When we last spoke, I had just come inside from chasing four pigs all about the lands.
I called David during the fiasco.
Me: Well, what do you want me to do? I don’t know how to herd pigs!
David: Well, if you could try to get them in, that would be great. Is it going to stress you out?
Me: YES! Yes, it is STRESSING me out! I am trying to do school and paint and I DON’T KNOW HOW TO CATCH PIGS!
Yes. I am THE example of a patient wife. Take notes.
David came home from work. We had great plans to paint, because, Oh! Have you heard?
We are painting the peach! THE PEACH! The Peach, People!
Are you excited? Because this is exciting.
Rejoice with me!
Anyways. Instead of getting right to painting, David began to electrify the pig fence, which was brilliant, of course because now the snorty scoundrels are staying put and not running down the road.
Rejoice with me!
So, David came in and was trying to make up for lost time with the painting. Now, the general plan is that I, Teller, paint the walls green.
Yes. Green. We likey.
David’s job is to paint the ceilings white. Because, again, peach was everywhere.
Even the ceilings. They got all handsome on the peach paint, those previous owners did.
We had already purchased a flat, white ceiling paint. David had used two gallons of it and decided it was not to his liking. So, he went to Home Depot and picked up a 5 gallon bucket of white paint.
In order to paint the ceilings, David stands on the kitchen counters. And he stepped on the ceramic cook top.
Remember? The cook top we JUST put in two months ago because I blew up the original whilst canning peaches?
Guess what we learned?
Ceramic cook tops are not good for:
A) Canning
B) Grown men standing on them
It is shattered. The end.
But, wait! There’s more!
After he painted the entire kitchen ceiling (and shattered the cook top), we stepped back to take a looksie and realized something was not right.
He had grabbed some sort of glaze and not paint.
NOT PAINT!
Oh, the humanity!
Five gallon buckets are a bit pricey. So are cook tops. So many dollars.
Perhaps there is glorious amounts of money to made in pigs?
One can only hope.
Anywho. All that happened on Thursday.
It was epic.
Here is a picture of the ceiling in the living room right now.
Isn’t that just gross?
In case you couldn’t tell, I really don’t like the peach.
Faretheewell!
Oh dear, Taylor. I don’t even know what to say. No, wait, I do!
Fare THEE well!
Goodness. I am sorry about the cooktop. And that the paint wasn’t right. Twice. I sincerely hope you get it worked out SOON and are rid of the peach. I know you will still have the pigs, but…the peach! It will be gone!
May the Lord bless you with a new stove tomorrow!
Oh, I cringed reading about your cooktop.
Life is expensive.
I hate half-done projects. They are so ……….. character building. I am so glad that you are building your character over this and not me. But I do feel for you!
By now Teller has the character of more than one person, if all these trials are
character building …..either that or she is vying with Walt Disney
for the amount of characters she has.
All of it is good blog fodder…….but, I am waiting for the day
when something goes right for you…….oh yes…..no more peach
house………..at least in the end things will have gone right ,
even if along the way they aren’t . Life would be soooo boring
if all these things DIDN’T happen ….yes??
Wow. Just … wow. Sorry about the stove top. Bummer.
This is going to be a long comment, just so you’re warned.
Ok, the paint. My husband and I dealt with a similar situation when we bought our house 4 months ago. Except it was all YELLOW…like bright yellow (not pretty) with goldish/brownish trim. The ceilings, walls and doors were bright yellow and the baseboards/trim around the doors were the goldish/brownish trim. SOOOOO, we hired a professional to paint because it was just too much for us to handle.
So here’s my advice on the ceilings: hire a professional. I think you can probably handle the walls but the ceilings are a paaaaiiin. And it looks like you have tall ceilings, no? Also, for the paint type…my husband’s uncle is a contractor and he suggested that we use a satin white paint on the ceilings and let me tell you, it now “pops” and looks great! Also, it’s good for cleaning. Okay, there’s my two cents, not that you need any more advice 😉
Sorry about your cooktop, that’s such a bummer especially since you guys got it for cheap on Craigslist! Maybe he can find you a new stove on Craigslist now 🙂
We did use Satin (on the 3rd try!). We like it! David is a big time do-it-yourselfer, so I don’t think he will pay someone to paint. Although we both agree that it would have been cheaper in the long run! ha
My husband is a DIY(er) but painting is the one area where he’ll hire out help. I was surprised but grateful because I loathe painting. I love the result but hate the process! 🙂
Poor David. I bet he’s kicking himself over the cooktop AND paint.
Glad you’re getting the peach covered up though!
Oh Dear! electrify!? You could have a petting zoo for the coop or others.
Yikes on the stove top! I like peach OK, but I don’t know that I would like it floor to ceiling. Now green on the other hand, I love! By the way, thank you for making my chaotic life seem calm.
I am so sorry about your stovetop and your paint/glaze and your pig chase and all.
Go back to Craigslist for another stovetop. And maybe some paint too! You never know!
I pray things go well for you from now on, Taylor. Lord knows you need a good run of GOOD luck and blessings!
Well, at least your ceiling isn’t peach…sorry about the cooktop. I think you should get a gas range.
Do your children like the All Creatures Great and Small books and DVD’s? In one episode two elderly sisters have a prized pig named, me thinkest, Prudence. To get her back in her piggy house they toss a cookie, then another and another. It’s really cute! And actually, that’s a very educational series. Score.
Poor stovetop. White reflective ceilings sound a wee bit better than peach ceilings to me.
…and 2 pts for the alliteration of the “snorty scoundrels”. Wow! A deer on your property. That’s awesome and really did he say ‘property’. That’s so cool.