More Torture

OK ,so Homie is gone for a few days again and Shankie and I are trying to finish up some much needed repairs around the house. First off we finished the ceilings and they look great (compared to before) and then we used up the paint we already had on the trim. We bought some paint for the two rooms and decided to paint them both the same color. Not my first choice but to cut costs and besides it would take more than just paint to make this all better...just trying to make it easier on the eyes and my sanity. So my next question...just how hard is it to decide on a color and have it actually BE that color when you are buying paint? GEEZ...a whole lot harder than we thought. (which is what we found when redoing the front door!!!) I guess for the last few years when painting interior we have just settled for White or Antique white...which is nice but we used all that up on the trim! So we decided on a color and after texturing the walls tried out the new paint we bought which was something Sand...kinda an earthy color..which is what we were going for, Yeah...right...it was PINK! I mean I kept rolling on the paint thinking..WHAT? AND I HATE PINK. Not that there is anything wrong with pink...I just HATE PINK.
After contemplating on it for a while and me just saying Heck I would be happy with anything at this point, even COCOA BROWN, Shank had had enough and just drove to the nearest hardware and got some brown paint...Yes I said BROWN. I don't think it has an official color name, he just said give me some sandy, brown, earthy color that does not have any RED OR PINK in it, and the guy mixed him up something that he thought looked fine in the store. Well we got it and we are done with that room and decided it was a bit too dark for the kitchen...but what to do? We were NOT going to got buy more paint(as we are paint rich right at this moment)...so...what do you get when you mix Pink paint with Brown paint?
You get the paint that is on my kitchen wall!
So now I am pulling up the quarter round or shoe molding..whichever you call it...I always knew it as quarter round and "B" and I got into a lengthy discussion on that as he knew not what I was talking about until I could show him and he said it was called Shoe molding?
Whatever.
So we are getting some cheap carpet too and have to have the old carpet pulled up and have the quarter round pulled up as well. What ever happened to the carpet guys doing that upon installation? I remember when we got new carpet at our other house and it was not that long ago and at the same place, I might add (so I am not TOO OLD AND SENILE) and they pulled up the old carpet and quarter round and hauled it away. Anyhow I am pulling this up and it is put in there hard...KIM did we put this in that hard when we laid this carpet oh so long ago? Remember that? I only remember the PIZZA we had after and how good it tasted and me and Syd staying up all night!
But anyhow, Geez what were we thinking? There are staples and nails in this thing so hard I am on my 4th hour of getting it pulled up! Oh well mom loved it and that is why we did it.
And I was hoping to not break the quarter round so not to have to buy new..(no the carpet guys won't put any back down) But doesn't look like that's going to happen...so after a much needed break and a Mountain Dew, I guess I have to get back to it.
I am sitting here wondering what if anything could make this day go by any better and I see a bottle of Whiskey sitting here...(no we don't drink) but Shankie had a bad bad toothache since Friday and last night was the worst and so I said if Aunt Lissie were here she would say, pour you a capful of Whiskey and hold it on that sucker and you will sleep all night. We found a bottle in Dad's drawer and opened it and guess it worked cause he slept all night!
(don't worry I called dentist first thing this morning and he as already been)so no more whiskey tonite...(haven't told him that yet..haha :)
But I wonder...... if whiskey tastes good with good old Mountain Dew?