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MARCH 31, 2008
I am a bit of an odd duck, a little weirdness here and there is my calling
card. I am the person who will put the "do not disturb" sign on their door
for days when staying at a hotel, instead of taking advantage of it. I get
uncomfortable with anyone cleaning up after me even though as my friends and
family can attest I really, really need someone to clean up after me. I
have this thing about needing to do everything for myself and that is why I
have single handedly painted about ten apartments ten hundred colors but
when I moved into my house last year I realized it was too big of a job
and I was actually going to hire someone to do it for me. I had a
consultation and found someone I could trust in my house, I felt excited,
liberated and actually a little proud that I was getting over a bit of a
phobia -- and then he quoted me the price. To say I just about fell over
would be an understatement, I felt like Archie Bunker sitting back in my
chair going " You've got to be kidding me" as if the price of ham went from
a dollar a pound to twenty overnight. It was a reasonable enough quote but
as someone who subscribes to the modern girl's guide to hunting and
gathering including shopping at Winners (Adrienne Clarkson does it, I've
seen it with my own eyes), I quickly resolved that I would once again do it
myself. So I have spent the last week cursing and aching as I try to paint
my stucco ceilings white. Stucco as anyone who's tackled it knows is its
own beast and what a beast it is. Plaster falling like raindrops onto my
hair, the floor and until I put on some goggles, my eyes, with each gallon
of paint only covering one square meter like it was the desert. Last night
at two in the morning I screamed out that horror movie scream as my
shoulder locked in place above my head and the roller slipped from my grip
and at that moment I would have paid a burglar five times the quote to
finish the job .
This morning however I am fresh with extreme amounts of caffeine, coupled
with Vitamin d and b12 and I am gonna show this rest of the ceiling who's
boss and I am going to enjoy every minute of it if it kills me.
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2008:
+ March 31, 2008
+ March 24, 2008
+ March 18, 2008
+ March 10, 2008
+ February 18, 2008
+ February 11, 2008
+ February 4, 2008
+ January 28, 2008
+ January 21, 2008
+ January 14, 2008
+ January 8, 2008
2007:
+ December 31, 2007
+ December 17, 2007
+ December 10, 2007
+ November 26, 2007
+ November 5, 2007
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