We came home, washed the walls in the living room and foyer with TSP (how did those walls get so dirty?), blue taped and began painting. We actually got the walls painted, but not the trim. We were going to paint the foyer the same color, but Earl said he would like it to be another color that would go with the goldish (spun sugar)paint in the living room and just paint all the trim the ivory something or other color. Earl was a whirlwind. Once you get him started he wants to get the job finished. There was one minor accident with the paint. He stumbled carrying the tray with the roller and paint, dropped it and said #!@%&. Most of it landed on the newspaper and the rest cleaned up "pretty good". Thank goodness for the newspaper and it splashed toward the wall instead of the furniture.

Today we went back to Lowe's for the other color of paint, new switch plates and register covers. We came home, did some more blue taping and started on the trim. What a pain, literally. My knees have rug burn and my body is screaming at me. We put the furniture and TV back in place, got cleaned up and went out to eat. When we got back Earl put the brackets up for the sheers and we hung those after I ironed them. So, we have had a productive weekend so far. As soon as everything is finished in the living room Earl is going to paint the foyer.

It is quite amazing we have done all this work side by side this weekend and we are still friends. Sometimes projects like this are stressful, but except for being worn out it has been very pleasant. Usually I tend to try to insert my own way of doing things, but this time I just let it go however Earl wanted to do things. In the long run it isn't important how, but that it gets done.

That's what we did this weekend and still more to do. What is going on with all of you?