Today we paint!
**Dalin**
awful colds so will take a LOT of breaks. I am the trim painter while
David does the rolling. I just hope I can keep my hand steady in
between all the sneezing. <g>
Have you ever noticed as you get older that it gets harder and harder
to get up from the floor? :(
Dalin
Linda~
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It is harder to do alot of things when you are getting older, like stay up
after 11:00 at night.
Breaks are good , then you can take your time getting up off the floor.
Good luck with the painting , we have some to do , hopefully soon.
--
Linda~
**Dalin**
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My advice to you is HIRE IT DONE!!! LOL!
We have all our furniture pushed into the middle of the small room,
leaving about a foot and a half border around the edge in which to
sit, stand, crawl, step in paint, bump into each other etc. <g>
You note we haven't started yet. We just look at each other and pour
another cup of coffee. <g>
Dalin
Auron
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Good luck mate - one of the hardest bits is actually making that first
stripe! It is even harder to make that first stripe in a place that cannot
easily be hidden if you should change your mind !
If you start in a place that you cannot hide if you change your mind, then
you are committed. Which is best - mass painting or cutting in? Some people
just love the cutting in - the fine detail, but then some much prefer the
thrill of slapping it on, either with roller or wallop brush.
Me? It never mattered, both needed doing, but there was always the joy of
seeing a job come to completion.
Take care - no spills, no splashes - no bickering - and definately no
sneezing whilst cutting in!
CXheers!
>
NHunkele
>My advice to you is HIRE IT DONE!!! LOL!
>
>We have all our furniture pushed into the middle of the small room,
>leaving about a foot and a half border around the edge in which to
>sit, stand, crawl, step in paint, bump into each other etc. <g>
>
>You note we haven't started yet. We just look at each other and pour
>another cup of coffee. <g>
>
>Dalin
>
Seems to me that just moving the furniture is a day's work well done.
Norma
**Dalin**
Why oh why does the paint always say "covers in one coat"?. It
doesn't! Oh, I suppose if you put it on real thick it might, but then
you have drips and roller lines.
At least the detail work that I am doing with the brush will cover in
one coat. Thanks goodness!!!
I'm taking my first break. Good thing, I ws able to get the paint off
my face while it was still somewhat tacky. <g>
Dalin
david
> Take care - no spills, no splashes - no bickering - and definately no
> sneezing whilst cutting in!
>
> CXheers!
>>
>
hey! no fair! that's a new rule and nobody told me about it... whoever
said that "no bickering" was one of the painting rules.... can you imagine
two people in one room with all the furniture pushed to the center, barely
enough room to move around, frequently bumping each other or sticking a
finger in paint... and you expect "no bickering"????
david (who knows the 'real rules....'.. LOLOL)
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_______________________________________
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Bette
>From: **Dalin**
>Have you ever noticed as you get older that it gets harder and harder
>to get up from the floor? :(
LOL , yep! good luck with the paint job.
Hope you don't get any spilled atop your head when he sneezes! ;>) Bette
Michael Fanner
> We just look at each other and pour
> another cup of coffee. <g>
Excellent. Steps in the right direction. <lol>
--
Mick.
Michael Fanner
> Why oh why does the paint always say "covers in one coat"?. It
> doesn't!
Of course it does. It covers my clothes, my hands, my hair. Any small area
of furniture where the dust sheet has moved slightly and my wife. All in
one coat <lol>
--
Mick.
Bob Flora
>> I'm taking my first break. Good thing, I ws able to get the paint off
> my face while it was still somewhat tacky. <g>
>
> Dalin
Pro painter's trick: cover your hands and face with cold cream or vaseline
before you start and the paint will come off easily.
--Bob--
**Dalin**
wrote:
Hmmmm...wonder if the tissue would stick to my hands and nose? I had
to stop and blow my nose a lot.
Dalin
>
BeeLady
Good thing, I ws able to get the paint off
my face while it was still somewhat tacky. <g>
Dalin
A really good friend would try hard not to hit this ball you just tossed out
there! LOL! MMMPPPPHHHHHH
(BJ with hands mashed over her mouth squelching a smart remark)
**Dalin**
wrote:
Be careful, be very careful. I might tell a story about you being
naked in a doghouse in the kudzoo! <vbg>
Dalin
>
Yoj
Yes, I have noticed that. I used to *like* to sit on the floor. I
could get down and up again without using my hands. Now I do everything
I can to avoid getting down, because I don't know if I'll make it back
up.
Somehow paint fumes don't seem like the best treatment for a cold, but
what do I know?
Joy
BeeLady
OK, Dalin. I never did think your face was tacky anyway. It is elegant.
BJ :- )
Linda~
has the mone to hire someone.
It is a pain , but it will be pretty once it is done and you shouldn't have
to paint again for a few years , hopefully.
What color is it going to be?
