Friday, February 28, 2014

One Sexy Window !!!

Bonjour - Hi !!!
( I'll let you know next week - if I remember - why I'm choosing to open my posts with those words)

I really had to think about the day today - is it Friday already?

Where did the week go?  I mean I know time flies when you're having fun - what you don't realize when you're younger is that it flies even when you're NOT having fun - it just flies for the sake of flying I guess..............You wake up and it's Monday morning - and later that day you yawn and look at the clock and it's Friday night.

What do you think of the window?


The window was an extravagance - quite pricey ( I'm choking as I type this ) and on top of that they wanted another 450.00 dollars to paint it black - fuggedaboudit I told them - I paint - I'll do it myself - but now I'm torn - if I paint the window black you won't see that gorgeous hardware !!!


which is why I paid 4 million dollars for it in the first place................


Help - throw me a bone people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  What do I do here?


I love black windows - I want black windows in the kitchen - the whole design was built around having black windows

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CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHICH DISNEY CHARACTER THIS RESEMBLES?
LOOK CAREFULLY - THE SCREWS ARE THE EYE AND THE KNOB IS IS THE NOSE
I CAN'T PLACE IT AND IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS LMHO


Can windows be sexy?
Because if they can be - I think this is the sexiest window out there !!!

How much is that doggie in the window?

God - she needs to be groomed - note to self - call the groomer - she just came in from outside lol - look at her hair - it's normally on top of her head not hanging down like that.  Poor little neglected thing.

God - I need to be groomed - note to self - call the hairdresser


So guys - what do I do?
I haven't got a clue here - and I'm torn

that's why I'm leavin' it all up to you............you decide what you're I'm gonna do  
now do you want my love................or are we through?

if you're too young to remember that song - just be grateful


HELP !!!
( please - time's a wastin' !!! )

3 songs - just because I don't think I gave you any this week at all



If you're too young to have seen this movie - SEE IT - what a great one ( I walk the line )

It's not too late to enter the contest - and become one of Abby's Angels -


You just have to click HERE and leave me a comment - that's it - that's all !

John says - WHY IS ALL THE PROTECTIVE WRAPPING OFF THE WINDOW???????????
Suzan says - Because I need advice so I'm putting it out there in Bloglandia
John says - You'd better pray it doesn't fall Suzan - are you crazy?
Suzan says - I had to unwrap it for the particular advice I need
John says - I notice you didn't ask me...............
Suzan says - Ok - should I still paint it black or leave it white?
John says - Well you won't listen to me anyway so why ask?
John says - If it breaks will your blog buddies pay to replace it?

Have a great weekend all
(I assured him that of course if it broke you all would be more than happy to chip in and replace it lol)

Much love,

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Painting pine floors ( again )

BONJOUR - HI !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last night I decided to paint the hall landing ....................
It's in terrible condition really - and this is another quick fix that will have to be readdressed down the road - but I couldn't look at it another day...............

When we lifted the carpet the floor looked like this


Looks like they were painted many many years ago - with a " runner " painted onto them ( nice idea not so crazy about the colors though :)

So.........................the problem with painting this area is that you lose access to everything upstairs which includes the bedroom and the office - kind of necessary to get in and out of those spaces.

John's out of town for a couple of days - so I jumped ( and I mean that literally as you'll soon see )
on the opportunity to get this particular job done


Now you'll see why I had to wait until John was gone - ( I've also decided it's time to lift that 50 year old linoleum from the office - can you see it in the corner of the photo ? )



I needed to get into the office after the floor was painted but that's quite the hop skip and a jump wouldn't you say?

Not so when you're as graceful as a gazelle !!!

First I hooked my foot onto the railing ledge like so...................


And sailed through the air
With the greatest of ease
Until I came crashing
down on my knees................

I think it might have been the camera actually - I could have done it if I didn't have to photograph it for the blog don't you know - and holding Soda in one arm didn't help matters much at all.

My knees are bruised - I'm walking with a limp - but the floor is painted !!! ( and the camera and Soda are intact )

3 things I've learned today

1) I have the ugliest feet - I'm just going to tell people I was a ballerina in my younger days and that's why my feet look the way they do - all twisted with bunions and all - ( I took ballet as a little girl - does that count? ) John calls them clodhoppers -

2) Paint fixes everything ( except feet )

3) I'm not a gazelle

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or a ballerina ( even if my feet say differently )

I'm more like my zodiac sign - ( now aren't you impressed how I flew across the landing? )

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Worth it?

I think so - I'd attempt to fly over double the space to have this end result


I use Behr Porch paint for all the interior floors - with a gloss finish - it's an extremely durable paint!
It ties in with the bedroom perfectly







Ok - I want a tea - so I have to fly ( literally )  don't even picture it - it's ugly - and I'm going to attempt to get back in here with a tea in my hand -

Sochi has nothing on me....................

Have a great one all !

Hugs

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