Well, it’s been a fairly busy but productive couple of weeks!<\/p>\n
Last week, I did all my XXXmas visiting, both having guests come to Xoozland, and going to stay with family.<\/p>\n
This week, my first Winter Project is well underway, and I am quite pleased with my progress. All of the old, ugly wallpaper was removed; the walls were scrubbed clean; I caulked all the cracks and seams (much better than it ever was— it’s an old house built in 1922); a coat of primer was put on the bare wood; and the walls were painted— two coats, already dry.<\/p>\n
Right now, I’m just waiting for the doors of the cabinet to dry— I had to clean them separately— so I can put the first coat on the trim.<\/p>\n
The walls are “Flyaway Blue,” sort of a cross between “Robin’s Egg Blue” (which I couldn’t find on the swatches in the paint store) and “Orson Budgie Blue” (which I couldn’t get them to do a computer match for me… the feather wasn’t large enough or solid enough for their machine). The trim is going to be high gloss Ultra White.<\/p>\n
It didn’t occur to me at the time I was picking the colours, but I’ve now got a sort of Wedgewood thing going on. Well, except for the ALMOND and BEIGE<\/b> tub enclosure, which I’m not changing at this point.<\/p>\n
The only problem is I haven’t had a shower or bath in three days<\/b> because I want the paint to dry properly!<\/p>\n
And while I’ve been waiting for the paint to dry between coats, I’ve been doing my annual system clean-up, organizing oodles and poodles of downloads, getting rid of junk I don’t need, and trying to do a system backup. Unfortunately, I haven’t found a really good application to allow me to do it easily… I want something that will let me say “back up drive C:, D:, E:, and G: to CD-R and span disks if necessary” without having to predetermine the contents of each CD created, or having to specify which files go where…<\/p>\n
And other than that, I’m going to try to enjoy my last few days of vacation before I have to go back to work on Monday. That will be brutal, I am sure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, it’s been a fairly busy but productive couple of weeks! Last week, I did all my XXXmas visiting, both having guests come to Xoozland, and going to stay with family. This week, my first Winter Project is well underway, … Continue reading