words and pictures

Monday afternoon Rocky worked on the punch list. Tuesday he did the last one or two things and I paid him off and sent him on his way even though the water is still not hooked up to the sink. He was going to call the plumber and get it done that week. Friday I called Rocky...”Bill still hasn't been by?”, he asked. Nope.

Wednesday I sealed the glass tile, the marble flower tile, and the travertine pencil tile and repainted the door with semi-gloss paint, and taped off the stained molding around the door, the water heater/hamper closet, and the window.

Thursday I repainted the closet doors (two, one on top of the other), painted the jambs and the window sill which seem to have gotten overlooked, and put a second coat on all three doors, removed the paper that had been taped down to protect the floor in the kitchen, vacuumed the foam mats in the hall that were protecting the floor and put them back in the garage, swept the hall and part of the kitchen and my studio room through which all traffic moves, and washed the dishes.

Yesterday I hung the door and reattached the closet doors, vacuumed out the insides of the cabinets, put the shelves back in with much cursing (I really hate those metal clips) and got all the stuff put back in, put my personal stuff in my drawer (not filling the vanity till the water gets connected to the sink), swept the floor, cleaned off my big work table which had become the staging area for all the work being done, swept the floor in my studio, swept the path in the garage to the door of all the leaves and sawdust and sheetrock dust, and vacuumed the upper house. Oof. I was tired last night.

I still need to put the tension bar back with the shower curtain, currently a plain white liner, that I'm going to replace with a clear liner. After all this expense and effort I want to be able to see that tile. Still need to get a soap dish to attach and a towel/grab bar which we should have planned for when setting the wall tile but didn't. But for all (except for the sink) intents and purposes, the bathroom is finished.

before (click to embiggen):

     

     

 after:

     

    

    

We had our little art show from the watercolor classes Friday the 13^th.

the woman on the left is the instructor

I liked it better before I painted in the water because now I don't think the lily pads are dark enough though I'm happy with the way the water looks. But I was in the class to learn techniques and so I painted in the water, reminding myself of what I would tell my students back when we were teaching, that I was there to learn a technique, not create a masterpiece.

My painting did get a lot of attention though and the director of Hesed House told me when I came to pick up my painting later that they should have had a viewer's choice award, that I would surely have won it. I'm glad they didn't though because it wouldn't have been fair seeing as how I've been a professional artist for 40+ years even if I haven't ever done any watercolors.

Well, winter has returned for probably the last time this season bringing some much needed rain and considering all my activity this past week, I'm planning on vegging out with my book today. After I vacuum the rest of the house and empty the dishwasher of course.