Dawn rises on 2010 and we continue to paint. My shorts supply is dwindling, sacrificed to the Paint Goddess in a lavaesque mass of reed green, vivid white and Russian toffee. I vaguely remember really wanting to do this...
It is easy to forget how time deficient we all are. Many's the night that we have gone to paint when the kids are in bed - watched over by guardian grandparents - and traipsed home after midnight, knackered and squinting, cutting in in our sleep.
Don't get me wrong, there are positives (though not many): I have Bunnings totally sussed and the Dulux dogs and I are finally on first name terms.
Perhaps my New Year's resolution will help with my painting debacle. I'm ashamed to admit that I regularly steal resolutions from friends, this year being no exception. Henceforth, I plan to look only at the positive.
For example, paint colours: Kim and I are a bit 'boring beige' on the design front, but when I painted Luca's wall reed green the other day I was ecstatic with the result. Of the several family members that I confided in regarding this great outcome, none were in agreement. In fact, when I showed Luca, 3 years, a colour chart and asked her to pick her favourite colour, what did she pick?
Off-white.