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Oh sure, it seemed easy enough. Grab a brush, slap it on, cover the scars and marks of life. Get on with it. Simple -- until one comes to the almighty choice - Baked Scone or Carolina Brass? Bullfrog or Gentle Grass? Clay dust, Gaucho or Cinnamon Brulee? “Don’t you have something the color of cattail leaves just as they begin to gray”?2
Pints, quarts, test, mix, test. Imagine from an angle, squint, consider, condemn and try again - my patchwork of indecision gradually filling my walls. 3
But, today's the day. With new resolve, I race the storm cloud to the store, slap down my bucks and carry my buckets to the door just as the skies let go. Others less sure, gather round the doors waiting amidst the clutter of sacrificial umbrellas - cave dwellers, hoping for a break. But I, having met the enemy, am unafraid of bolts and booms and buckets. Defiance in hand, I move boldly to the front and emerge to thunderous applause. 4
Move over Gene Kelly, I'm comin' home!5
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silly moments really... but still something to celebrate.
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"I'm sinking in the rain,
Just sinking in the rain,
No hope for my boat, and
I'm drowning again . . ."
I only just met you so i wasn't around when this was written (oh so well) and your house painted. So what exactly Is on everything facing east? I love your style, Jane . . . "emerge to thunderous applause", that's Great!
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profound bravos....bucketsful!
"the color of cattail leaves just as they begin to gray”...I love that color....
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LOL
It could be worse - you could be wallpapering...! YUKKK!
And why are you stopping to read and answer these comments? - You could have been finished by now!
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Ahhh... decisions, decisions, decisions.
Don't worry if it all goes wrong you can always paint it all over again! (now there's an encouraging thought LOL!)
Get the music on and enjoy slapping that paint around!
Good luck, Kyla X -
'oneluckygirl' I'm with you it's worth getting wet just to have the hot shower when you get home. --- (and painting is the pits).
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My favorite color is burnt quesadilla, with just a CC of shaved peach mixed in for extra warmth. That or white.
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Actually mildew is about how it feels after all these days of rain and humdity, doesn't it? That's exactly why I'm in the good old A/C, dabbing away with my brush.
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Uh-oh! Some one is redecorating. Haha, that's right, don't let the rain slow you down. Personally I'd use the rain to paint the walls of my room...metaphorically (spelling???) of course. The colour you walls end up being after you paint with the rain, though, is often called 'Mildew'.
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Linen Napkin, Dry Earth, Mark Twain House Peach... and the color of cat tail leaves that have been cut for three days.
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Next hurdle, what goes where? All my rooms are open around a huge center area so I have many quirky ideas as to how to do what wall. (everything facing east gets...) Leave it to me to make it complicated. LOLOL
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Scindr,
Thank you. I think it's nice to celebrate the small victories of life. I'm glad you could enjoy it too.
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So what color is it?
I'm redoing too.
Got my color theme picked out but not the colors ..I'll share if you do.
Lisa
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This was a very interesting write. Very short and to othe point. I enjoyed the celebration of events. Just an all around fun read.
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LOLOL - I didn't say it's made it to the walls yet... lol.
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I hope your cottage cheese didn't come off! You go girl...lol.
Sincerely,
Leo Long
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