When I went to bed Friday, there was one thing I wanted to accomplish over this weekend. I wanted to get the kitchen wall painted.
So, I got up on Saturday and Sierra and I headed out to Home Depot… in order to paint the wall, apparently I needed to have paint…
I went to home depot for a 10$ can of paint… 200$ later, I left with a 10$ can of paint, 20 T-bar fence posts to finish the sacrifice section of the pasture, a fan for the kitchen and a bag of miscellaneous (but VERY important) items.
Ok… I am ready to paint the wall… as soon as I clear out the kitchen. That is ok… it is not really a waste of time since all that stuff needs to be moved out anyway. So, ok… lets clean out the kitchen.
Only one problem… most of the stuff in the kitchen is there because there was no room for it in the utility room… ok… not really a problem… I will just clean out the utility room… as soon as I clean out the garage so I have a place to put all the cra… I mean… stuff from the utility room…
*Cleaning the garage* JESUS GOD … where did all THIS stuff come from!?!?!? Ok… burn pile… no problem… small delay…
Ok… so… the garage is sort of cleaned up… at least I can get to where I need to get… trash is burned, recycling ready to go… the utility room is cleaned out, with the carpet pieces drying in the sun… small delay while Sierras parents come to visit… now I can clean the kitchen out… as soon as I go to the grocery to get the stuff (and make) salsa and enchiladas for tomorrows birthday dinner we are doing for someone.
Ok… bedtime… I will deal with it all tomorrow…
Sunday morning dawns WAY too early… but as I lay there trying to talk myself into getting up, I find myself staring up at the light fixture… the newish one that has been dangling for several months, waiting for me to complete the installation… I have all the things I need… why have I not done it? All of the sudden, finishing that seem muy importante… so I get up and fix that… ok… all set to paint the wall … after I get the rest of dinner ready to go…
Ok… dinner set and sent… kitchen table pulled out, first paint on the wall… now I just have to wait for it to dry… I will go ahead and cut the first of the frames while I am waiting… measure twice cut once… ok.. in reality it is measure once, go out to mark and cut, get distracted by something and forget the measurement.
The 'something' this time is the planks that are leaning on the saw I need to use… they are for making the window frames/sills for the new windows in the big house… why do I keep moving those boards around? I will just make the frames…
Frames are done… and the wall is dry! Next coat… hummm… maybe I will go ahead and install the kitchen fan… hint to all that will install a fan… dropping the fan motor on the floor while standing on a chair is NOT conducive to easy fan installations. Fan works!! WHOOT!!
Dinner was great, by the way… green enchiladas, soft tacos, tostados, fresh salsa and chips with homemade cream-puffs for dessert… mmmmmmmmm…
By the time I get home and feed the angimals, the wall is dry enough for the first coat of touch up the white … then the second…
So … 48 hours later, my one goal for the weekend is completed… when someone at work tomorrow asks me what I did this weekend, I will say:
"I painted the kitchen wall…"
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