Knockdown unsuccesful

Dreary and with a bitter -6°C to start the day, I sent the dogs out, fed the hungry cats, made coffees, and returned to bed. Unfortunately, the lady planning to come see the dresser today changed her plans, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed that she comes another day. This did, however, allow me to head to town now, so I jumped in the shower. Next, I loaded things to take to town and put a second clear coat on the little green table. It’s now done, and I’ve left it very simple and elegant.

S came to town after testing the ceiling spray and found that it doesn’t work. Our first stop was Matt’s shop for S to add more screws to the table side that he had forgotten. As we passed the dump, we tossed the trash. Library books were picked up as the snow began to fall thick and fluffy. A huge box of clothes was dropped at the homeless supervisor’s house, and S dropped me at Walmart to get the items on my list. He ran to Rona to return and replace the spray stuff. The snow had stopped by then.

He picked me up and dropped me off at Opa’s to get us lunch. We went back to the ranch to eat. S hit the big brown to watch the news while I shared the latest tutorial on daily link-up parties and started creating two new tutorials for the table and jewelry box.

I ventured back to the garage and finally decided to add a filigree stencil to the jewelry box. I’m usually a fan of a green blue color, but I’m not sure about this colour. Even after adding the gold filigree, I wasn’t sure if I liked it.

The table wasn’t finished like I thought it would be. Seeing the sealed top and shelf gave the table a richer colour green, so I decided to clear coat the entire table. I then decided to use an oil-based sealer on the coffee table. Would this be another mistake?

While I was doing these projects, Sheldon kept trying to spray the sample drywall piece between watching YouTube videos. First it came out of the can blobby, then after heating in hot water it was too thinned out, and he tried everything in between, but he couldn’t get the right finish. He even called the company that made it for help, but they were ZERO help.

one of the many spray attempts

can you guess which one is the original knock down and which one is his test board?

Time to take a break and feed the horses. I used the shedding blade on Switch and Bird, and took the dogs for a walk. It was a chilly -2 degrees Celsius, but I managed to get everything done. As I checked back on the coffee table, I noticed small pockets marks across it. Why is this table being such a hassle? I needed a cold beverage.

S was also ready for a cold drink giving up on the cieling repair. I put the prime ribs in the Instant Pot for supper and peeled potatoes. While the supper cooked, I submitted my paint order and time sheet since it was month end. After supper, I returned to catching up on the blog and S was working on his laptop. At 8, I suggested watching a movie. We started with Your Place or Mine, but guess who got tired halfway through? He was off to sleep, so I switched to Million Dollar Secret.

This is our beautiful Britt and her new hair do with her good friend Brooke at the wedding tonight