At least let me be drunk while I'm dirty!

Hey there! I am typing this with the grodiest hands possible. I promise you, they are sick. I am covered in paint. I spent the morning at The Home Depot {insert happy dance} picking up supplies for the house and paint for Bonnie's furniture. A few years ago, I bought her an ADORABLE bed frame at my niece's school rummage sale. It had a matching dresser, but one of the teachers accidentally sold it, not realizing they should have kept the set together. In fact, the crazy broad who bought it made a super fuss about it and would NOT let them renig on the sale... which is fine-- her right-- but how do you want a dresser that is TOMATO, LEMON Chiffon, and KEY LIME colored unless you are having it in a set. Just seems like an odd choice for a grown woman to furnish her house with (not to mention it was a kids' dresser-- so, small)... Ever since then, I have been meaning to buy her furniture to paint to match her bed. FINALLY, I got around to it!! I painted an entire dresser Tomato and did the knobs in yellow and green. I did THAT last week. So, I FINALLY made it BACK to HD today and got the rest of the supplies to finish the set! It is all painted. So is my porch for that matter. I dropped an entire bucket of MinWax in BRIGHT green when I was cleaning up. It was a MESS! MinWax is great, because before it dries, it can be wiped off with water... but that also means it DILUTES! I was spraying off the porch for a good 20 minutes and, let me tell you... our porch STILL looks festive for St. Patrick's Day....
I ALSO bought some caulk (it's not as funny when you type it, as when you say it aloud... go on... say it-- I know you wanna...), some tub stripping, and some of those little triangular plastic things that keep you from turning your bathroom floor into a swamp... I don't know what they are called... ANYWAY. I have only lived in two places other than my folks house. Neither place I have lived was well taken care of by the previous occupants. The caulk around the toilets at this house were deplorable... I mean- icky! Not white anymore. Gross gross. So, I stripped them down and laid new caulk. I also took off the old stripping on our tub because it was falling off and also nasty... which is stupid because I am a renter... but I can't just stand grossness and I am a DIY kinda gal! Finally, I put the triangles on the tub so the water won't damage the strip again! I am so smart! ;-)
I have been so productive today, but do you know the funniest part of this? I can't take a shower for six hours after putting in the new stuff... so... I have been crawling all over the bathroom floors, painting a desk and chair, hosing down an Irish patio, and seriously sweating in the Florida sunshine and I can't clean up! Go figure...
I now have a few hours to get my house back in order before Matt and his Dad return from their trip to the Keys. Bonnie is sleeping, so I can't vacuum... the dishes are drying, so I can't put them away yet... looks like it is time for my 10-minute abs followed by a nice Shiraz....
<3 Millie