Now Playing: another "Dukes of Hazzard" episode, I couldn't tell you which one or which season.
Current Mood : Frustrated and aggravated. Plus, I hate paint.
Installed the former map chest in the Studio today. It was much too heavy for me to lift - heck, even Beloved needed a hand cart to get it inside - but I could nudge and slide it. So I used my hips and soon had it in place. Never doubt the power of your hips when it comes time to get something you want done ! All the patterns are in place, and there's cards taped to the shelves detailing what's where. Moved some fabric around, since the new pattern cabinet takes less space than what it replaced. Didn't gain much room (nowhere near what I'll need when the dollhouse comes up here !), but every inch is used somewhere !
Otherwise, ugh, what a day. Please, don't talk to me about paint today. Seems like every time I picked up a can and approached the castle with it, I screwed up, big time. The off-white made more of the previously applied stuff crackle, and it ran like anything. And even I have a hard time telling the difference between the colors. I am so ready for this *&^^%%$#*$ ing thing to be done and finished already ! Instead, it's even more messed up, and I am sooo tired of dueling with it.
I was about five seconds and two centimeters from pitching the whole sorry mess out the door when Beloved Hubby offered some help. I really wanted to just pick up a can of spray paint and have something OK look spectacular, you know ? I also wanted it done in a week. Neither were gonna happen, though. He told me that even he would have problems in such tight areas with notoriously hard to control spray cans, so it's no wonder I was frustrated and upset.
He proposed that we kind of start over. Paint the floors with the Fusion I already had, then repaint the walls by hand. With paintbrushes. He'd help, and I'd have the control I needed for some of the smaller areas. I'm a bit nervous about it - I mean, paint over it again ? There must be eight or ten coats on some of it already ! But since the alternative is dumping it, and I've come this far already, I may as well take the chance. Can always afford to learn something, too.
So there's a new entry on the ‘This Old Palace' page, and I'm seriously considering a wine cooler so I can calm down. Got to go with Beloved to Dollar Tree today - nothing new, but I got some stuff for Dearest Son's Halloween party. And it's always nice to look around when you don't need anything. Friday is Dearest's trip to the pumpkin farm, and yes, I'm helping out with that. It occurs to me that there may be a reason I stare into space when not much else is going on...
