Giulia I was worrying about the paint still being tacky - but when I Googled it, it states to allow 1-2 days drying time, so I am feeling better about it! It DOES look good - but I had not planned on not walking on that area for that long. It's how I get to my utility room and out my back door! Nothing to do but cope - so I will need to find things I can do without walking on it! Turns out to be a minor glitch - and we both know I won't be smoking over it. No WAY am I giving up THREE commas!!!
smiling_accountant I swear it takes MONTHS for it to stay light later, and MINUTES for daylight to disappear in the Fall. I know for a fact that it isn't equal! I hate it, too! I usually go out after dinner and fill the birdbaths in my woodland garden, and now have to do it BEFORE dinner! BOOOOOO!
Today I pruned my final bush - I swear that thing is almost a town on its own!!! My arms look like I got in a fight with a cat and very much lost. I filled an entire lawn and leaf bag with its trimmings, and could hardly lift it. I had to squeeze a stepladder in between the branches to get those pesky 18" straight to the sky outgrowths!
My mudroom floor finally dried (had NO idea concrete paint would take two days to dry!!) - and I NEEDED to get to my utility room to keep trucking - so I did a tiny bit of stepping on that floor when it was just a tiny bit sticky.....and now that it has dried, I can see footprints...... So - guess it will need another coat..............double . I should have walked on newspaper (she figures out NOW!). So - tomorrow late afternoon I will give it another coat and hope it dries in less than two days. I need access to the utility room to get to my washer, and tools, and vacuums and..................hard to houseclean and remember ALL that I need! Also have some trim to paint in there before I do the floor - hope to get to that first thing tomorrow. Fall is just TOOO busy for me!
But, to be honest, the list helps me not to miss swimming so much.
Hope everybody is getting busy in the cooler, drier weather - and NOT overdoing!!!
Giulia That tide sounds idyllic - except for THOSE drivers. I had a young, blonde ponytailed thing run within a foot of me (on the sidewalk) when I was doing that last bush.........huffing and puffing and maybe blowing those virus droplets ALL over my air! If I get sick after staying in this house for almost 7 months, I AM going to find her and give it to HER - I swear. This bush is located next to the sidewalk (squirrel planted). I am very careful and continue to look both ways pretty often when I work on it, and had looked probably a minute before she got to me, but she was running at a pretty fast pace, so I didn't see her. There are disrespectful people EVERYWHERE.
Welp - pruning IS done, but so not the floor! You will STILL need to hear about THAT! I know my OCD will not allow those footprints - but will wait until later today to put another coat on so it can start to dry overnight. Knowing it will take ANOTHER two days or so to dry, I will bring in everything (hopefully) I will need from the utility room before I start! Didn't have any idea it would take so long when I did the first coat! In the meantime, I will do some trim touch-up in there while it's still cleared out, and maybe get some curtains washed and out today so I have a room to do while I wait.
I had a wondrous 75 year old (at least) Red Maple die this spring. It had some dead branches last Fall and I paid to have it fertilized and a root treatment done, but guess I was too late. We lost a huge number of big, old trees in our village this year - root rot from so much rain last year. I bet we lost at least half of the 100+ year old oaks. Anyway, I have somebody coming to take it down on Thursday, so will have to man-proof its surrounds before then, - bring in chairs and a table I have on a brick patio it shaded, and some flamingo statues I have in that garden. My heart hurts that it is gone.
Best finish up on the site and get after it!
Hope everybody has a wondrous, moving and shaking day!
I think your footprints add character YAH . But I get it , done it before too . Nice ride Giulia .
My day moving is a walk at clinic if I can . It's the day after treatment headache hangover . Grateful however for the energy I will have starting Wednesday again whoop ... so I'll be planning something for then .
I have ordered cabbages to make cabbage rolls . It is mindless effort once prep is done . I will be moving from the counter to the kitchen table to the freezer hopefully many times once I begin .
I will do the prep tonight , then going into mass production tomorrow if able , or tonight while watching AGT if I'm feeling better . One thing I know for sure is that I am am grateful for this day.
Oops, I did it again!
A beautiful comment this morning, on Jackie's almost falling through the hole, Giulia's verbal painting while on bicycle, Nancy's praise God finished the last pruning, and Maki's cabbage rolls and our common food habits, and never posted it, oh well, no one else's fault...
But I needed to tell you all, and particularly YoungAtHeart, the wet suit had been broken in today! OMG, rarely have I been so un-coordinated in the the water! Making huge waves, not sure what trying to accomplish, it did not feel like exercise, and swallowing a lot of chlorinated water! Might take me a a while till I put it back on; feels as I rather deal with the colder water than wearing that! Yes, you were right, I could feel the water entering through the handholes, but also at the neck. And the biggest mistake? Trying to adjust the suit while in the water, never again that; what a feeling of cold running up the spine, while adjusting the pants underneath the jacket. And I think the jacket should get in the pants, not over them.
However I did not do this...
