27 September 2008

House Painting

New Paint! ... I can finally show you what I've been up to for the past month! I got up early this morning (before dawn) to take a new photo of the house, showing the new yellow & green color scheme. I the lights with the new sconces on the walls to be visible in the photo. We still have a second coat to do on the piece partially hiding behind the palm trees, and a little more trim work to do. Then that will leave only one wall to do yet... the one not seen on the right side of the house. Scott helped to finish this side because we needed to use his 40' ladder.

We had planned to completely finish the front side today, but it turned out to be quite rainy today... painting between the raindrops proved to be nearly impossible, so we finally gave up for the day.

On the lower level (in the front) will be a 1-bedroom apartment. Right now we're just using the space for storing stuff like wood, paint, ladders, etc. We'll probably start looking for windows as soon as the exterior painting is finished. Scott's workshop is also on the lower level, just behind the apartment. And our living space is completely on the upper level.

At the end of the day, while we were sitting on the veranda (waiting for another shower to pass), we were treated to one of the biggest rainbows we've ever seen! Both ends were fully in view... just couldn't fit it all in my camera lens. I even got the binoculars out to see if I could spy the "pot-o-gold"!

The big news for this week is that we finally signed up for CABLE! No more negative black & white Fox News! We now get all the basic network stations (and were able to watch the presidential debate Friday night)... ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox, CNN, and a few others that I'm not real familiar with yet. Since I've never had cable before, I'll have to learn how to use it (with our VCR)!