Tuesday, October 9, 2012

On Our Own

Dad left yesterday at 2:45 a.m. for the airport.  He didn't even wake us up to say goodbye.  Mama took him to the airport and was back around 4:30 a.m.  She fixed breakfast after she got home and then went to bed for two hours.  She then fixed a big batch of chili. She froze most of it to eat later.  After that, she started painting the bedroom.  She has been wanting to paint that room since we moved here. 

This is the before.  It is dark purple with gold.

Red paint from a previous time was on the ceiling.  The picture shows the color of the purple better than the other one.
 Mama has never painted before.  She has watched Dad many times.  Dad never uses tape to prevent paint from getting where it shouldn't. Mama put tape around the door, but that ended up not working so well.  She is going to have to paint over some purple that the tape covered up. She didn't use tape on the ceiling and she did just fine.  The roller did hit the ceiling a few times, so she will have to cover that up, but it's not a big deal because she was able to cover up the red paint without any issues.  Dad said hitting the ceiling was a rookie mistake. 

Mama says her technique would not be approved of by Dad, but she got the job done and she thinks it looks just fine.  It took her about five hours and Dad said that was really good considering she did it all on her own and had to move furniture, etc.

How many coats of paint do you think it took?  It only took one thanks to the paint that has primer in it.


This is the room now.  It is a sand color.
The room looks much bigger now.  Mama is very happy with the look of it. She wanted it to be a little darker, but she is not painting it again.  LOL   We have one more purple room that needs to be painted.  Mama is not going to do it today because she is sore and tired from yesterday. She has other things that she can do today.

Dad arrived in Jamaica without any issues.  His cell phone doesn't work there, so last night he called us from an office phone.  We are not sure he will be allowed to do that on a daily basis.  He knows the general manager there, so it may not be an issue.  We think he is going to enjoy his stay there more than St. Thomas.

We were asked what Dad does for a living. He works for a major hotel chain.  He fills in for managers when their position are empty.  That is why we don't have much notice as to where we are going or for how long because the position could be filled quickly or it might take months.

Guess what?  I have been running in the yard!  In case you don't know my story, I had a leg injury and had not been allowed to run before our HUGE adventure began.  I had two surgeries in the nine months that I lived here.  Well, I guess I did run once before we left, but now I am legal.  Scout and I ran and ran on Sunday.  Last night, I was running and stopped to dig a hole.  Mama says we have a mole in the yard and that's why the ground collapsed and now we have a deep hole.  The yard is now closed to us until she fills it with dirt.  She says we could put our leg in the hole and get hurt.  It never ends.   I started digging another hole and Mama said "Joey, are you digging another hole?"  I quickly laid on the hole so that she couldn't see it.  I'll finish it later.  BOL

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Likes To Run And Dig Holes

8 comments:

  1. Joey, tell your mom the room looks fabulous! The lighter colors really do make things look bigger. I can just see you and Scout having fun in the yard. Very smart to hide the hole to finish later. Welcome home, Joey and Scout.

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  2. We like the new color! And how cool that your are running about.
    Blessings,
    Goose

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  3. Wow! Your mom was super busy this morning! I can't imagine getting up that early to make chili, paint, and take someone to the airport so I give her a round applause!
    I agree with everyone else in that the lighter colors make the room look bigger!

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  4. I love to dig holes, too! Is there anything like the feel of dirt flying from beneath your feet?

    I think your mama did a great job of painting. I'm glad she's happy with it!

    Bunny

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  5. LOVE that color! And the fact that you tackled it on your own! Now you need to head to the children's section of the library and borrow The Diggingest Dog, by PD Eastman. Read it to Joey. Maybe then he'll stop digging in the mole holes. ;)

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  6. Great idea painting while Dad is away - very smart! The room looks great. I'm glad you got to run and dig...good idea to sit on your new holw: I'm sure Mom won't notice... Deccy x

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  7. Blogger hasn't been telling us about your posts (naughty blogger!)
    We came over because we thought you hadn't posted for a while.
    Glad your dad got to Jamaica okay. Hope you are taking good care of your mum and being good kids.
    We think your walls must have taken about 4 or 5 coats of paint to cover that dark purple up.
    Be careful of the mole holes you two.
    Dip Bridge and Elliot x

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