Bathroom Touch-Up

 

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Now that Jeremy has moved out, we are going to clean up/repaint the bathroom. 

The walls will be painted Oyster, the cabinet will be painted dark brown. 

We are not changing the floor as it is in good shape. However, we are updating the other fixtures. 

Lighting, faucets, shower curtains. Maybe art. 

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We have several holes and divets in the walls that need to be patched. 

We are hanging a curtain to keep as much dust as possible in the bathroom. 

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Approximately 5 hours later, the holes are patched. 

The cabinetry is sanded. Everything is ready for primer.  

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Painting 101

 

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For a while now I have wanted to translate some of my photography into paintings. I have absolutely no painting experience, with the exception of bathrooms, living rooms, and kitchens. This is my very FIRST painting. Very juvenile, I know, but at least I got some paint of the canvas (after a couple glasses of wine and some loud music). This was done with acrylics. I have also tried pastels, which at this point in time seem to be a better fit for me. I have more control of the color and blending. And I can work on my drawing a bit.

Stay tuned. 

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It's About Time

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My son's cat, Kat. She has been evil for a week with the packing. 

She knew something was up, just not sure what.

I wonder how she will like being an 'indoor' cat?

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The room Jeremy is leaving. Actually, he has left it 2x before.

They say the 'third times the charm'.

Let's hope so. 

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The moving of the possessions has started. 

Considering he worked 13 hours the day before at the Seafood Fest, he was up bright and early.

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I am not sure what they are talking about, but it must be something important--notice the arm gestures. 

Jeremy is the quietest man in the family. His dad and brother talk enough for 10 men. 

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The new place. An efficiency apartment, just right for a bachelor.

We ran back to the house for a while (we needed to get his laundry from the machine).

Four hours later, everything was put away, pictures were on the wall, and he had his first visitor.

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A minor repair needed to be made.

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As well as the bed. At about this point, Jeremy said 'no more pictures'. 

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A few months ago I injured my knee (during boot camp, running stairs) add in a bit of arthritis and you have pain. After a couple of visits to the doc and ultra sound therapy my knee was still swollen and inflamed. I finally got my referral to the orthopedic doc and for an MRI. 

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Now this drawing is not of my knee, but of my ankle. When I went to get the MRI for my knee, I stumbled on the last step on my way out of the clinic and turned my ankle. (There was a blackberry involved, but I did not tell my husband that.) Yup. It hurt so bad I almost yakked up my b'fast and passed out. Pretty pathetic.

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Well, when I went to the ortho, I asked if they could look at the ankle too as the injuries are related. Well, they are. The red arrows point to the tendons that I stretched/tore when I turned the ankle. The blue arrow points to some bone chips; however these could be from a previous injury (I fall down a lot). The red lines at the top are the syringe that he is going to jab into my knee in about 2 minutes.

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I walked out of there with a soft splint that would probably pay for a year's tuition at a community college, a cortisone shot in my knee that better reduce the swelling, some fancy x-rays, and a line drawing by my doc. And I only had to spend 3 hours at the drs office.

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