- July 1, 2007 -
Putting the "Pain" in Painting

We begin this fourth season of 50 Days with painting. A new condo, a fresh start, and OH MY GOD MY ARMS HURT. This new place is way above and beyond any place that I've ever lived in before in terms of quality and neighborhood, and I'm excited to be living there, but getting it ready for next Saturday's move-in is hard work! I spent all day yesterday painting the living room and bedroom until I thought my arms would fall off. Actually, I only painted until I realized I needed more paint for the bedroom. I'll acquire that tomorrow. Today I put a second coat on one wall of the living room before I was running out of that color, too.

Then Uncle Pat came over with cooler tools than I've got to take down blinds and rearrange the ceiling hooks in the garage so we could hang my bike in there. You know, the bike that Amity gave me shortly before I moved to Colorado and which has since been collecting dust in my local family's garage. But now I have a place to store it and better places to ride it, so it'll be making a trip to a bike repair shop sometime in the near future for a good tune up.

Your first picture of Summer 2007 is the light switches in the bedroom, with the door frame taped off and a bit of a view into the living room. I know the living room looks very orange here. It's actually a nice terracotta, and it will be greatly toned down once the dining room color is up and the furniture and accessories come in.

tomorrow

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