red paint - the bane of my existence

Just a word of warning - if you ever get the genius idea to paint a room red, don't do it unless you are willing to put in 4 times more labor than any other pain would require.  I recently saw a great room in a pottery barn catalogue that was painted red with all white furniture.  All my office furniture is white so i decided to try it.  I mean, that picture looks so good! First of all there is the tinted primer.  At this point I wonder how many coats we would have needed if we didn't use the tinted primer.  Yikes.  Then, the color I wanted was only available in semi-gloss/gloss.  As we all discovered, gloss paint is sort of a pain to work with.  It tends to get gloppy pretty easily and will run if you are not careful.  Right now there are 3 coats of paint in addition to the primer and I'm going back for the final inspection this morning.  Last night the areas where I cut in still looked a little blotchy.  Do I really care?  Do I really want to put a 4th coat on by myself (I told Jeff he was free after 3 coats and the primer)?  I am so sick of painting!  I probably should have started painting my kitchen cabinets before we actually moved in since that is something I wanted to do, but between being sick of painting due to the red paint in my office and the fact that I am supposed to be taking a 1 day business trip to Chicago on Tuesday, the kitchen looks like it will be staying exactly the same - ugly cabinets, sink, and all.

Haven't posted in awhile...

Things have been really busy.  I got my promotion at work so now I am a senior analyst.  I also got a nice bonus that will help defray new house costs.

Speaking of which, last weekend Jeff, my mom, and I painted 4 rooms in our new house.  2 of the rooms really need another coat before we are done - hopefully we can get around to that this weekend.  The colors I picked came out really well though I am still up in the air about the red I picked for my office.  i think it would be better if it weren't so glossy, but they only sold it in gloss, so I went for it. 

Jeff and I also bought a grill and the previous owners were nice enough to leave us their propane tank, so we got that filled (for free) when we bought the grill.  We're looking forward to getting everything all set up and having people over.

Promotion, Raise, and Bonus

Today was a great day at work -- I found out that I got my promotion to Senior Analyst, a nice salary increase, and the biggest bonus I have ever gotten.  All in all - a great day!  :)