on friday afternoon, i decided to paint my back room this weekend. it's something i've been planning to do since i moved it, and my landlord gave me permission (and said he'd reimburse me – even BETTER!). so i began on friday evening. i had to prime the walls and then apply 2 coats of paint. so essentially i had to paint each wall 3 times. when i began i thought "i am a strong, capable, independent woman", but it didn't take long to think "this is much harder than i thought it would be". the stairwell was really tricky and i was scare my bold leaning over the edge would result in me falling and breaking my neck. i wonder how long i would have lied there before anyone found me. anyway.... it was exhausting, but i enjoyed myself. i drank red wine and listened to the cbc. it took almost 24 hours to complete. i did little else except...
in the mid-afternoon i decided to go to the store for some french bread. i'd been painting with my house-door open, but the door to the porch (that you have to walk thru to get to the house-door) was shut. when i left to run to other store, i went outside to find honey in the backyard. i quickly grabbed her and then searched the house for pekoe to make sure he hadn't got out too. he wasn't there. i went back outside and started calling his name and spotted him. but he startles very easily and he crawled under the fence and ran away from me. i was quite upset and i searched for 10 minutes, freaked out that i'd lost mr. pekoe so soon after losing fru. my neighbours joined in the search, we split up and they quickly found him. PHEW. so he's safe and sound back inside. grr, that crazy guy. but i'm so thankful that he's back that i even let him sleep on my pillow right beside my head like he always tries to do.
anyway, i'm very pleased with the paint job. here are some before and after pics:
BEFORE
AFTER
this afternoon i made a fennel and tomato salad. it was really good. i had french bread and red wine with it (no, i'm not becoming a heavy drinker, i'm just trying to use up this bottle my neighbours gave me). i wanted to take a picture to show you because it was so fancy-smancy, but my camera batteries are dead.
well, here's the last of my news... i've decided to go to baffin island next april to visit beckie. i love taking vacation and traveling, but i always get discouraged because so few people are available to join me on holidays. but then it occurred to me, why travel with someone? how about you go visit someone! beckie'll only be there one more year, and i'm going to plan to be there for her birthday. it'll be really expensive, but i'll save starting RIGHT NOW. besides, i won't have to pay for my accommodations and such. so that will help. melissa and i were talking about going to mexico, but she said we can go another time, mexico can wait. visiting beck is time sensitive. linkage
don't you know that its a fool who plays it cool,
by making his world a little colder.
this afternoon i made a fennel and tomato salad. it was really good. i had french bread and red wine with it (no, i'm not becoming a heavy drinker, i'm just trying to use up this bottle my neighbours gave me). i wanted to take a picture to show you because it was so fancy-smancy, but my camera batteries are dead.
well, here's the last of my news... i've decided to go to baffin island next april to visit beckie. i love taking vacation and traveling, but i always get discouraged because so few people are available to join me on holidays. but then it occurred to me, why travel with someone? how about you go visit someone! beckie'll only be there one more year, and i'm going to plan to be there for her birthday. it'll be really expensive, but i'll save starting RIGHT NOW. besides, i won't have to pay for my accommodations and such. so that will help. melissa and i were talking about going to mexico, but she said we can go another time, mexico can wait. visiting beck is time sensitive. linkage
don't you know that its a fool who plays it cool,
by making his world a little colder.
8 comments:
The paint is a huge improvement. Looks great!
thanks! i've been meaning to do that since i moved in. i was always kind of embarrassed that the entry to my totally rad maxi-pad was so sketchy. but now it's quite quaint!
Baffin Island? Whereabouts on the island? I want to go there too, there's supposedly good climbing there!
i've added a link to the bottom of the post. beck has some amazing pics on her flickr account too. (beckless' photos in my links)
love the new porch!
I've always been impressed with your place. And I think the back room is amazing. So much more now that you've painted it. Brighter and even more open. Nice discipline. 24 hours? It would have taken me 24 months. (See Butler kitchen walls, for example.)
That looks great!!! And i'm quite envious of your travels. I would love to go to Baffin Island some time!!!
haha bob. it's really not that hard when you put your mind to it. i like what you've done to your kitchen so far. i look forward to seeing the end result.
oh jordin, i'm sure you have loads of time for grand travels. remember, you have about 40 years after your kids are grown up. no doubt you'll get some good adventures in then. or before! travels with kids is great. we used to go to england frequently to visit my mom's family. i'm very grateful for a chance to travel internationally from a young age.
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