Up date ...

Now it is 1:00 am, three days later. Still painting. I solved the blue issue by covering the surrounding 500 square feet in two gallons of what Martha calls "coriander". It's her new yellow. (Well, it was a Martha color until I retinted it myself with a half a cup of left over maroon poster paint. I tried pink food coloring first, but it didn't gray it out enough. What ever it take, right?) I love it. It was thick paint, like brushing on Jello banana instant pudding.

My sister, Marcia, came down and spent three hours cutting in. No truer love than painting your sister's walls -- I tell you what!

Marco gets home from three weeks away in 18 hours, the house is a "tiny" bit upside down and Xan tested positive for STREP yesterday. Ah, it's just another day in the life.

As Kirsten Vuissa says, "Blissfully overwhelmed". Now if I could get her to write the book that explains how to love your laundry. (True, she claims to love laundry. What's that girl's secret??)