December 5, 2012
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Delightful Day 5
The paint on my banister is in fact what made me happy yesterday! And very, very, very tired. I spent all day climbing up and down the steps in various contorted positions trying not to drip paint on my face or our new carpet or the previously painted white trim. It is not easy to paint the side of the handrail that faces the wall. I’m just saying.
Well, the hard work has paid off and I am in love with the new color scheme. Also with chalk paint. Have you heard of it? Basically, it’s paint with some sort of chalky substance mixed in (I used plaster of paris), making it unnecessary to sand or prime previously finished wood before painting. I despise sanding. I find priming redundant. So this was right up my alley! One more step left – to protect it with some polyurethane – but the end is in sight.
Today, what made me happy was sushi for dinner, because I just didn’t feel like having a big dinner-making mess in the kitchen, on top of the painting supply mess, and the half-decorated for Christmas mess, and the lunchbox/backpack/homework/permission slip mess. So, yeah. Sushi. (Plus mac-n-cheese for the kids, which dirtied a pot and some measuring cups. Plus roasting pumpkin seeds from the 2 pie pumpkins I had to cook yesterday to clear off the mantel, making way for the holiday baubles. That dirtied 2 cookie sheets. Plus making lunch for school tomorrow, including hard boiled eggs, dirtying another pot.)
I think I’m a failure at takeout.
Other happy things today – catching up with Professor Sister on the phone. She’s a very, very busy lady these days. Our chats are fewer and farther between….but we’ll be together for Christmas, so that will be nice. And did I write about our extended family photo shoot with the Mr.’s side of the family the day after Thanksgiving? We all wore “jewel tones,” and let me tell you….listening to three brothers discuss their jewel tone wardrobes is quite hilarious. Anyway, we got to see the full gallery of photos tonight, and they are really quite lovely, jewel tones and all. I usually take our family portraits – even the ones I’m in, through the use of space age technology, kids – so it was nice to just be able to relax, and be in the moment. The photographer was quite talented, and we all had fun taking the pictures, too.
Sheesh, things sure seem hunky dory around here when I’m forced to be delightful! At least I owned up to the layers of mess in the kitchen, right?
Comments (2)
Mess is OK when it is from productive action… sound like all is well and I do want to see the banister project. Photos??
Yes, that was a take-out fail. But you reminded me I need to do the dishes. That is not so delightful for me. But I’m glad you’re delighted.