Goreyboy

There was one last wall in the studio that needed to be spackled, sanded and painted. I enjoy none of those but I'm working on it. I did some priming and then attempted to put magnetic primer on the middle 2/3rds of the wall. After 8 coats, it's better in some places than others. The whole section holds magnets but paper under a magnet slides or falls off in some places. I'm giving in. I still need to primer white over the wall, which will take multiple coats as the magnetic primer is black. I'm just going to buy some stronger magnets and deal with it.

It's going to be really cool to just put stuff up on the wall over the work tables. I'm really excited about it and can't wait to get the primer up and start throwing stuff on the walls. :-)

I'm contemplating painting that wall a color to help cover the black magnetic primer and maybe throw some contrast into the room. I probably won't because I dig the science lab thing the room currently has going - all white and steel grey.

Anyway, I'm going to go feed the ladies and run some errands.

Things I Am Grateful For
Mr Bear's "surprises" (like low fat roasted coconut ice cream :-))
Having enough
Magnets
Remembering to cover the bookcases and doors before sanding for a change
Pizza
Laughter in groups
Not feeling like I always have to try harder to blend in
Tessa's weird love of the hammock

Things I Want Today
To buzz all my hair and beard off
A platinum grill that says "GAY!" in pink diamonds
A vacation

Mr Bear and I spent most of today hanging framed posters for Broadway shows in the foyer. They're from shows we've seen and most are autographed. They look pretty cool. I knew it would take forever and it sucked but it's finally done (after 2 years of "when we get time..."). :-)

There's 10 of them going up the stairs and across the wall. We need 9 more to fill the whole wall the full two stories. It's pretty intense and VERY gay. It was weird to walk in to see them as that wall's be nearly blank since I moved in. I think they're one of those lve it or hate it things. I totally dig it - especially that they rang from full camp to high brow.

We took a few "breaks" to plot Halloween and a Half. Mr Bear cracks me up because he'll totally "go there" only to back pedal on the idea later. ironically, his "too much" idea is usually the stroke of brilliance we needed.

After that we went to dinner with Cubby, which was fun. We just got back. It's sleeting out so Cubby went home.

To Do
Install doors between studio and storage
Install doors between studio and pantry
Wire "middle wall" to fuse box
Sheet rock Exterior Wall 1
Drop off Grab bag gift up North
Take plastic off new chairs in Dinning Room
Buy fabric to make covers for Dinning Room chairs
Make covers for Dinning Room chairs
Mount picture hangers in foyer :-)
Purge book cases
touch up paint in dinning room
Sort out unemployment
Put glides on new dinning room chairs

Things I Am Grateful For
Potato skins
Mr Bear's ability to make me laugh and to handle when I get bossy
Darla's need to hog my pillow this morning
Diet coke
Cordless drills
My laser level
Being able to let the 1/4" difference go
My work boots
Little Richard's version of "I Feel Pretty"

Things I Want Today
A solid night's sleep
Red highlights