Rainy weekend

Yay! The rain is finally here! I will probably be less happy about it once Thursday rolls around and I am stuck outside building something in the rain for my Pre-apprenticeship program, but well, for now, I am a happy camper.

I skipped the Saturday market to paint my dining nook mint green. Its bright and cheery, and I adore it. It is a smidge more intense than I was going for, but who cares! Its clean and happy. I spent most of the day washing all the things that live up on the wrap around shelf in there first. Cause well, its a kitchen and so things up there get that awesome goopy dust that is such a pain to get rid of. Then the walls and ceiling and floor got washed. I think you could eat off any surface in that room right now.

Jonah helped me paint it green. He seemed to enjoy it for the most part! He hadn't painted anything since he was a kid, and I guess the experience left something to be desired. After a few pointers from me he was off and painting. I'm gonna have to get him his own brush though, I've only got one good one these days, and he was goodnaturedly complaining about being stuck with the crappy brush.

Slept in the loft last night to listen to the rain falling on the tin roof. Sigh, I love that sound so much! Fell asleep to the soft rain, woke up to a friggin' monsoon! It was wonderful, and it continued all morning. I had fun watching it while I spent the morning putting the nook back together. Ayla (my little housemate) helped by playing with the nails and screws, Jonah cooked us all breakfast, and Ann took advantage of us amusing her daughter and filed all her papers!

Now Ayla is napping, I've got the house to myself (okay, and four dogs, cause Ruby is hanging out for the day). There is a fire in the fireplace, rain falling outside, and I am about to put together one of the two birthday cakes I baked today. Then tonight its off to dinner at my parents, and birthday movie night (not mine, though!). This has shaped up to be a pretty nice rainy weekend.

Hope you all had a good one too!

Maggie