So to add to my body aches, I got a flu AND tetnis shot at the dr. I like the dr., so that's good.
I am already in bed listening to the game and I can barely keep my eyes open. Note to self, 4 straight hours of heavy yardwork is too much.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Oct 22, 2010 4:01:46 pm PDT #1386 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sarameg - Oct 22, 2010 4:02:15 pm PDT #1387 of 30001
3 months, 2.75 gallons of stripper, 4 boxes of latex glove, 5 pair heavy duty rubber gloves, at least 5 packages of plastic sheeting, 3 rolls of paper towels (I think,) 3 rolls of masking tape, tweaked tendons, countless ruined manicures, a lot of swear words..and 80 years worth of paint. Gone. [link]
Plenty more work to do. Sanding, a different kind of stripper to do a wipe to prep the surface and get anything left behind, stain removers.... and then I can think about stain and paint and sealant....goes on and on.
msbelle - Oct 22, 2010 4:04:58 pm PDT #1388 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
YAY sara!
Jesse - Oct 22, 2010 4:07:46 pm PDT #1389 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Woo hoo, Sara!!!
-t - Oct 22, 2010 4:09:23 pm PDT #1390 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pretty awesome, sarameg.
Calli - Oct 22, 2010 4:14:35 pm PDT #1391 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Wow, sarameg, what a lot of work.
§ ita § - Oct 22, 2010 4:42:09 pm PDT #1392 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
80 fucking years of paint. Damn, man. Take a drink and kick back.
DavidS - Oct 22, 2010 4:44:08 pm PDT #1393 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You fucking pwned those spindles!
You should wrap them in contact paper or something now. Nobody wants to look at wood grain.
kidding!
Aims - Oct 22, 2010 4:44:17 pm PDT #1394 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Gah-damn sara. That's some amazing shit rght there. Nice work, chica.
sarameg - Oct 22, 2010 4:55:06 pm PDT #1395 of 30001
A LOT of fucking paint. Bottom cream (probably lead), a battleship grey, the fucking painters tape blue, more cream and white, more grey, several layers of recent white latex. It was at least a millimeter, maybe one and a half, thick.
I am so having a drink.
The spindle grain is pretty, but I still want to paint it white, so I didn't need to get it completely up, just enough to be a smooth finish. I might put a clear coat on it in case I change my mind someday (to avoid having more paint stain sinking in when I prime and paint.)
Jesus, I have so much more to go (and learn! I'd finally become expert at this stripper thing!)