Paint-o-rama

I spent 14 hours today painting my living room, hallway and bedroom. My condo is full of fumes. Let's hope I make it through the night.

Easter Morning

I stayed up all last night putting another layer of paint on the fire place mantle. I should really go take a nap but I bought 3 cans of paint yesterday to paint my living room and bedroom. I also have a 10 lb. ham taking a swim in 2 liters of coke. That's right! I found a recipe online that calls for marinating the ham in coca-cola overnight then baking it in an oven bag the next day. Fun times. Going over to Faisal's tonight for Easter dinner and I'm bringing the hammie. I got up early this morning to go pick up Rich and then head over to Feltus'. Rob made us breakfast before mass. Coffee, fruit, yogurt and something I've never had before...Easter Bread. It was sort of like a coffee cake/fruit cake hybrid. Tasty, nonetheless. Then we headed to mass. Curt was too good to sit with us. We sang some songs and Rich and I laughed at the toddler with the eye patch. Overall, I'd say it was a good morning.

Home Update

I should be studying...but...I decided to do some work to my place. I can't stand the nasty brass firebox cover on my fireplace. So, I have been planning to paint the mahogony wood white and spray painting the brass cover black. Today, I started by cleaning up the entire thing. Years and years of dust have accumlated in every nook and crany. Apparently, the former tennants were fond of candles on the mantle. After much scraping, goo gone, wiping and vaccuuming, I was ready to start painting....or so I thought. I discovered that much of the brass firebox cover still had the original protective plastic layer. I had to scrape it off in spots because it had been on so long, it had melted. Nice! Former tenants were also apparently fond of hanging stockings I assume from the mantle..in a different spot each year because there were nail holes all over the top. Someone had carved the initials "A A" in the top edge of the mantle. I had to spackle with wood filler and then sand. After cleaning all that up, I started the spray painting of the firebox. I used black high heat spray paint designed for bbq grills. It worked out great! The fine spray left a nice layer on the carpet. Grrr. Fortunately, that came right up. I have to say, it looks a million times better. Thank goodness it's a beautiful warm day out...I was able to leave the windows open all afternoon. I replaced the electrical outlets and covers in the dining room. Next up is painting the mantle wood white which won't happen until next week.

Seriously

Is there a full moon or something? It seems like everyone's relationships (myself included) have gone wonky this week. What the heck? Am I glad that it's a 9/80 week. I need sleepy time.

Very Niiiiiice

I tried to go to sexy class and all I got was pain...and bruises...and burns. Owww.