Lessons Learned

I was under the weather with a digestive upset much of yesterday, so I didn't get anything done on the room that is to become Meg's.  EXCEPT, one of my ham friends, N9XOQ, dropped by to clean out my maple seedling collection--I mean gutters.  I swear, I don't know what I would do without the brotherhood of amateur radio!  I am such a lucky duck to have so many wonderful friends, some of whom have gone extra miles to help me out.  (You, too, Mr. Buster!)  I wish there were something I could do to return favors for them.  I do feed them at Field Day.  I'll have to make sure the food is extra good this year!

One thing we did do yesterday was pick out a paint color for the room.  We took a pillowcase to Ace Hardware for them to match with the computer.  That has always worked for me before...  The guy asked what the fabric was.  I said cotton.  He said, "That's good.  Polyester always messes up the computer match."  Pillowcases made of polyester?  Hahahahaha!  No way!  We got a gallon of the expensive scrubbable stuff and came home.  Today, I painted a square foot on one wall for Meg to see (because the walls weren't ready for real painting yet).  Ack!  Instead of the blue-gray we were expecting, it was purple!  I checked the label on the pillow case:  60% cotton, 40% polyester.  Double-ack!  So...we just ate a $35 gallon of paint!  Lesson learned: check the fabric label if you are matching a color to a fabric! 

Today, I worked on filling nail holes, cleaning and smoothing the walls, and generally getting the room ready for painting.  I really thought that I'd have it all painted today, but the color mishap short-circuited that.  So did the fact that the wall prep task was bigger than I thought it would be.  I did get my hairs cut this morning, and Meg and I did make a trip to find another paint color.  We also ate out at Pizza Hut...normally saved for special occasions.  I ran the Tuesday night radio net, and all was well. 

I am now on a brainstorming quest to figure out how we are going to get all of the bedroom amenities into Ryan's LITTLE room, when we get to it.  His room will be what is now my radio shack/computer room...and it is the smallest room in the house, excluding bathrooms.  All of the loft beds I've seen are too big.  I may have hiton an idea for a type of murphy bed to go into the closet.  We'll see!  I'm going to call in my expert builder to see if he thinks it is do-able.  (RAF, are you reading??)

My to-do list gets bigger every day.  My energy isn't what it used to be.  As I have said before, I just keep pluggin'!