Saturday, March 13, 2021

Certainty

  

There are few things in this world of which I am absolutely certain.  Mostly - - - I’m pretty flexible in my thinking.  However, of this there is no doubt -

I HATE TO PAINT!

I HATE TO PAINT for a number of reasons. 


1 I’m not really very good at it. 

2 The prep work takes as long to get done as the painting job itself. 

3 No matter how careful I am, I always get paint all over me AND all over other things NOT being painted. 

And, as I’ve gotten older,

4 My back always hurts about halfway through the job and it’s quit or have to crawl out of the room on hands and knees.

Recently I found a single white metal cabinet the perfect size and height to go next to my kitchen counter.  Extends the counter space (always a good thing) and gives me an extra drawer and cabinet space (another good thing).  It was rusted in a few places, paint peeling in a few more but exactly what I was looking for. 

Now, my kitchen appliances are, for god-only-knows-why, black. 

side note here:  appliances are supposed to be white.  I’m pretty sure there’s a rule about that somewhere.  They are not supposed to be black.

The counter tops are a black/white swirl.  So, I decided to paint the new cabinet a glossy black.  It should fit in with the appliances and pick up the counter top - - right?

Don’t tell me no – I don’t want to hear that.

Went to the paint store and explained to the guy what I needed, why I needed it, and how much I HATE TO PAINT.  The guy at the paint store has no sense of humor.  When I asked about what type of brush – he suggested a roller.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha snort, giggle sighhhhhh

Using a roller - not only would I have paint all over me, there would be paint on every single thing in the room where the job would be done.  No, no roller.  Then, he picked out a glossy black paint that is oil based.  You know – the type you cannot clean up with using soap and water.  The kind you need mineral spirits to clean up with.  And, a $10 paint brush.  Did I want mineral spirits too, he asked. 

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha snort, giggle sighhhhhh

No thanks.  I’ll go to Walmart and get half a dozen $1 throw-a-way brushes. 

So, here it is – in process.  I’ll post another picture when it’s finished.  Not today.  Probably not tomorrow but hopefully in the foreseeable future.


I HATE TO PAINT.

I’ve spent much of this past week working in the yard at the “house-for-sale” in town.  Of course, everything froze.  And, since it is the “house-for-sale” I figured I needed to get the yards looking at least presentable rather than horrifying.  So, I cut back what should be cut back, left a few things I’m not certain about yet, and generally cleaned up both front and back yards.

side note:  My apple watch lies. After spending four hours cutting back things and carrying it all to a trash pile for city pick-up, the watch tried telling me I’d only walked 3 miles.  It lied!  I’m sure I walked at least 10, probably 15 miles!

Then, I started on the yard and plants at the new house.

Anyway – yard work has, once again, kept me so busy that by the time I crawl back into the house, I’m past tired and moving quickly into tired-and-unable-to-think-talk-walk.  I have been going to bed at 8:30pm because, I'm too tired to sit-up.  Honest-to-god - I think I'm getting old!

I tell you this to explain my sporadic blogging/reading but I will be caught up 

one day,

one day soon.

I hope.

 

13 Mar 2021

 

6 comments:

  1. I think your cabinet is coming along just fine, I really like that you're painting it black! I actually painted the walls in my room black seeing I couldn't stand the hideous color that they were.

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  2. You have undertaken an big bite of work. The cabinet looks great.

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  3. the cabinet looks great..but he should have sold you a latex and a foam roller.

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  4. The paint job on your new metal cabinet is looking damn good!

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  5. That cabinet is where I haul it outside and attack it with a spray can! when I paint rooms, which I haven't for a while, I plan on only one wall at a time. that way less disruption, not as tired when I finish the planned section, general better attitude on my part. I haven't done it in a while, because nowadays climbing up even one step is not as advisable as it used to be!

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  6. I've never really painted anything (except I did spray paint a cork board for my own nefarious purposes). I think I helped paint my bedroom when I was a teenager? I don't know - it all sounds like work to me, which I studiously avoid!

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