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Feb. 14th, 2009 11:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prosodicI may not be an expert painter (or an expert paint selector), but I can tape like a pro. I should contract myself out as a paint prep-worker. Most people hate the tediousness of it, but honestly, once I get some music on and get going, it goes quickly. I think at this point, we just need to tape the baseboards. The windows and door frames are almost entirely done, except for the hall window, which looks out to the front door. Lance still needs to take that shade down. But we'll leave it up for now, until we actually find a paint color we can live with and feel ready to start painting.
I'm wondering if using primer would help the paint be more true to the color that appears on the paint chip. The thought of priming all of this really bothers me (the entire area we're painting is about 75% of the interior of the house). The painting alone is a massive undertaking, never mind the priming.
Anyway, Lance and I are alone. I dropped Reece off at Petsmart this morning. She's there until 8 tonight. I stopped at Panera to pick up breakfast for myself and then to Burger King for Lance's breakfast. Then we got to work.
I'm really not feeling great today. Didn't sleep that well last night. I came out to the couch at about 4 this morning, since Lance was dead to the world and snoring like a freight train. Normally I can nudge him a little and he'll automatically turn over on his side, where he's less likely to snore, but he was unresponsive this morning. I finally gave up and moved out to the couch. Reece followed me out there to check up on me, kissed me on the cheek, and went back to her little doggie bed next to our bed. I had a horrible leg cramp while I was out there, so my right leg is now really sore. At about 5:50, Reece came out and gave me another lick on my cheek. I thought she wanted out, but she just wanted me to come back to bed so she could jump between us and snuggle. So that's what we did.
She's such a sweet girl.
But now I have a gimpy left knee, a sore right calf, and I had to have a super huge, super strong latte this morning just to feel remotely awake.
Now we're talking about putting off the painting for another week or two so we have more time to find the right color. I really don't want to do any shade of white, since we eventually plan to replace or paint the baseboards. They're currently stained, but we want white baseboards, window sills and door frames. I don't want the walls to be white too.
Lance can always take off a couple weekdays to finish up the painting if we start it on a Saturday. This is going to be more than a 2 day job.
And at least the prep work will be done. Except for moving all the furniture away from the wall and putting down the tarp.
I'm wondering if using primer would help the paint be more true to the color that appears on the paint chip. The thought of priming all of this really bothers me (the entire area we're painting is about 75% of the interior of the house). The painting alone is a massive undertaking, never mind the priming.
Anyway, Lance and I are alone. I dropped Reece off at Petsmart this morning. She's there until 8 tonight. I stopped at Panera to pick up breakfast for myself and then to Burger King for Lance's breakfast. Then we got to work.
I'm really not feeling great today. Didn't sleep that well last night. I came out to the couch at about 4 this morning, since Lance was dead to the world and snoring like a freight train. Normally I can nudge him a little and he'll automatically turn over on his side, where he's less likely to snore, but he was unresponsive this morning. I finally gave up and moved out to the couch. Reece followed me out there to check up on me, kissed me on the cheek, and went back to her little doggie bed next to our bed. I had a horrible leg cramp while I was out there, so my right leg is now really sore. At about 5:50, Reece came out and gave me another lick on my cheek. I thought she wanted out, but she just wanted me to come back to bed so she could jump between us and snuggle. So that's what we did.
She's such a sweet girl.
But now I have a gimpy left knee, a sore right calf, and I had to have a super huge, super strong latte this morning just to feel remotely awake.
Now we're talking about putting off the painting for another week or two so we have more time to find the right color. I really don't want to do any shade of white, since we eventually plan to replace or paint the baseboards. They're currently stained, but we want white baseboards, window sills and door frames. I don't want the walls to be white too.
Lance can always take off a couple weekdays to finish up the painting if we start it on a Saturday. This is going to be more than a 2 day job.
And at least the prep work will be done. Except for moving all the furniture away from the wall and putting down the tarp.