Wednesday, August 11, 2004
"What time is it?"
"4:30 a.m."
"Let's finish putting the new door hardware in."
"It's 4:30 a.m."
"It will take Fran at least another day to do it because he doesn't like that the hardware is Italian-made and not a standard door knob he's used to."
"It's 4:30 a.m."
"We'll save a lot of money if we do it ourselves."
..."I'll make some coffee.."
"You're putting that color on the walls??"
"Yes."
"It's orange."
"No it's kind of a terra-cotta-ish, exotic spice, O'Keefe-esque, fall leaf color. Very sexy for the den."
"Don't I have any say?"
"No. You wanted strobe lights, a black leather couch, a mini-bar and wall-to-wall aquarium. If it would have fit you would have put a jacuzzi in here too. So, no I don't think so."
"But that's going to look horrible."
"We'll see. It's just paint. Worse case scenario we paint over it."
"It's a weird color."
"It looks glorious and you know it. In fact this will be my showcase example of 'before' and 'after' pictures as soon as I have time to post pictures."
For all of its weirdness, the wall color hasn't in the least stopped either kid from spending most of their time in that room.
"Can we have a party this weekend? Dave leaves for college on the 15th."
"Sure sweetie." Who cares if people are stepping over paint cans and carpenter tools. Or that on any given evening of late all I want to do is FALL into bed from exhaustion at 8 p.m. Note to self: Take an afternoon nap...
"4:30 a.m."
"Let's finish putting the new door hardware in."
"It's 4:30 a.m."
"It will take Fran at least another day to do it because he doesn't like that the hardware is Italian-made and not a standard door knob he's used to."
"It's 4:30 a.m."
"We'll save a lot of money if we do it ourselves."
..."I'll make some coffee.."
"You're putting that color on the walls??"
"Yes."
"It's orange."
"No it's kind of a terra-cotta-ish, exotic spice, O'Keefe-esque, fall leaf color. Very sexy for the den."
"Don't I have any say?"
"No. You wanted strobe lights, a black leather couch, a mini-bar and wall-to-wall aquarium. If it would have fit you would have put a jacuzzi in here too. So, no I don't think so."
"But that's going to look horrible."
"We'll see. It's just paint. Worse case scenario we paint over it."
"It's a weird color."
"It looks glorious and you know it. In fact this will be my showcase example of 'before' and 'after' pictures as soon as I have time to post pictures."
For all of its weirdness, the wall color hasn't in the least stopped either kid from spending most of their time in that room.
"Can we have a party this weekend? Dave leaves for college on the 15th."
"Sure sweetie." Who cares if people are stepping over paint cans and carpenter tools. Or that on any given evening of late all I want to do is FALL into bed from exhaustion at 8 p.m. Note to self: Take an afternoon nap...
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