There’s an old saying about how men piddle about all day and a woman’s work is never done.  I’m beginning to realize the truth in that.  I think that a woman’s work is never done not because of the amount of work that she does, but because she can’t make up her mind!  (I’m just joking….or am I?)

img00163We’re in the middle of making some modifications to our kitchen.  New tile, new counters, new paint on the walls, refinishing the cabinets, and some new trim.  I absolutely love to do projects on my own,  but wisdom prevailed and we got professionals for the tile and the counter.  (I’ll post pictures when the whole thing is done.)  Unfortunately, we’re now stuck on finding the perfect colors for the cabinets, trim  and walls.  We started with a light, creamy yellow for the cabinets and trim and then painted several shades of khaki (brown?) on the wall…as well as a couple of greens.  Nothing took.  “Too washed out”, “Too green”, “we’re looking for more depth of color”.  After another late night session with a paint expert (thanks, Sheri!), I headed back out for more samples this morning.  Tonight, I’ll put a slight-cream white on the cabinets and trim and a gray on the walls.   Sheri would tell you that the cabinet color has some slight red in it.  If I held a card up to you, you’d say that it is white.  Sheri says that the gray is blueish.  You’d still call it gray.  That’s why Sheri is our consultant and not you.

At any rate, tonight we’ll try some new colors and see how they stick.  The only caveat to this adventure is that my parents are taking the girls this weekend so that Kelley and I can get all the painting done.  We might just have to spend the whole weekend painting rainbows on our wall in search of the perfect color.  I’m also afraid that the girl at the paint counter thinks that I’m trying to flirt with her because of the frequency of my visits.  Heck, if it would get us the perfect color, I might actually try it.