PAINT!

 

Who the heck took this picture???
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Good Morning Everyone;
I am beat, having done the west half of the living/dining room yesterday.

First order of the day was to move the heavy wooden bookcase.
It's a cabinet that Grandma had.
So very, very old... My grandmother being born in 1865.

And still, it has it's original glass.

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I didn't realize how much "junk" it could hold either.
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Nor did I realize what I would find behind it,
after I had emptied it out and moved it~
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UGH
Gross, eh?
But, (lucky me),
They were only cobwebs
(so nothing came crawling out at me)!
Say "Yay!"
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The trim and cutting in here being the worst of it all.
(Isn't it always)?
There are 6 windows, one door, one archway, two ceiling lights, nine outlets, two light switches, the thermostat, and a little cubbyhole that serves as a pass~through from the kitchen to the table, and vice~versa.

And it was HOT. (By Flintville, Wisconsin standards).
I ran out of wild cherry pepsi. (Which Casey brought to me after work). Thank you Bobo!
(Damn fine thing I had an extra cigarette or two laying around, or I would have looked MUCH worse than the above picture)!

I did find a bug on the wall by the door...
Weird looking thing too...

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What the heck is it? 

(Besides definitely ugly).
It was camera shy and flew out the door with the 'flash'.

Not sure why my wall looks 'pink' either.
It is a subtle grey.

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So I spent the day trimming, cutting, painting...
AND, I had great company too as Delbert McClinton sang almost all day!
(I thank you again, Pea)!

Where the piano was, are three missing floor tiles.

(They weren't missing, until I pulled them up and threw them out).
But they were quite beyond repairing/regluing.
I have extras to put down, but after 50+ years, they sure as heck won't match!

I have a jug of 'Bar Keepers Friend'...
This little bottle is amazing, and works in places you wouldn't expect a soft cleaner to work. Maybe it will help the flooring to match?
(Hey, I said "maybe")...
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After 9 hours of painting, trimming, cutting etc;
(with a break or two),
countless drips,
and even a few cusses thrown in for good measure,
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I EFFING RAN OUT OF PAINT!!!

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OK, no I didn't...
(Just thought that line 'fit' with the picture).
hehehe

It is to be 85 today, 87 tomorrow...
And the possibility of severe storms for the next few days too.
(Sticky and stormy is NO way to go through life).

My little air conditioner is still in the basement.
Lotta good THAT does for me...
Will try to carry it up today and install it.
Installing it is not the problem...

...getting it to the living room is.

I'd better close and get busy before it's too hot to breathe.

I don't know how y'all south of the Mason Dixon Line do it. It would simply kill me to live like this all the time.

Here's hoping y'all have a 'wunnaful' Wednesday!



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Originally posted to my Y! 360, Wednesday June 25, 2008 - 09:37am (CDT)