Hi all, decided to remodel my kitchen. I have a slate floor going in next Wednesday... so I had to have all my painting done.
The first night my girlfriend comes over to paint with me. We open a huge bottle of red wine and grab our rollers and brushes and go to work. Everything seems to be going smooth and we continue on with more wine and more wine (oh yea, and painting). It's 01:45 am, and the work is complete for the night. We sit down for our last glass of wine (as both bottles are empty) and look at the faux finish on the one wall. It looks like a wolf to Krystal, I think it looks like a lady's head with a big furry hat holding a dove. Nothing we can do at this time. So I go to bed (after we're finished the wine)...LOL
Dave gets up in the morning and say's nice rooster on the wall. I start laughing so hard...(all that work). Now I'm thinking this could really be a conversation piece...LOL Decide to repaint the wall and re-do the suade technique... PERFECT. Could barely lift my right arm after all the techniques I did, but the best part was jumping on last night and finding a full house on Barb.
So I woke up this morning and didn't like the trim. So I re-painted the trim in a new color and am currently waiting for it to dry so I can do a smoke glaze finish.
The kitchen is a disaster, had to order out last night...LOL.

Now I need new lighting and even looked at a new stove. (Only because I am having my backsplash done in slate as well)
Stay tuned for before and after pictures.....
T/A6Pak

When you are all done I've got some stuff for you to work on here.

I'm glad I'm not a woman.

Junkie

What shal we do without ?, start painting?



We miss you, see you sooner or later my friend

With that much wine, I'm surprised that it wasn't mostly body painting.

Have fun in the new kitchen!

Old Man Mike

Finished most of the trim, my friend Krystal drops by (no body painting yet Mike....LOL) to check out the work and trim color. Her husband thinks she ran to the store...LOL she lives 15 mins from my house. We convince Dave not to tell Eric that she was here, as we are spending New Years at her house tomorrow. She loves the smoked glaze finish on the trim. I continue to work and she pops open a bottle of wine....I decide time for a break and we sit there drinking wine, admiring the great work we did. Talk about our next project...bottle of wine is done and Krystal has to sneak back to her house. She knows Eric is probably playing COD2 anyways.
It's 12:15 ..... I am done for the night. Now to check out who is still on-line playing UO.

(By the way, I even cooked a 3 course meal sometime during the evening...LOL)

Gene: Being a woman means multi-tasking (and yes sometimes it's sucks....teeheehee)
Bargod: Just send me the list and I'll add it to my agenda...LOL
Rommel: Looking forward to seeing you on Barb and hearing your cheerful voice.
Mike: Body Painting....LOL How do you know about that stuff??? Don't say Google. hahaha
T/A6Pak

I recommend ur husband hide his wallet.....

T/A my comment had more to do with whatever chromosome it is that requires you women to crave constant change. If it's not the color of the walls it's your hair. If it's not your hair it's the furniture. If it's not the furniture it's your black shoes that just arent the right black.... you get the drift.... I just thank God I'm a male. You women are just too fickle for my liking

Junkie

I found a picture of T/A6Pak hard at work ...

LOL, Gene you are correct there is always something that needs changing from a woman's perspective. I love doing interior decorating and everytime Dave would go away, he would come home to something changed. The nice part is Dave always loves my work and is very proud when people ask him what interior decorater did our home. Dave does not pay a penny for this.... I have a good job and I do all my own work.

One of my friends has twin girls, when I went to her house I was in the twins room and it looked like a boys room. Since the room was small with green carpet and dark greeen walls I told her it looked like a dungeon and I re-did the entire room including curtains, paint and border for $75.00. The girls love it, they call it the princess room.

I think I might take early retirement and start an interior decorating business. But I can't retire until I am 50 so that will be awhile. I do stained glass work as well. Dave's laughs because every piece I make someone takes or buys. I used to make stained glass inserts for cupboards (for a cabinet maker)...but with working full time, I didn't like the dead lines....If I had a 15 hour day at work, I was not in the mood to work on the project. So now I just do it for friends and family.

Maybe I could start charging Dave....hmmmm.
T/A6Pak





LMAO- Usually I have to carry the fridge too.....hahaha

And the problem is?????????.

You know why God made womans feet smaller than mens............ So they can stand closer to the kitchen sink.

I have to find a picture of T/A carrying 440 Exhaust Manifolds. You know those old heavey cast iron ones that weight about 25lbs each.
Story goes we are at a classic car meet and I spy a set of manifolds for my restoration. T/A buys them without my knowledge and I am now pissed off I didn't get them when I should have.
I walk a mile back to get the truck and told T/A I would pick her up at the front gate. Sooooooo Iam waiting and waiting and here comes this beautiful blonde who looks familiar carrying a set of manifolds.

Well ......... I fall in love all over again.

I can't get out of the truck because I am looking for my camera because I have to get a picture of this. Snap the picture and all the men standing around with wife's and girlfriends are commenting. " NOW THERES A WOMAN OF MY DREAMS".

