Finally back to the basement...
Yesterday I finally started working on my basement again. I wiped the walls down with a damp sponge to remove the drywall dust, then I mopped the floor several times and even used the sponge to hand-clean it. Then on a whim I picked a lavendar color for the walls and primed them and put on one coat of paint. I was a little worried because the color was light and looked like a little kids barbie room, but it turned out really well! I put the second coat on today and am now painting the trim white. The next step is to figure out what color I want to paint the concrete floor. I'm not sure I want to go black anymore, because it's already pretty dark down there (only one of the overhead lights is working, though). I want to put white Christmas lights up in the floor studs and then hang black fabric under that to give the illusion of stars, so that's already a lot of black. I'm going to try to finish the floor this week so I can start moving stuff back in there this weekend and finally get the computer out of the kitchen! So any paint color ideas would be greatly appreciated...
Well, we got my sister married off last weekend. It was a really stressful week, but it turned out really well. Not as many people showed up for the rehearsal dinner and the wedding as we were expecting, so we had a lot of food and cake left over. I also bought four 30-packs of beer for the dance, and we probably had about 3 left over. I donated them to my new brother-in-law and his brother. My DJ'ing went very well except for when the best man showed his true asshole self and messed up the CD's. That combined with everything else that was going on pushed me over the edge and I started bawling. Harold, the groom, saw me and finally got me to tell him what was wrong (I hated crying in front of him, he was supposed to be enjoying the day). So he had some words with the best man, who later apologized. I didn't like him in the first place, and that only proved why. Oh, and I also surprised Bonnie and Harold by putting flower petals on their bed and the floor leading to their bedroom (their house is right behind the hall we had the dance in). :-)
Being at home for a week made me realize how much I miss Kansas. We drove around with the windows open and you could really smell the milo growing, the alfalfa flowering, and the dirt being plowed. That's pretty cheesy, I know, but I really miss that. I'm kind of jealous of my sister for getting to stay there and be close to our parents and the rest of the family. If there were more jobs around there, I would probably move back in a heartbeat. I'm sure the really nice weather we had (mild temperatures and low humidity) aided in making me homesick. The day after the wedding, my last full day there, it finally got hot and really humid, making me remember one of the reasons I like Colorado. But I still do miss Kansas.
Well, we got my sister married off last weekend. It was a really stressful week, but it turned out really well. Not as many people showed up for the rehearsal dinner and the wedding as we were expecting, so we had a lot of food and cake left over. I also bought four 30-packs of beer for the dance, and we probably had about 3 left over. I donated them to my new brother-in-law and his brother. My DJ'ing went very well except for when the best man showed his true asshole self and messed up the CD's. That combined with everything else that was going on pushed me over the edge and I started bawling. Harold, the groom, saw me and finally got me to tell him what was wrong (I hated crying in front of him, he was supposed to be enjoying the day). So he had some words with the best man, who later apologized. I didn't like him in the first place, and that only proved why. Oh, and I also surprised Bonnie and Harold by putting flower petals on their bed and the floor leading to their bedroom (their house is right behind the hall we had the dance in). :-)
Being at home for a week made me realize how much I miss Kansas. We drove around with the windows open and you could really smell the milo growing, the alfalfa flowering, and the dirt being plowed. That's pretty cheesy, I know, but I really miss that. I'm kind of jealous of my sister for getting to stay there and be close to our parents and the rest of the family. If there were more jobs around there, I would probably move back in a heartbeat. I'm sure the really nice weather we had (mild temperatures and low humidity) aided in making me homesick. The day after the wedding, my last full day there, it finally got hot and really humid, making me remember one of the reasons I like Colorado. But I still do miss Kansas.
posted by Kimberly at 2:23 PM
2 Comments:
It's pretty sad that you have to deal with two asshole back to back. (one prior to your sister's wedding, the other is during your sister's wedding)
But, you still shines like a bright star in the crappy world that we live in with full of assholes trying to ruin everyone's freaking life. Well, you know what I mean, and pardon my vulgarity. But sometimes, that is what I feel about people that are such full of themselves that they don't think that they are crappy.
Keep that smile because you are that bright star.
Thanks for your comment. It made me smile. :)
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