camping out

The new place is great...if you don't mind boxes, paper, and everything I own in the living room and kitchen! I have been painting since Sunday! But the end is in sight. It is a small room, but I am a perfectionist and the magnolia colour I chose did not cover the already existent brown that was on the walls as well as I would have hoped with two coats...so some walls got three coats. I used the entire 5 L of paint to do a small room! And two of the walls are being redone in a warm brown. I matched the paint to the curtains, my duvet cover and the carpet so that it will hopefully all flow together well. I do love the look of fresh paint. the last room I painted was in Ottawa and I loved that room! After two years of living in a yellow box with strange racing stripes on one wall, being able to determine my own colours is bliss!

Meanwhile I have become very good friends with the couch...and really enjoy sleeping in the living room. At least I know that it is a quiet street and the neighbours don't stare too much when I get changed for bed...

It is wonderful though, not having anyone else to worry about and the only dishes on the counter are mine! My housemate is away until the 20th so I am living the single life and enjoying it more than I thought I would. It is good that someone else will be here from time to time though as I am a social being and I tend to cook too much!

As there is no TV here, my radio has become my best friend. This is great! As I love learning about things that way. I have set up the stereo (on loan from a friend) in the living room so that I get great sound and can hook my laptop up to it to play movies. I even got a movie for free in the newspaper this week "Belleville Rendezvous" so I will reward myself with that soon.

I'm also glad to be done paiting as I have only been eating when I take breaks from painting and as my hands have been absolutely encrusted with paint I have been trying not to do too much cooking...I'm sure paint is not great for my digestion! I did buy beets yesterday...so I think that sliced cooked beets with a garlic-yogurt dressing and ripped basil might be a perfect supper with some seeded spelt bread! Yum! Thank you mom for a love of beets!