Paint, Projects & People

You know that light at the end of the tunnel? Papa is seeing it.
Team G&G, D&G and J&K ruled this weekend.

David, Glenna, John and I caught a ferry, ate breakfast drank 2 cups of coffee, did a little prep work and had paint implements in hand by 8:30 Saturday morning.

The paint sprayer gave John a bit of heartache for the first couple of hours but once he showed it who was boss it was smooth sailing. The sprayer was definitely the ticket to getting 2 coats on the building in one day.

David owned the job of painting the back bedroom. It was hot, sticky, tiring work. The windows were taped shut, the industrial work light gave off massive amounts of heat and the breeze did not round the corner and give him any relief. By the end of the day his arms and neck were spent and his body drained. We've renamed the back bedroom "DavidsRoom". He deserves the honor!

David said this pic is for Pat! I'm not sure of the exact story but Pat painted a wall for David like this (maybe Pat's bedroom wall?).

Nearing the end and you can see weariness setting in.

Glenna was the FinishQueen extraordinaire. John sprayed, I followed behind him back-rolling (she's holding my roller so I can snap this shot :)) and Glenna followed behind me with various sized paint brushes fine tuning all the corners, edges, trim and more.

Grandma painted the door trim on the sleeping cabin and she sealed the beautiful new wood railing. She used the Cabot sealer Ben and James used on the new fire pit benches. She also touched up all the green trim on the little cabin windows, railings and the Adirondack chairs (no pics of grandma working all day - what's up with that ridiculousness - jeesh, this photographer needs 30 lashes).

Between the new wood soaking it up and the sprayer sucking it up, our 4 gallons of paint was disappearing fast. We were going to need more. John and Grandpa went to Home Depot to get 3 more gallons...and since it was right there and it smelled so good they decided to have a Home Depot polish sausage along with chips and pop for lunch! Grandma, Glenna, David and I took the opportunity to dine by the sea in the sunshine :)

My assortment of pictures is sadly limited. I didn't keep the camera in my pocket like I usually do and there just wasn't time for cleaning off hands and collecting it. After the job was complete I kept forgetting to grab the camera. I am bummed to have missed so many good shots. I'm blaming exhaustion. That's my story and I'm sticking to it :/ But here are a few more random photos from a truly enjoyable and satisfying weekend.

I am up on the ladder and Daddy is helping me do the final back rolling by telling me the spots I'm missing - that's why the front of the sleeping cabin is beeeeeeautiful :)

Time for the two of them to talk about dinner.
As a side note...grandpa doubted my ability to zoom in and capture a good shot of the two of them. Considering the light is fading and I'm balancing on an extension ladder, I did okay :) 

John is using the poopy water to clean up the sprayer. Grandma is using red duct tape to repair a torn bbq cover and David is enjoying the calm evening view while visiting with Glenna and Grandpa.

Dinner is finished, Grandpa is telling good stories and Grandma is saying good night - but telling him to stay and enjoy - which he did :)

SUNDAY MORNING

John unwrapped and cleaned the first 2 windows, I did the next two. We were worried when we woke up Sunday morning. All night long the wind had howled, the rain pounded the side of the building and we imagined the worst. But all was good - our worries were for not.

Glenna observing the unveiling of the windows and gathering the paper and tape as it got dropped. 

We now have a structurally sound and aesthetically pleasing sleeping cabin. Let the fun of organizing and decorating begin ;)

Oh, and by-the-way...grandma announced that this will be the final time the six of us paint out there. From here on out she said we will leave it to the kids. Works for me!

Bonus Picture

This picture just doesn't capture what I was trying to photograph. The wind was howling with white caps churning up the channel but the water next to the ferry dock (and protected by the land) was sparkling clean and gently rolling. When viewing it live, it was a striking difference. I think this ended up being a "you had to be there story". Hahaha - probably should have deleted the pic. Oh well.