It's Electrifying.................

I got chills - they're multiplying....................♫

Went to turn something on today and half the house plunged into darkness.

It would appear that we only have 60 amps coming into the house -

S.I.X.T.Y.  amps - which would mean that you can't put the toaster on and make a cup of tea at the same time basically.

And I'm losing control ♪
We've installed 6 pot lights in the kitchen - 50 watts each which probably renders the rest of the house useless.

Let there be light - and nothing else.

'cuz the power you're supplying - AIN'T electrifying..................♫

There's a very good reason we didn't know we only had 60 amps - BECAUSE THE BOX WAS HIDDEN BEHIND A BUILT IN CABINET BESIDE A FUNCTIONAL CABINET.............

An electrician is coming today to upgrade the electricity and bring us into this millennium - which is somehow where I prefer to be.
At a great cost I might add.
At a great unprepared for cost I might add.

Such is life when you're greedy and want to use the microwave and turn the lights on at the same time :)

We stocked up on fuses in the meantime - which leave me feeling nostalgic.

Tonight I went into the bedroom to turn the light on to show you the bedroom light with the glass beads finally installed and.......................
Blew a fuse.

There were at least 3 million strands of beads to install ( slight exaggeration but not by much I'm sure ) onto the tiniest eyelets you've ever seen - I nearly tossed the light out the freshly painted window at one point.

I took a photo in the day - but it's not the same thing at all - looks gold in the photo - and it's pure nickel silver......................you'll have to come visit me to see how pretty it is I'm afraid.  If you're coming to visit me you have to bring tools - them's da rules.

I painted the window frames black - I was thrilled to know you all agreed that they should be painted ( the wood was horrible ) but I bet you thought I was painting them white, right?

Too stark?
I'm second guessing every single decision I'm making so far - and I never do that -
Oh where oh where has my confidence gone
Oh where oh where can it be?

At any rate they're far better than they were

I'm disliking the wall paper more and more everyday - how did I fall in love with it in the first place?
I think I would have preferred it on a solid wall - being on a window wall makes me dizzy - with the view and then all of the pattern it's too much for my brain - I prefer the view actually.............

stay tuned for that particular conversation - it's going to be a doozy I'm sure :)  since I had to talk John into agreeing with it in the first place - less than a week ago LMHO
it's not easy for him - you know that right?

Remember when he spilled the white paint all over the freshly painted bedroom?
Was that yesterday?
It was HERE anyway.

Well today I spilled the quart of BLACK paint ( while painting the window frames ) but luckily I had a dropcloth on the floor at the time

Did I tell him about it - just so that he would feel less bad about his spill?
NO WAY JOSE
I cleaned it up completely - before he could see it................

and he would never have known if there weren't little tell - tell signs all over because some had ended up on my feet

John says - What are those black marks all over the floor
Suzan says - I have no idea - I thought they were from your shoes..............

I wanted the room finished by last Sunday
At this point I'd be content if it were finished by 2016.....................

Ok - let's see now - have I covered every single disaster in the last 24 hours?

John's downstairs painting the kitchen ceiling as I type

Suzan yells down - Are you finished yet?  I want to show everyone
John says - STOP GETTING YOUR KNICKERS IN A TWIST - I'M ONLY HALF WAY DONE!!!

Knickers in a twist?
Who says that?
Is that the weirdest expression you've ever heard or what?

Suzan says - My " knickers " are NOT in a twist - I was simply asking a question -  DON'T GET YOUR BOXERS IN A KNOT
John says - I'm exhausted - I'm sore - I'm done for the night
Suzan sings - You'd better shape up - 'cuz I need a man - ( and my heart is set on you ) ♪ ♪ ♫
John says - Oh stop with the singing already - You make no sense
Suzan says - It's a famous song John - bet you don't know it !!!  We're world's apart, you and I
John says - Well you're definitely from a different planet than I
Suzan - And by the way - You will NEVER remove the song from my heart - NEVER
John says - Here we go - Miss Scarlett O'Hara herself..................

The Kitchen progress

and now, as John would say, I'm " knackered "

Much love,

A couple of accidents....................

Did I mention that a couple of days after we moved in I flushed some water from a bucket down the toilet?
With a huge microfibre cloth inside of it?
And that I clogged the toilet?
And that it was a nightmare to retrieve?
No?
Ok - I guess I conveniently forgot to.........
But I WILL tell you this.
A couple of nights ago while painting the floor I asked John ( he was going to Home Depot ) if he could pick me up another gallon -
I specifically told him what to get exactly - word for word but he decided he needed to go into the room and pick up the gallon of paint and see what it said himself.
The gallon who's lid was just resting precariously on top of it.
Which he found out as he turned it upside down to read it better.
I heard the bellow before I heard the paint can hit the floor - even before I heard it bounce a second time -
It exploded would be a better description actually - on to the ceiling - the freshly painted walls - the cupboard doors that still need to be painted - the windows that had just been painted black - and of course the floor.

John screams in my face - WHY DON'T YOU EVER CLOSE PAINT LIDS?
Suzan says - Because I'm painting - and I'm not going to close it every time I take a break!!!
Suzan says - Who turns a paint tin upside down to read it?
John says - Oh no you don't - you're not going to make this out to be my fault - I'm sick of it - it's the third time this has happened to me - how hard can it be to hammer a paint lid on?
John says - You owe me a pair of jeans and a shirt
Suzan says - YOU OWE ME 2 DAYS WORTH OF PAINTING MY BUTT OFF

It took us at least an hour to clean it all up......................miraculously not a drop hit the wall paper -
which I'm ready to take down by the way - not crazy about it at all now - in fact I wouldn't have minded at all if he'd totally destroyed it lol

Suzan says - I don't think I like the wallpaper after all
John says - YOU'D BETTER LIVE WITH IT - YOU HAD TO HAVE IT
Suzan says - Why do you react like that when I change my mind about something?
John says - because you only change your mind AFTER you buy things - I ask you to think about it first

The cupboard doors are going white for now - with big glass knobs - but I may hang curtains from them eventually - and further down the road I may cut into them for more space since there's a small cupboard on the other side - and the small room I want to make my little " closet/boudoir ".

Suzan says - Do me a favor - next time I ask you to pick up paint - just trust me enough when I tell you exactly what I need please.
John says - Do ME a favor - next time you pour water from a bucket down the toilet - remove the cloths.

The score is currently 1-1 - but I bet it doesn't stay that way long :)

Gordie hung up the new bedroom light today

99.00 from Costco.....................

It's gorgeous when it's on - because there's a ton of glass crystals that hang on the inside sending prisms of light throughout the interior. (  I haven't put the glass in yet - too tired :)

I'll take photos when it's on when I do the reveal - which sadly won't be today - ( I was aiming for Sunday and I'm oh so close - but not quite there yet - )

There was a time - there really was - when I could have had this room completed in a matter of days - but there was so much to do ...............and I'm 54 and JOHN SPILLED PAINT ALL OVER WHAT HAD JUST TAKEN ME 2 DAYS TO ACCOMPLISH !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last night I made sure to hammer the lid shut on the paint when I was finished - it was midnight - John was sleeping

John yells - WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?????????????
Suzan says - closing the lid on the paint tin of course....................
Suzan says - I find you're doing a lot of screaming lately - are you stressed or something?

You all have a wonderful Sunday
Enjoy your beautiful homes - you spoiled brats!!!

Much love,