Rick seems to be giving the Energizer Bunny a run for his money... he just does not want to quit today. He started the morning by sanding our very, very chilly garage walls. While he was out in the garage, I was again inside keeping warm with indoor chores.
After the sanding, he dug out the rollers and primed the entire area. The good thing about that chore was the fact that he used up two half-empty cans of primer, so two more cans can hit the garbage. He also finished one can of finish paint, so actually three cans are now off the shelf. I love it when we can de-clutter an area, even if it is only a few cans at a time!
Just before lunch we took a trip back to the paint store for another gallon of Lemon Ice to finish the garage. I tried to talk him into an accent wall color, but I did not get very far with that line of reasoning. :-) Oh, well. I guess if he is doing the work, he can select the paint. Of course, that means that one of the cans I threw out is now replaced by this new can. Vicious cycle.
Lunch was quick with one treat. This is strawberry season in Florida, so I ate little for lunch to save room for strawberry shortcake for dessert. We still are not used to the changed seasons down here. In Wisconsin, strawberries are not ripe until late June, finishing just as the raspberries get going in July. Here, kumquat season just ended, and strawberry season is in full swing. The berries were really juicy and delicious. Yum!
After lunch, he went back outside to paint the wall. I am not sure if the primer dried or was just frozen to the wall, but somehow the finish coat of paint actually stuck where he rolled it. Is the wall perfect? No. Is it good enough for a garage wall? Yes. Do the garage walls look 100 times better since they are smooth and clean now? Absolutely! I am delighted that all of the old structures that the former homeowner Jim Scott hobbled together in the 60's are now gone. We have a fresh slate on which to hang what we want where we want it. We are hoping that if we can get a shed built yet this year, the garage will be a clean place into which we honestly can park our car some day. (That, by the way, is a rare occurrence here in Florida. No basements mean that the garages usually take the brunt of the toys and tools that homeowners accumulate.)
Just a moment ago Rick was outside using the tamper to tamp down some of the dirt that we moved around yesterday inside the concrete forms for the shed. Thankfully, he did not work long and is finally in the house for the day.
I got my exercise today dry mopping the floors, shaking rugs, and throwing in yet another load of laundry. Tomorrow, perhaps if the weather gets above 50 degrees, we can work together outside in the yard. While the cold fronts are nothing like the cold in the north, they are bothersome enough to make me not want to work outside. At least the sun is shining.
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