Monday, April 5, 2021 The Blahs

I’m having a blah day. Ever have those? Some days I’ve got plenty of zippety-do-dah, but today I’m fresh out of it. If you’re in the same place, here’s something that might charge us up:

A friend dropped those by last week to spread some cheer. Awfully nice.

And just for fun, I offer up this fine example of procrastination in the performance of a household project:

2015: We should go around a do some spot painting on our walls – lots of places need some touch-up.

2016: Yes, that’s definitely a good idea. I’ll just need to get our paints in from the garage and get them sorted out.

2017: Spot painting? Oh yeah, it’s still a good idea. Shouldn’t take too long.

2018: No rush, but it still seems like a good idea to do some spot painting on our walls where the paint has chipped off or there are scuff marks.

2019: I’ve only talked about touch-up painting so far – hard to get motivated.

2020: Hey, the kids will all be home for Christmas. I’ll bring the paint cans out from the garage into the house to warm them up. Then the kids can help out with this project while they’re home.

January 2021: Oops – it was a good idea, but didn’t happen. And now the paint cans are sitting in our laundry room taking up space.

February 2021: That’s a lot of paint cans sitting around in our laundry room. About 15 of them. Why did we choose different colors for all the bedrooms and bathrooms? I’d work on this, but still need things like the paint can opener, some stir sticks and the right kind of brush.

March 2021: Oh, I see that the paint can opener and stir sticks have been placed on the cans for me. I need a smaller brush though – 1” width.

April 2-3, 2021: The paintbrushes have been purchased. We have lift off! Three colors done, 12 to go.

I bet I can get all the rest done this week. Six years to do about 3 hours work – not bad!

I’ll probably be feeling too blah to delete this at any time.