Paint

I desperately want my entire house painted. I desperately don't want to do it myself.

I sucked it up this weekend and painted another room. When we moved in the entire house was painted white (flat paint). Stark white. Last fall I finally painted the dining room and I think it turned out nice.

Today I tackled the family room. I've been trying to decide on colors for months and have changed my mind so many times. I finally decided to paint two walls a color called Vermeer's Pearl and the wall in between, Blue Light. Blue Light is my "accent" wall although it is a very light blue. I figure if you don't like your accent wall later, a light color is easy to change, although it's really not a true accent wall. I ordered the paint from Home Depot, but I used the Glidden brand. The colors looked white when I came home with them. The Pearl color was even more stark white then I had originally. It was almost laughable since I was trying to get a way from white.

The paint job looks OK now. The colors look good together and I think it will pull my pictures and furniture together quite nicely once I get everything back together. It's kind of what I was expecting and the Pearl (which has just a hint of blue if you look closely in the right light, with your head at the right angle when the sun is 2pm) makes the room look bright which is a good thing. Last time I painted I used Behr (Home Depot's brand) and I was pleased. I probably won't buy the Glidden paint again. Maybe it was me, but maybe the paint just wasn't that great when it comes to covering the wall. Ha - there's my consumer report for you!

Next on the agenda is the kitchen and the bathrooms. I want to paint the bathrooms with my leftover colors that is the only reason they are up at the top of the list! I hate to waste and store paint for a decade like what seems to happen in households across America!

Catch Up

Where do I start? First, is anyone even still checking this blog? Doubtful at this point. It is hard to believe how quickly summer is zooming by. Most of what is going on in life isn't blog material so I'll have to start being creative!

Last weekend, Sean and I finally found some time for a long weekend out of town. We only travelled about 70 miles but it was nice to spend some quality time in Harper's Ferry, WV. We stayed at a great B&B that had an amazing view of the river and the train tracks. Great view, not the best place for a good night's rest. The trains come by constantly and because of the tunnel, there is a lot of honking. Which means a lot of tossing and turning. We had a great suite and there were two resident cats that we hung out with when possible. One night I watched one attack a snake from the deck. I was going to go help the toad get away from the cat, but luckily I got a glimpse in the moonlight before I went down there. It was just a small snake and this cat was enthralled by it.

We went white water tubing and paid a visit to the casino. In the evening we would have dinner and then come back to sit on the glorious deck to watch the moon rise, the trains go by, the deer passing through, a cat attacking a snake and whatever else came our way. We had a bottle of champagne and enjoyed conversations with the other guests. It was nice to spend few nights out of town.