splatters and drips

Almost a week ago today the paint splattered in the expert hands of Bob… today Carm and I are the ones dripping paint everywhere. The livingroom is filled with the furniture and other detruis from the spare bedroom as we paint over the last of the original pink (not counting pantry & laundry room). Not a moment too soon either as I was mighty sick of it.

We are not skilled painters and had to do a second coat of the one coat paint. Looks good now though! Tomorrow the trim.

We’ve had a busy week again, although for the life of me I can’t recall what we did.

Saturday was a marathon, starting at 10:20 when we got into the car for the drive into town. We made a quick stop at some guy’s house who is selling the type of chair we are looking for (we didn’t buy it), then stopped at a bagel shop for a quick breakfast. We made another stop at some parts store for a lawnmower part on the way to see Carm’s mom. A few more blocks of driving then a few minutes to see Carm’s mom. From there we raced to the Brick to look at bed frames (we found one - hurrah!), and then into Costco for a few odds and ends. Home depot for paint was what we hoped was our last stop… not to be though, when we got home we could see that they had given us the wrong paint so we had to go back into the city to replace it. We quickly unloaded the groceries, let the dogs out, then were on our way into the city again. They fixed up the paint at Home Depot and then since it was supper time, and to make the trip seem more worthwhile, we stopped for Pho at our favorite hole in the wall spot. Whew!

I think we were at Trudie’s one night, but I can’t be sure that it wasn’t the week before.

Sunday we de-winterized the trailer and tested all the systems. Everything worked well, although we futzed around with the AC for a while before remembering that we had disconnected the trailer from 120… so of course it wouldn’t work… dooh!

There are still some steps for getting the trailer ready for our first trip, but painting is our first priority. And then I guess we’ll have to get some plants for our deck pots.

It was warm today with clouds racing across the sun - yes, the wind was blowing a gale. We had some moments of bright sun as we were painting.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!  ~William Butler Yeats