[graciegirl]

I am in our Hadley house and I have just used three rolls of blue masking tape to tape the baseboard and ceiling and other nooks and crannys. I have "cut in" I guess they call it , when you paint around the edges with a brush and then use a roller. As you can tell, bargain breath here did not give a thousand dollars to a decent painter, she is gonna do it herself. Sweetie's last day of a contract ends tomorrow, so he has been hunched over the computer and although it isn't quite the end of his career it is close. It must be a mixed blessing, having worked for the same huge company for 47 years. I digress.

Tomorrow I will roll on this shade of Ralph Lauren's shoreline blue in the kitchen and hall, leaving some walls white. Then in November, I will put the lighter shade on walls in the great room. We will see if when it is done it spells MOTHER.

I love this whole experience of making this house home, and I am so enjoying this thread.