I step forward "SORRY FELLA'S AREADY TAKEN AND SHE'S A KEEPER"

LMAO- We spent the day at the Barrie Swap me... carried that 50 lbs for 1 mile...I didn't want to put them down, because I would never be able to pick them up again....LOL
Dave.... you are so worth it:)

By the way.... God made woman's feet small because we have to give you men the boot every once in awhile and God didn't want it to hurt you too much...hahahaha.

LOL! Now, there is a beautiful set of manifolds!

Good job on landing the keeper, Dave. You two are very lucky to have found each other, and we are all lucky you found us!

Happy New Year to you and all MOBsters. May the next year bring you even more happiness and joy ... and a lovely slate floor to boot.

Awwww! Nothing screams RED NECK like a day at the swaps, your woman walking-carrying a set of cast iron manifolds for over a mile and then having her stand there while you fumble around trying to capture this "Kodak moment"! Someone bring me a hammer, so I can knock out my front teeth and then let's all go to a Nascar race!! LMAO!!



Just kidding guys, I couldn't resist. 6pak, you're an angel! Cuda, you are a fortunate man! Continued successes!

Hey Sabot

How did you know I lost my front teeth from a hammer accident years ago and I like NASCAR. Anyway come on buy and sit in the lazyboy lawn furniture and we are have some roadkill for dinner.

440CUDA, I found a sign at a flea market and thought you could hang it in your front yard, you know maybe next to your trailer somewhere but not to close the the rusting car hulks, as you would want to show them off.

I'm sure any redneck such as you and S@bot would enjoy THIS

Hahahahahahahaha

And I have to agree with S@bot on this "6pak, you're an angel! Cuda, you are a fortunate man! Continued successes!

lmao!!

Alrighty, the guys were here at 8:30 ripped out the floor, put in the new sub-floor and are arranging the slate flooring.
While 440Cuda is playing in the garage, re-arranging his teeth...(LOL- that was for Mule).. I talked to the guy about do my living room and dining room in hardwood. I better go in the back yard and see how much money is left on the money tree. Cudadad is on afternoon's...which might be a good thing this week. I better win in Vegas this month that's all I have to say. Cudadad might learn what macaronni and cheese and peanut butter sandwiches are soon. If he's really lucky I might go all out and buy him Bologna.
So much for the prime rib and lobster tails. But just think how nice hardwood floors would be... he could survive on Bologna..maybe even grilled cheese (just for a few years...LOL).
I'm lucky he does not check out the forums to much. He's coming have to run...
Later all

I just caught a glimpse of the word hardwood just before she logged off. Now here I am searching the forums and found this. MORE RENOVATIONS ON THE BURNER.

You guys know more of what is going on in the house than I do.

Pass the ammo and handgrenades because there is going to be a war. I know i will lose the battle but nothing better than a good fight.

I think I am going to change that sign to "Renovators will be shot, Surviving renovators will be shot again"

OH well I lose. Forget the ammo and handgrenades, pass the hardwood and nails.

Don't feel to bad 440Cuda, my wife saddle broke me long ago.

"440Cuda is playing in the garage, re-arranging his teeth"



Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LMAO- If that was my Dave, I would be getting a new husband instead of floors...LMAO
Sure do got a pretty mouth....haha

I loved the stories.

what he said.....

OK the Kitchen is finally coming together. I bought all new lighting after 5 days of searching for the best deals available and doing a little wheeling and dealing. On Monday the guy is coming to seal the slate flooring and hand cut backsplash....wow it looks amazing:)
Maybe I will wait on the new stove...as mine still works perfect:(
I went out and bought an electric spray gun to re-do my kitchen table set. Dave found it, started laughing at me and said he would do it with his kewl spray gun that goes with his thingamajig.......
So saves me $100.00... wow maybe a new picture.
As the days go on...the three day project has gone into one week.... my poor Dave had peanut butter sandwiches...LOL that should be like a treat to him.
Hopefully tomorrow I will start putting the room back together...that is until our scrim:)

Stayed tuned for "While Dave was out" episode #2. teeheehee
T/A6Pak

Last night Dave had chicken wings for dinner ...LOL the best of the best.
So I woke up and wanted to put the lights up... So I say to Dave, "Do you think I would look good with curly hair" and he asked why... then I said "When I put up the lights the black wires go with the black...correct? He just shook his head and started laughing at me again. So he put up all the kitchen lights...I assisted by telling him when he had the right circut for cutting off the power to the lights..... I just had to yell "It's off".. I did such a great job, he didn't get one shock. HAHA
I don't think he likes the one hanging over the table as he hit his head on it like 4 times.... yelling profanity, he didn't catch me laughing once. Once the table's is back in the kitchen that shouldn't happen.
It was going so well, we put up the vallance and all the pictures. Thinking... this might be a good time to start on my table and chairs.
One week without a stove, I hope I don't forget how to cook...LOL I've become prficient at making peanut butter sandwiches and microwaved soup.
Tomorrow is the big day that they seal the floors and backsplash....whoot whoot.
T/A6Pak

aww fuck i go to nascar races but thankfully i still have my teeth, damn you guys make me feel like a redneck, i hope you make blk96gt feel like a woman LOL