Catching my breath and catching you up...

This is the big weekend to paint the living room (Sadly, I am looking forward to going back to work and resting up!)

I got all the masking tape up Friday night, then (wisely I think, because I knew what was coming) took the rest of the night off.

Ate a big breakfast (need fuel) on Saturday and started at 8:00 AM. Just cutting in the entry way and painting the steel front door took me to 11:00 AM. The door, BTW, looks like crap. I think it will take many, MANY coats to get the door right.

Stopped and went to Home Depot and got a rhododendron - "English Roseum" two tomato plants, three bags of potting soil and some other stuff. Stopped at PetSmart and bought 6 goldfish for the reflecting pool. Went to Farmer Jacks and bought a planter I saw and liked (plus, it was $10 cheaper than anything else I looked at.

Got home, planted the planter with a geranium in the middle, two asparagus ferns in the back and two tri-colored sweet potato vines in the front. I'll take a picture when the geranium blooms and its a bit more filled in.

Planted the rhododendron and the two tomato plants in the rear garden (those pictures are posted. BTW, they painted the wall Saturday morning. Now back is REALLY hurting (had three pain pills so far) so decided to take a nap before returning to painting. Laid down for a bit when Jake and Carla came in. We visited a bit then they went out on their scooters. I went back to painting.

By 10:15 PM I had everything cut in but the molding next to the ceiling. Gave up and went to bed.

Sunday, started again at 8:00. Had to use a 1 inch brush to do the molding without getting paint on the white coved ceiling. After looking at it in the light of day, I realized that the baseboard needed another coat, so laid down (can't kneel, remember?) and crawled around the perimeter again. It's noon, now. Debating what to do. If it needs two coats, it has to dry 4 hours in between, so really should start rolling, NOW. But, my arm and back are killing me, so I think doing some planting would be a good diversion...

I'll let you know how it turns out...