blue artichoke

I got the notion to paint the kitchen. I spend so much time in there, why not make it pretty? Blue, perhaps? And, you know, the dark green bathroom is so dark and poorly lit that most of the time I can't see myself in the mirror. Maybe I should try a lighter green in there... I went to Lowe's and picked out some paint chips, called my landlord and got the green light for water fountain blue for the kitchen and blue grass mood (which is actually green) for the bathroom. I trucked on back to Lowe's, bought the paint and the necessary accoutrements and hurried home to begin prepping the kitchen and bathroom. Prepping is the hard part. Painting is the easy part. Both rooms now look so different; the kitchen is bright and cheery and the bathroom is light and pretty.

Here's a fun game, sort of like a treasure hunt: pull out the fridge and oven to see what gems lie beneath! It's especially exciting in a rental house, because most of the booty belonged to someone else. I found sidewalk chalk, stickers, a crayon, several lids and caps, something that looked like a mushroom, a spider, some wads of lint/dust/hair? and a magnet. The bathroom wasn't quite so fun. All I found in there was a wadded-up bloody tissue on top of the built-in cabinets. Ewww. I cleaned the sides of the fridge and oven, and I'll bet I have the cleanest kitchen baseboards on the block.