I tried to write a post two months ago, and couldn't string sentences together to make any sense. That's how bad the winter was, I guess. I don't know why, but for some reason winter felt like it would be the end of me. When the enormous, filthy snowbanks finally melted, I realized just how tired and frustrated I was. It took me a while to feel better.
I think maybe I have been having what is popularly known as a mid-life crisis. Though it doesn't feel so much like a crisis as a . . . mystery, precipitated by the fact that pretty much everyone I know is on the verge of a major life event. Since I'm not planning a wedding or a baby or a graduation or a new house or a new job, what am I supposed to be doing? What's next? More of the same until I retire?
Heck if I know. And I don't really want to think about it any more, because what would be the point of that?
SO. This means projects, lots of projects:
I painted the bathroom a blue called "Healing Waters"--a color I found at a big box home improvement store and had matched in Benjamin Moore's Aura formulation. (The Aura paint has amazing coverage and is low-VOC and scrubbable. Big thumbs-up for that paint.)
For my next painting projects, I'm pondering "Butter" for the kitchen and "Bee's Wax" for the dining room (both Valspar colors). Painting will be a great project for when . . .
J will be at summer camp for two weeks. We have a long, long packing list full of things that need to be bought. And then we have to attach name labels to all those things. And then pack them, somehow.
There is a small island of weed-infested grass between the driveway and the alley that I want to turn into a flower garden.
See? Projects!
I hope it's not too selfish of me to say I'm just glad you're blogging again?? I missed you.
Hey, does the blog count as a project? :D
Posted by: persephone | June 08, 2009 at 07:52 PM
welcome back! you've been missed :)
Posted by: rhubelerosko | June 09, 2009 at 11:22 AM
nice to hear from you
Posted by: jezabel | June 09, 2009 at 08:11 PM
I'm glad you're back too :)
Posted by: amie | June 10, 2009 at 08:00 AM
I misssssed you!
Posted by: Laura Pryst | June 13, 2009 at 09:16 PM