weekend winding down

friday - tracy and i drove around and checked out few buildings for the studio...still leaning towards the dauphin street place. i think we'll try to get it moving this week or next.

saturday - decided to finally paint the front porch. of course, nothing is as simple as it sounds. there were several boards that needed to be replaced. the shitty tongue-in-groove boards from lowe's were too thin so that meant a trip out to mobile lumber. one joist was rotten so i scabbed in a patch there and then shimmed up a couple others where the footers had settled. everything sanded and primed by about 5 pm. started painting at about 7. it had dried enough this morning for us to realize we don't like the color. rain all day so can't put on another coat. (oil based paint is a bitch to work with.)

sunday - slept well under the influence of paint fumes and bushmill's. showered and blew sawdust, paint chips, and other building materials out my nose, all held together with a sticky base of mucus. rained all day. went to lowe's with my brother jon. he was in search of tools to demolish a chimney which were easily located. street flooded with all the rain. napped on the sofa until the cat jumped on my balls. dinner in a while with brian and melissa. skyler and rachie asked for spaghetti, although i don't know who thinks they heard a one-year-old say spaghetti.

next time - - - why i love mobile