Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Pink Lawn Mower

The 'before' picture of Candace's soon to be 'Hello Kitty Pink' lawn mower! We each took turns after this picture putting the primer on. Candace had a brilliant idea to get a spray attachment, I thought we'd be alright without it, she insisted so we bought it. I must say it was a great finger saving investment that helped put the paint on more evenly. Good call... Atta girl Candy Lace!


Tuesday, April 5, 2011

I AM GOING TO HAVE A PINK LAWN MOWER!!!

Pink lawn mowers aren’t something that you can buy in a store however it is something that only CLAYTON will make sure that I get! I have always dreamed about having a pink car and I have yet to get it....so the next big thing to a car is a PINK LAWN MOWER! A month ago when Clayton bought the riding lawn mower at an auction and after he won the winning bid he looked over at me and said "ill paint it pink for you hunny!" So I am not sure if he was being serious however I held him to his words! We went to Wal-Mart and purchased primer and spray paint for the mover....and this has just excited me so much! :) :) :) But having a PINK lawn mower means that I will have to be the one who mowes the yard!! This project has just started, we have only tapped off the things that need to be tapped off but I have a sneaky feeling that I will have a pink mower by the end of this week! YAY!!!
 
I JUST LOVE MY SOON TO BE HUSBAND SO MUCH!!! :))))) What other husband would allow his wife to have a PINK LAWN MOWER! :)

 THIS IS NOT MINE!! I just found this picture on google---But mine will look kind of similar to this one but with no flames! :)))))

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Just The Two Of Us!!

                                               
 After painting last weekend with my mom this made Clayton and I excited to continue painting and try and finish the bedrooms and start on the living room and the hallway. We had a hard week so we decided to go to bed early on Friday (11:00pm). This meant that we woke up early on Saturday!! Clayton had biscuits and chocolate milk ready for me when I woke up in bed---This is the best way to wake up--aka free room service :)!!! I just LOVE him!:)
After we ate our breakfast we put on our painting clothes, left to go to the house, and start on the living room and hallway. I had a baby shower to go to so all we were able to get painted was the 1st coat in the living room and hallway. While I was gone Clayton utilized his time!! He ripped up the linoleum in the kitchen and gathered some of the garbage that needed to be hauled off and took it to the Waddy Dump.


              
                                              Purdy 137863M00 White Dove White Dove Roller Cover 3 Pack
    On Sunday we decided to once again get up early and put the last coat of paint in the office, master bedroom, hallway and the living room. My mom has snagged an AWESOME deal on some paint at Sherwin Williams; $5 dollars a gallon. And it was also the off white color that I had wanted which also made it even more AWESOME! However, we had already put in two coats in the bedroom and the office and it was still in need of one more. So we started in these two rooms and gave them there last coat. The purple is now officially gone in the master! :)
    Yes, the Sherwin Williams brand was clearly cheaper but, it also took three coats to cover up not only the master but the office as well, on the other hand the hallway and living room only needed one more coat and we used the Valspar paint from Lowes to do this room. So naturally we liked putting on two coats rather than three coats of paint! The Sherwin Williams brand was cheaper vs. the Valspar, but if we had to pick our favorite would be the Valspar.


Painting sounds boring to some but Clayton and I found a way to make it fun! We had his mom's ipod that’s full of allllll types of music; we put it on shuffle and just let it play whatever! If you were to walk in on us you would think we were at a Karoke bar. We are working on being professional painters not singers!!....And it just so happened that while we were painting the living room one of my ALL TIME favorite songs played- "Lead Me On" Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty....And because Clayton has heard this song a million times he sang along with me using his paint roller as a microphone! This was PRICELESS and SO MUCH FUN! :)
                                                
We had set a goal to finish these three rooms this weekend and we did and it was so much FUN!!! But then again anything that the two of us do together might not always be easy but its always fun and eventful! :))))