Archive for May, 2007

Painting — day six — departure

Friday, May 11th, 2007
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The three of us worked pretty hard for five days, and had a lot to show for it. It was time for Harold and Rob to head back to Michigan — Harold to his golf games and unstained doors, Rob to his dissertation revisions and mounds of e-mail. Dave is staying a whole week yet, [...]

Painting — day five

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
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Today Rob woke up right around 7:00 a.m., and started making coffee. Dave joined me just a few minutes later, and Rob woke up Harold once the coffee was done. We ate a little breakfast, discussed our plan of attack for the day, and got to work. Harold put the second coat of paint in [...]

Painting — day four

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
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Today Harold won the contest for waking up first, around 6:15, and made some coffee. Rob and Dave got up around 6:30. After a little coffee and a bite to eat, we started work around 7:30. Harold started off with the ceiling in the bathroom, which got a coat of ginger paint, then he painted [...]

Painting — day three

Friday, May 4th, 2007
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Today we all slept in a bit, waking up about 7:30 a.m. We did our normal coffee and quick bite routine, then got to work. This may have been the hardest day. Harold and Rob started out putting a second coat of paint on the bedroom, while Dave finished cleaning the walls in the livingroom. [...]

Painting — day two

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
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Unexpectedly, Rob was the first the one to arise, around 7:15. The first order of the day was obviously to make coffee, which Rob did, using the french press coffee maker we had left when Clare and Rob came down two weeks ago. Either the noise Rob made in the kitchen or the smell of [...]