I must not have been paying attention. I was surprised to learn that the long holiday weekend is upon us.
Doesn’t it figure, my desk is cleared for now, so I don’t even get the pleasure of ignoring the work until Tuesday.
We’ll be spending much of the weekend power-washing the house in preparation for paint. I say “we”, but I’m really referring to Mr. Kewlstuff. I’d help, really I would. But there’s some unwritten rule around here about women not being allowed to touch any tool that has the word “power” in its name. Understandable I guess, considering that time with the nail gun….
Anyway, my role is picking out the paint. HUGE responsibility there. ‘Cuz if you’re off just a shade, you have to live with the results for a long, long time. And worse yet, you just know that everyone that drives by will be asking themselves “What were they thinking?”
There’s a house like that in town. Looks like it was painted with a wet Smurf. Maybe the paint was on sale? Maybe the homeowner is color blind? Maybe the paint looked great in the can? Maybe they wanted to be able to give easy directions by saying “Just look for the big blue house on the right.” Hard to say.
So hey… if you happen to be in Home Depot over the weekend, stop by the paint department and say hi. I’ll be the one standing in front of the paint chips with that deer-caught-in-the-headlights look on my face.
Have a great weekend!
thinkinfyou
on May 22nd, 2009
@ 4:43 pm:
admin
on May 22nd, 2009
@ 5:06 pm:
You’re right though. There are like 1,000,000 shades of white alone. And naturally I’m not going with anything as easy as white.
Maybe I should just ask the guy with the Smurf blue house where he shopped?
Mike
on May 23rd, 2009
@ 2:00 pm:
Red – “Screaming Frenzy”
Blue – “Choking Fit”
Green – “Mucus Drizzle”
Yellow – “Intestinal Vista”
White – “Eyeball Pop”
Black – “Eternal Haze”
When can I expect a check?
admin
on May 23rd, 2009
@ 4:26 pm: