The Pesky Final Blue Switch Plate

Yesterday I painted most of the switch and outlet plates for my room.  The one I did not finish, though, was the three switch one for the bathroom.  The main reason it did not get painted in the first round was that it was broken, so I wanted to replace it.

I picked up a new last night (splurged an extra $1 for the unbreakable style), painted it, and got it ready to put up this morning.  However, in trying to install it we realized the reason the other one was broken was that it had to be sort of jammed over the light switched because the closet trim is so close to the left side of the switches.  Thus Mom got tasked with sanding the edge down.

Well, by evening it still was not installed, as somewhere along the way Mom stopped sanding.  She made it seem like it was a big effort sanding job, so I just went out to the garage and got the electric sander.  Ten minutes later it was ready.  It would have been ready in five, but I had to stop to come inside to rewind the Nats game and see Bryce Harper steal home.

It still took some finagling to get the switch plate on, but I now have an uncracked switch plate that is also blue to match the rest.

My FLOR Installed!!

Today we got the FLOR installed in the main part of my room.  Just a little to be done in the hallway and my closet at some point soon.  Overall it worked out pretty easy, although Dad did end up cutting one of the corner pieces wrong two to three times before getting it right.  Not a big deal, though, because we have plenty of extra tiles, especially since the one closet Mom is keeping as her "junk" closet is not going to be cleared out to do anytime soon.

I had been looking for just the right color for my room and when this design first showed up in the FLOR catalog I knew it was perfect color wise for my room.  I was not entirely sure how the randomness of this type of tile was going to end up, but it worked out great with only a few tiles having to be switched around because they looked funny next to each other after just laying them out as we unpacked them.

Painting my Switch and Outlet Plates Blue

While Mom and Dad worked on ripping out the carpet and getting my room ready for the Flor tiles, I took the easy task of painting the outlet and switch plates blues before putting them back on the white walls.  After spilling Dad's cup on the counter and a half hour of him nicely cleaning up the mess I made, I painted the plates with the Sorcerer Blue paint, so they match the one blue wall and the blue ledge.  I knew it would make the white walls more interesting, but I was surprised what a simple little color made quite an amazing difference.  I still have a really awesome Sorcerer Hat thing to make for the wall opposite the blue one, though.

A House Divided: Dbacks vs. Nats

Mik trash talks the Nats all the time and of course I have to defend them.  I did not used to counter trash talk the Dbacks, but every since they moved their spring training away from Tucson I totally dislike them, so now I do trash talk them to counter to Mik's trash talking.

Today the three game Dbacks @ the Nats series began.  I told Mik he had to get his online course done before his phone classes because the game started right after his last class.  Of course, he was trash talking saying the Dbacks were going to slaughter the Nats all day.  He only ended up watching the first inning before retreating back to his room for video games, but yeah they ended up beating my Nats.

Mik came back out right as the game was ending as Dad had arrived with Tuesday night dinner.  Dad was with me rooting for the Nats, but Mom came in right after the game ended and Mik asked her who she wanted to win and she was for the Dbacks.  Thus Mik wanted a snuggie for the win and she gave me a snuggie for my team losing while Mik said I do not get one for the team losing.

Now Mik is totally trash talking the Nats and well there is not much defense right after a loss.  The Nats are still doing pretty amazing this season, though.  If they just could get back to winning, especially against the Dbacks so I can get my turn at victory and trash talking about my team beating Mik's team.

My Spoon Garden Markers

The 2nd attempt of just painting the paint on the spoons proved successful, although they may or may not survive the outdoor weather.  The point was to make the garden markers only using things I had around the house and something to weather proof them was not, so next spring I may weatherproof them and possibly have to redo them.

Materials Used:

• Spare Spoons
• White Indoor Wall Paint (why they might not do well outdoors!)
• Sharpies for the writing and drawings

Basil Spoon Garden Marker



Chocolate Mint Spoon Garden Marker



Cucumber Spoon Garden Marker

Dill Spoon Garden Marker

Greek Oregano Spoon Garden Marker

Lemon Balm Spoon Garden Marker

Okra Spoon Garden Marker

Rhubarb Spoon Garden Marker

Strawberries Spoon Garden Marker

Tomatoes Spoon Garden Marker

  

Watermelon Spoon Garden Marker

First Attempt at Spoon Garden Markers

I have been wanting to make markers for the plants in our garden since we planted it back in February, but was not sure what to use.  Last weekend I learned about turning spoons into garden markers and thought it would be great to try, especially since we had quite a few more spoons than we really need.

I did not really follow the directions I had seen, as they recommended mod podge and other stuff I did not have around the house.  What I did have, though, was a container with some of the white paint for finishing the edging in my room.

In my first attempt to turn the spoons into garden markers, I was quite lazy and decided to just dip the spoons in the paint.  I did let some of the paint drip off, but I really was going for quick and did not really let enough drip off.  Thus, I ended up with them not really drying all the way through and the back of the spoon ended up with a spot not covered or still wet where it was resting on the wax paper.  This was after drying overnight.

I ended up easily rinsing off the paint and picking off the rest.  Next up I am going to just paint them with a paintbrush, so I do not end up with the pools of paint accumulating in the concave part of the spoon.

While it did not work out so well, as rushing a project usually does not, but I did make a cool video of dipping the spoons.

Too Efficient at Preparing Lunch Today

I rarely actually plan what is for lunch ahead of time, but this morning I had Mik choose exactly what we should have and planned to have it right after his workout with his personal trainer.  Thus with a plan, I started making the potato fries in the oven to have them ready right when he is usually done.

Of course, for once they actually stayed out longer and I ended up having it all ready 15 minutes early.  Thus I had to reheat them for Mik when he was ready.  At least the corn dog was frozen and I had to heat that up for him anyways.  In the meantime, I enjoyed my veggie corn dog with some of the fries straight out of the oven.