--
Linda~
**Dalin**
wrote:
LOL! How do you explain a color? It's called Iced Slate. I guess
it's a soft blue/green but with a lot of gray mixed in to dull the
brightness. Matches the flowers on the striped wallpaper. The
wallpaper is pretty, the background is a flat texture and the flowers
are raised up and a muted pink, yellow and that blue/green, but they
shine and there is a silvery look on top of the colors where they
catch the light.
I generally have a terrible time matching those tiny paint chips to
wallpaper, but this time I did good! I am delighted with the results.
Today the paper goes up but my husband will do that - he's the paper
hanger though he hasn't done it in years. I hope it's like riding a
bike, something you don't forget. :)
We also bought the matching border to go around the room which will
tie into the one papered wall. I never used a border before, I think
it will look nice. But boy will I be glad when we're done and
everything is back in place!
Dalin
**Dalin**
wrote:
LOL! Amazing what a little blackmail can do. <vbg>
Dalin
>
Knut Willy
"**Dalin**" <lj...@mindspring.com> skrev i melding
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Amazing what a little black male can do........
(Sorry, couldn't resist the pun)
Knut Willy
Bob Flora
> LOL! How do you explain a color? It's called Iced Slate. I guess
> it's a soft blue/green but with a lot of gray mixed in to dull the
> brightness.
> Dalin
That sounds exactly like the green I described that's so popular on new cars
this year. Fashionable!
--Bob--
Linda~
finished, sounds like you are getting close?
We are still trying to figure out a color for our bathroom.
I guess a trip to Lowe's and alot of paint swatches are in order.Everyone
has an idea for the room , crown molding ,tile,trim, paint,lights, etc.I try
to tell them it is just a bathroom .lol
--
Linda~
**Dalin**
wrote:
Oh Lord, I hope we are through today! Just the border paper to put
up. But then we have to call our contractor to put in new closet
doors and build a wall down to meet the doors. Our current doors are
90" tall and they don't make them that tall any more.
So then we take everything out of the closet again and cover
everything again to protect against the plaster dust while that wall
is built. Then more painting, etc. Of course nothing really protects
against plaster dust.
Hey you know the bathroom is one room in the house where you can go
absolutely wild if you want! LOL! Red walls and a black ceiling if
you so desire! So let yourself go and have fun. :)
Dalin
NHunkele
>Oh Lord, I hope we are through today! Just the border paper to put
>up. But then we have to call our contractor to put in new closet
>doors and build a wall down to meet the doors. Our current doors are
>90" tall and they don't make them that tall any more.
>
>So then we take everything out of the closet again and cover
>everything again to protect against the plaster dust while that wall
>is built. Then more painting, etc. Of course nothing really protects
>against plaster dust.
>
>Hey you know the bathroom is one room in the house where you can go
>absolutely wild if you want! LOL! Red walls and a black ceiling if
>you so desire! So let yourself go and have fun. :)
>
>Dalin
Seems to me you could have your contractor construct new doors. 90" tall means
you can get at the top closet shelf more easily, no?
Norma
Bob Flora
>> Hey you know the bathroom is one room in the house where you can go
> absolutely wild if you want! LOL! Red walls and a black ceiling if
> you so desire! So let yourself go and have fun. :)
>
> Dalin
Imagine waking jup in that bathroom one Sunday morning with a hangover. :-)
--Bob--
Linda~
Sounds like you won't be done for a few days yet.90 inch doors are huge.
I don't know about the red walls, when we moved here the living room and
dining room was red.
We painted them antique white and the trim white, made the rooms look
bigger.The red was a wierd red.
I had red walls , and black ceiling and trim , when I was a teen, had a
fish net hanging form the ceiling with balls in it, had posters on the walls
, 8 track recorder,Posters everywhere, my sister hated it, we shared a room
, she liked Tom Jones and I liked Jimi, Janis,James, and Alice.I loved to
drive her nuts back then. lol
I think my tastes have calmed down some.
**Dalin**
wrote:
Mine too, but somewhere deep in my heart, I'd love to go back to that
time and get wild again with a psychedelic rooom, a black light maybe,
the 15" stereo speakers standing on the floor, the candles that
dripped different colors, etc. I always thought I was born just a few
years too early. By the time all that came around, Woodstock, etc. I
was a young mother trying to be all prim and proper and fit in with
the community.
Dalin
>
Linda~
I was born alittle to late , never made it to Woodstock. I would have liked
to , was around for alot though.
Made candles, belts,handbags ,shirts, etc. Lived in parks ,streets, attics,
where ever I could.It was good and bad.Not sure about going back to that
time. It was an experience . :-)
--
Linda~
Butterkup
"Linda~" <lmi...@cinci.rr.com> wrote
> I was born alittle to late , never made it to Woodstock. I would have
liked
> to , was around for alot though.
