This month I'm having a 'tasteful' contest for members of my newsletter group. I've always been addicted to chocolate (the more the better is my motto) and I'm always on the lookout for easy and delicious recipes that feature chocolate in any of its forms.
All you have to do is join my newsletter and send me your favorite chocolate recipe. The winner will be chosen randomly and featured in the next newsletter.
To be eligible for the drawing, send your recipe to lyndak.scott@gmail.com by July 1. And the prize? A lovely handmade crystal heart suitable to be worn as a pendant on your own chain or used as a sun catcher in a sunny window. I'll also include some of my promo items as bonuses AND... a copy of HEARTSTONE! You'll want to make sure to enter J
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Be well.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Painting 2
Still painting my office. I decided it needed another coat of paint but...I didn't have enough in the gallon to do the whole room. So I went to my handy hardware store to get another gallon. I took the lid of the paint I'd used with me so it could be matched.
The first thing I noticed was the girl used a different kind of paint. I pointed that out and she got the kind I told her I'd been using. Ahem. She was wrong. I was wrong (though less wrong but still...) When I got my new gallon home, it was a DIFFERENT color!
I'd chosen a medium purple and this was a light purple. You know what would happen if I tried to put a light purple over a medium? Right. Two coats. Sooo...I've decided that one coat of my medium purple will do. I have enough to touch up the trim and a few spots that didn't get the coverage it should have.
The next time I paint, I am going to hire a professional. Sheesh!
The first thing I noticed was the girl used a different kind of paint. I pointed that out and she got the kind I told her I'd been using. Ahem. She was wrong. I was wrong (though less wrong but still...) When I got my new gallon home, it was a DIFFERENT color!
I'd chosen a medium purple and this was a light purple. You know what would happen if I tried to put a light purple over a medium? Right. Two coats. Sooo...I've decided that one coat of my medium purple will do. I have enough to touch up the trim and a few spots that didn't get the coverage it should have.
The next time I paint, I am going to hire a professional. Sheesh!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Painting my office
I decided to change the color of my home office. It was teal (when it was my daughter's bedroom but I wanted lilac--something definitely mine). Foolishly I thought I could accomplish this while on vacation last week. This isn't the first room I've ever painted. I've been painting rooms since I was a teenager. But I have learned some valuable lessons this time around, though, tbh, some of this is in retrospect.
1. Never paint a room teal--no matter how attractive it is. It takes two coats of primer to cover it.
2. Never paint a ceiling after dark...unless you're striving for the checkerboard pattern of missed spots that only become visible when the sun comes up.
3. Never listen to your husband while he's instructing you on the job...particularly if he won't even lift a brush or roller to help. To be fair, he did relocate some of the heavier boxes of books so I would have room to manuever.
4. Pay careful attention to the incursions of your cat. She will hack a hairball into the roller pan just because she doesn't like the smell of the semi-gloss paint.
5. If you have a full time job and work as a writer during your off hours, hire some professional painters. They're faster and your back won't hurt as much.
6. If the room is teal, consider leaving it that way until the new owners take possession of the house. It doesn't matter if you're not planning to sell any time soon. Trust me.
1. Never paint a room teal--no matter how attractive it is. It takes two coats of primer to cover it.
2. Never paint a ceiling after dark...unless you're striving for the checkerboard pattern of missed spots that only become visible when the sun comes up.
3. Never listen to your husband while he's instructing you on the job...particularly if he won't even lift a brush or roller to help. To be fair, he did relocate some of the heavier boxes of books so I would have room to manuever.
4. Pay careful attention to the incursions of your cat. She will hack a hairball into the roller pan just because she doesn't like the smell of the semi-gloss paint.
5. If you have a full time job and work as a writer during your off hours, hire some professional painters. They're faster and your back won't hurt as much.
6. If the room is teal, consider leaving it that way until the new owners take possession of the house. It doesn't matter if you're not planning to sell any time soon. Trust me.
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