From Vegas to Paint . . .Paint Paint Everywhere

. . . First off, I would just like to state that red paint sucks. But more on that later. I should really start from where I left off on the last blog.

. . . Vegas was awesome. Well, it didn't start out that way only because I was losing my ass. I think I had a list of 5, maybe 6 casinos that all felt that my money was a donation. Um, hello, I was thinking more along the lines of investment. Anyway, then we went to the Aladdin, and all of a sudden, my luck turned around. My dad says that the luck tides come in 6 hour increments and if your tide is out, there's nothing you can do but wait it out. That was kinda off track. So yeah. After that I started doing really well. Can't say I can buy a house with my winnings, but I sure can pay for some of the moving costs of the one we're renting.

. . . Which brings me to my next topic. The hosue we're moving into is cute, but I wasn't what you would call excited to move there. I knew that it would work out and we needed something, and that was in our price range, but I wasn't really excited about moving. I guess I just don't like the whole moving process. Then again who does? Sorry. Off track. The house had this purpleish, pinkish paint in what they called a living room. (We will be using it as an entryway) The paint was nasty and it made the house look washed out. The bedrooms were painted a nasty pale yellow. So we decided that we were going to paint because we couldn't live in that kind of a color scheme. The livingroom was to have a dark beige color to it, with a focus wall opposite the kitchen with the same red color that was in the kitchen. Amanda's room was to have a light beige color, with a red focus wall, and my room was to have the same light beige color, but with a blue focus wall. (For those of you who actually know both of us, these colors match us perfectly) Anyway, we went to buy paint this morning, which was an ordeal in itself, and started painting. Now, the color on the little sample paper things, didn't look anything like the colors that ended up on the walls. Luckily, the living room has almost a gold tinge to it and it looks REALLY good with the red focus wall. The bedroom beige is lighter than expected, and the red is brighter than we expected. Everything worked out well though.

. . . But red paint still sucks. When using rollers, we found that the trick is to apply very light pressure and a LOT of paint. It's hard to cover the little holes and make look good. It's just a hard color to paint with. I was told by a friend that it's the hardest color to paint with. (So of course we have it on two walls) Oh! And Krash, when you read this, the shmuh doesn't work with red paint. I tried. I tried hard. And a lot. And it just doesn't work.

. . . I think we shall go back tomorrow and do my room and the computer room. The living room and Amanda's room are both done except for a bit of edging. Had to wait till the paint is dry before pulling all the masking tape off the walls. Found that one out the hard way.

. . . That's the update on my life. Trying to stay busy. Gotta pack. Gotta move. Gotta finish sending out Christmas cards. Although a day to sleep in and do nothing would be awesome. I wonder when the next opportunity for that will be? Speaking of sleep, that sounds awesome. Bye!