Today my wife announced that she was going to clean out the kitchen cupboards - this involves her coming to me ever five minutes to say "do we need this anymore?!" and brandishing various objects/items she has found in the aforesaid cupboards . I usually say - "bin it !" and then about a week later say - "where is so and so?" (I draw a veil over the resultant marital scene) However today she found a tub of the bright green paint I had used to paint my gaming board , so I was overjoyed as I had thought it was getting a bit jaded - see above .
Seeing the tub had been sat for about six years I was surprised it hadn't dried up and after a quick stir I painted the board - the one thing the photo doesn't show is it's a bit streaky ! - well as my late father used to say when regarding some painting he had done - "Hmm well perhaps it will dry okay !?" (like me he was not one of natures DIYers ) . So I hope a) it looks better when it drys and b) it drys !!!
Of course no decorating project can be completed without a mishap - I leaned across to try and get rid of an especially streaky bit and got paint all over my fleece jacket - I'm told Santa may be bringing me a new one for Christmas - what luck ! .
He main achievement here is that your good lady did the cleaning out of the cupboards. Everything else is a bonus.
ReplyDeleteThat is very true , I'm in need of her draconian cleansing now and again as I'm a bit of a hoarder (that could be useful one day)
DeleteLooks like you got lucky. Even getting paint on your fleece worked out well.
ReplyDeleteI've given it a second coat of paint (the board - not my fleece) and it looks okay .
DeleteI'm afraid I rather like the first one with a few patches of colour variation but in any case, I can't see your streaks in the the new one.
ReplyDeleteAs for hording stuff, I never do it, all that stuff tucked here and there forms a a valuable resource pool...... somethings have been known to wait for decades before their moment came, but.....
I ended giving it another coat of paint . Me and my wife differ over the hoarding/resource subject - but gals don't understand wargaming !
DeleteIt looks great Tony! Good luck with the new fleece, Santa usually comes through in situations like this!
ReplyDeleteI certainly hope so !
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