labor day

although the day is supposed to be one of rest for all those working like dogs, we spent labor day weekend laboring.

joe found this iron screen door at a garage sale somewhere and when he brought it home i'll admit i was skeptical. but now it's sanded, mounted, painted, sanded again, and hey! not bad. in fact, i rather like it. and i got to change the color of my front door which i've always hated, but picking the color you like is much more difficult than knowing which ones you don't. my someday house is definitely going to have a red door, but the typical arizona muddy-brown exterior of our present house doesn't agree, so i went with blue. i'm so tired of the dull, dull, dull colors we have here so i picked a brighter blue which looked great on the paint sample and worked well as long as it was in the shade. but then when the light was hitting it directly it seemed to look a bit like it belonged in a preschool.

later in the day we went to a birthday party for my nephew where my suspicions were confirmed. the color of gabriel's cookie monster cake seemed dangerously close to my front door.

evidence:

nothing says welcome to my humble abode like, "C is for cookie".

joe said he'd love to repaint it for me as soon as hell freezes over, so we'll be keeping it for a while anyway*. i guess he gets a say being that he did 90% of the work . [ i did help paint.] not only does my man bring home the bacon, he even works for me when he comes home. and on labor day no less, so here's a big labor day salute to my working man.

i hope your holiday weekend was less laborious and more successful.

*i'm open to any suggestions on what to do here that doesn't require fully repainting. i was thinking a wash or something? help.

working man - CCR