Painting in the DA-ARK, Oh OH, oh-oh

So it was a Billy Idol evening as we sang to ourselves "Painting in the Dark" to Dancing with Myself AND "Paint without a Light" to Eyes without a Face. Had nothing to do with alcohol. The Bud Light with Lime didn't come until we ran out of lyrics.



Oh, when there's no way to get light,
In the bathroom crowded tight,
I just grab a brush cuz I'm in a rush,
And I'm painting in the Da-ark...






So let's sink another beer,
Cuz it's gettin hot in here,
I'm on a roll, up on the wall,
And I'm painting in the Da-ark...



OH-Oh... oh-oh.




Paint without a light,
No clue if it's done right, paint without a light,
Tryin' to wash these rollers white, paint without a light...



Seriously though... if you don't like Billy Idol- blame Roxanne, she's the one that got me into him. If you think we rock, credit Roxanne.

:)

Fortune Cookie

I am not easily impressed by Fortune Cookies, but I was today...

First, I ordered dumplings. The word it offered me to learn in Chinese is ... Dumplings.

...cue the twilight zone music...

Second, I have been struggling to balance the advice and criticisms of others with my own guesses at how to manage life/my house/my future wedding and so forth (mostly my house which is why I am posting this on the blog) and the fortune is... THERE IS ONLY ONE SUCCESS--TO BE ABLE TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN WAY.

Prophetic.

The numbers were a little disappointing:
-40 I am done having children by 40.
-34 My neighbor who also bought her house with her man and got into renovating it. He left her. I hope mine doesn't leave me.
-23 My number for basketball, my address number backwards, my favorite number/age other than 3.
-52 The number of cards in a deck. I enjoy playing cards.
-51 The number of cards in a deck when it's time to buy a new deck of cards.
-22 Palindrome.

Beautifying Inside & Out

Productivity last weekend!!!!

My friend Pat came with a truck and a chain saw to help us break down the tree debris (and so he could take the wood for his fire pit).


Brendan after loading the truck for the first time.


Pat making sure load 3 "wood" be a full one!


The truck filled with load two, load three mid yard, and hauling away the future mulch on a drop cloth (non-wood tree debris and weeds).


Fake blinds to hide our stuffed porch.


Peekaboo!


My new lamp.


The lamp in high detail.


Up next (hopefully) painting the bathroom!

What's New?

First...MY KITTY relaxing in the living room:



OK... enough kitties...Updates:

getting rid of the wholes in the door by hammering in ill fitting white pegs...



peeling off the tape...this is what blue tape did...


peeling off the tape...this is what the green tape did...


LESSON: GO GREEN!


bought this chair...(along with a coffee and side table)...


my living room is now cozy...



and so we had a PARTY! (well invited over 2 friends)...



This is my porch. Apparently there are people in town complaining about the appearance of my porch hurting their property values. So instead of spending my money on a sink in my bathroom, or insulating pipes in my basement, or getting a basement door, or windows that close, or screens without holes, or cabinets in my kitchen, or up to code plumbing with scald guards, or fix the grout in my shower, or blinds for the rest of my house other than bedroom, or shelves in my pantry,... I could go on...

THEY believe TOP of that list is trimming the hedges to proper shape, putting in a walkway to a front door I don't use, and emptying a porch I use as convenient storage and instead storing tools, tiles, and stuff I plan to sell in a basement or attic or garage where it's not as climate controlled or easily accessible, SO THAT when they drive by... the look of my front porch is more appealing to them.




SO I will be figuring out how to get a happy medium accomplished AND FAST.

This Just Makes Me Really Happy

Ok, so nothing to do with the house, other than that I will NEVER own a carpet that color. But seriously, can you watch this and not smile a little?

The Month of Nothing Done

So the electrician did his final inspection. Now I need to get the town guy to come out and sign off. THEN I can get vents going. I think my guy for the vents is getting me an estimate this weekend. He originally did not think he would have to damage the walls in the upstairs bathroom. Now he things he might. Boo. I asked that he try to do it by damaging the hall outside the bathroom instead (this is why I haven't finished the hall- so that in circumstances like this it's all good :).

I hope the light we end up putting in there is brighter. I have this BEAUTIFUL blueish greenish deep wall color that I love, but the light in the room is so yellow that it just distorts it all and makes it look kinda crummy.

July isn't going to be much better. Going to the shore (YAY AUNT DEBBIE!) this weekend. Then I have work on the 10th, 18th, 25th, and I think 31st. Baptism on the 11th, graduation party on the 17th, birthday that I will likely miss but if I can make it to part of I will on the 18th, and no party but both of my brothers' birthdays are this month and will need to be attended to. Oh, and trying to get to a Lady Gaga concert.

So fun stuff, just not terribly house-ish stuff. We do mow the lawn on a regular basis, and have recently looked into the recycling situation. Also, Brendan put up a shelf! (Perhaps I will get a picture of that).

Oh, and we still have the two trees in our back yard. There were two folks that offered to take them- neither of which has had time. And so now one of them I am pretty sure has a new resident: the most ADORABLE chipmunk. It will be sad when he loses his home. *Think Ferngully*

Anywho, that's it for now!

Still Alive- But a Little Held Up

So I am still living in a mess, but here's the thing...
1. have to have closets and shelves and space to organize,...
2. have to have bathrooms done to increase closets and shelves (right now bathroom vanities, mirrors, cabinets, and supplies are all over... once bathrooms are done I will have my closet back, and I will have cabinets in the bathrooms for towels and linens and toilet paper, etc...)
3. have to be able to finish my downstairs bathroom before I can take apart the toilet to do the upstairs...
4. have to paint downstairs bathroom before getting plumber in to put in vanity and toilet...
5. have to have ventilation fans put in before painting (they have to cut open the walls)...
6. have to get the final inspection done from my previous work permits from the town before I can get started on the vents
And the dude's apparently been busy for the last few weeks!!!
Grr. Arg...

Oh well, I have been busy anyways: birthdays (mine on the 23rd) baby shower, wedding, town street festival, visiting family, graduation parties and ceremonies, etc...

HAPPY SUMMER!