> Made candles, belts,handbags ,shirts, etc. Lived in parks ,streets,
attics,
> where ever I could.It was good and bad.Not sure about going back to that
> time. It was an experience . :-)
> --
> Linda~
>
kids, I mostly love all the musicians that were there.
I probably would have been one of the gals swimming naked in the mud! <g>
Now, I go to Magnolia fest/Spring Fest in Live Oak and all the kids dress
like something from that era and adore Jerry Garcia. I have to laugh,
because it is Jerry's bluegrass music that is promoted.
Is there pot? Yes. Is it a family affair? Yes.
Is there love? Yes. Does a 68 year old feel at home there? Yes. Guess I
am just a 2004 hippie!
sue
**Dalin**
Wow! You just gave me an idea. I'd rather have the shorter doors,
but we only have one shelf in the closet right above the clothes bar.
There is room for a second and I think I'll ask Rob to put one up.
More storage space. Yahoo!!! Thanks Norma!
Dalin
**Dalin**
wrote:
Were you a runaway? That must have been dangerous for you sleeping in
parks, etc.
Dalin
Linda~
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over 40. :-)
Linda~
I was at times,I would go home to face the music when things got too bad.
Things weren't the greatest at home and I was a hippie.Didn't think I needed
to be a part of the establishment.
I did some sit in's against the war and marches. It was a safer time
actually then today , most people left you alone and didn't bother you.I
can't see that happening today.
--
Linda~
**Dalin**
wrote:
I bet you have a lot of interesting experiences to tell your kids. Or
maybe you don't tell them as you don't want them to get any ideas.
It really was a special time in our history, wasn't it, for the young
kids who were protesting the war, making love, living in communes,
etc. No, they couldn't do it now that's for sure.
Dalin
Linda~
I don't tell them alot , or anyone one else. It was a different life and
time.
I am glad I didn't miss it.Had a couple girlfriends who where scared at the
time to experience anything and it was a shame, now they feel like they
missed out .I don't think I would want to do it over though. It was alittle
scary , but not like it would be now.People where more helping and
trusting.I remember pan handing and getting enough to eat on everyday, now
if you ask for a quarter you get arrested.
--
Linda~
VBFree
[..]
>>Were you a runaway? That must have been dangerous for you sleeping in
>>parks, etc.
>>Dalin
> I was at times,I would go home to face the music when things got too bad.
> Things weren't the greatest at home and I was a hippie.Didn't think I needed
> to be a part of the establishment.
> I did some sit in's against the war and marches. It was a safer time
> actually then today , most people left you alone and didn't bother you.I
> can't see that happening today.
Hi fellow runaway. My grandparents gave me a loving home but when I was
almost 16 I lit out for LA with some kids.. never looked back. I was
just tired of living so far back in the sticks, life was passing me by.
I had wonderful adventures.. found my social conscience, marched against
the war and for women's rights.. wrote poems about how, "now, even the
Moon belongs to the establishment." Ran across one the other day <cringe>.
Yes, it was a safer time, I was never abused.. I earned my keep by
cleaning house and cooking for a college professor who had a beautiful
old Victorian house. He was a hippie at heart, and let many activists,
poets, musicians, writers and artists "crash at his pad." ;) What an
education!
I wanted it to go on forever...
Vickie
Bob Flora
>> kids who were protesting the war, making love, living in communes,
> etc. No, they couldn't do it now that's for sure.
>
> Dalin
About this time I was working in a Titan I silo in Denver, leaning against a
live nuclear warhead, wondering whether we would succumb to nukes, feminism
or civil rights riots first. Then I joined the Army reserve- only to spend
many weeks in riot control training, for US citizens, not Russians or
Vietnamese. This really was a MADD world.
--Bob--
**Dalin**
wrote:
Sure was! I remember sitting in a strange empty house in CT waiting
for the furniture to arrive, listening to a portable radio as
President Kennedy addressed the nation about the Cuban Missile Crisis
and wondering if we were going to be nuked any minute.
Dalin
>
**Dalin**
That was sooo young Vickie to leave home. Your grandparents must have
been frantic! Did you somehow stay in touch with them and let them
know you were ok? I hope your relationship with them had a happy
ending.
Dalin
VBFree
[..]
> That was sooo young Vickie to leave home. Your grandparents must have
> been frantic! Did you somehow stay in touch with them and let them
> know you were ok? I hope your relationship with them had a happy
> ending.
I loved my grandparents and hated to hurt them, I left them a three page
apologetic letter telling them so. I did write to them regularly.. and
also phoned them on their birthdays - collect, poor things.
I came back to visit them after I was 18, but continued to live in
beautiful California until they needed me at the end of their lives.
Vic
Linda~
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It was cool and glad I had that , it is hard to tell people about now.It was
a long time ago.
--
Linda~
**Dalin**
Most runaways don't keep in touch. You were considerate of them while
doing your own thing and I'm sure they knew you loved them, and then
you were there for them at the end. :)
Dalin