August 22, 2006
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Hallelujah!
A-ha! I bet you thought I was continuing the theme of the last post (especially since it got 21 comments), but I’m not. I am just praising God because THE PAINTING IS DONE! Yes, all my summer painting projects are finished. The entry way/stairway/upstairs hall is finished, including my death-defying ladder time. Actually, that part was pretty funny.
We have a semi-open stairway, so some of the wall is two-stories high. I borrowed an extension ladder and placed it on the steps to access the highest points of the wall. But, stand on a ladder on the steps? Scary! What if the ladder slipped? At this point, I called in The Hunter. “Nate,” said I, “go put on a rain poncho and get a book. You’re going to hold the ladder for me.” Obligingly, he sat with his back to the ladder holding it in place while he read Ender’s Game and I dropped paint on his blue, rain-ponchoed head. (Not on purpose, of course!)
Here’s a poor picture of what I saw. (Yes, that is my foot. No, the walls are not gray; they are blue in poor lighting.)
So, I shall reward myself with an ice cream cone and an evening of reading (and probably finishing) Dune. It’s turning out to be a decent story. I think about it when I’m not reading it, and I dream things related to it, both marks of a good book. Really, how could a book with a guy named Duncan Idaho not be good?
Also, since I yapped so much about it, and to celebrate the other painting being done, here’s a picture of my painted bedroom.
And another
PS–I can’t believe no one called me on the misspelling in my last post (now fixed). I had written “here it HERE” instead of “hear it HERE.” Oh, the shame, my !
Comments (12)
i would be scared to paint those steps too! looks nice though. i like your quilts! do you quilt?
(and i didn’t even notice your misspelling in the last post. i don’t capitalize anything on xanga. lol hope you are not really annoyed by that or something….you do teach AP English afterall! heh heh heh)
Tsk tsk. I think they’ll tack an extra millenia or so in purgatory on for that.
To say nothing of Vladimir Harkonnen, Leto Atreides, or “Gurney Halleck”. Duncan Idaho isn’t as neat a character here though as he is in Dune: Messiah.
…… Painting….. I dread the day!!
……. I guess your post WAS about hymns…… Amazing Grace!! (get it…. about the spelling mistake!?? — oh, well, at least I thought it was funny!)
Excellent job, Michelle-angelo! It looks fantastic.
What you really should be embarassed about is using blinking text in your post, a cardinal sin of the web development world.
Just teasing . . . (sort of)
You are very brave. The Hunter is brave as well. The picture of him is great, but I really like the way your toes snuck their way into the shot.
RYC: Yes, it was really fun getting unexpected gifts and visiting with Sue.
Your painting looks fantastic!!! Great job! You must be feeling great joy that it is done and looks so nice
Enjoy your ice cream and night of reading!
I hope you can make it!! Its hard to believe they actually have the nerve to do that. BTW your paint job looks divine– want a job over here in our house??
what a sport that hunter is!
It looks cozy and warm. I like it. A man that went to our church was a teacher and painted houses in the summer. He was painting the stairwell of someone we knew orange, and the ladder came down with the bucket. His client went running to him to see if he was all right, and he said “It was a full bucket, too.” My daughters liked Ender’s Game.
I notice the typo, but forgot to comment on it. I missed my one chance this year! Your bedroom looks great!
I love the ladder shot… it makes the viewer feel appropriately dizzy.