my hands are all over OWWIES!!!

I had to bandage my fingertips just to type.

But...but...

GROUT is DONE!!!

You know when you are painting a room and you are almost done and then you realize the paint can is empty and you make do with what you can squeeze out of the brush and tray???

That was me - only with grout. GAH it was SO close and I didn't want to buy another big bag just for 20 inches.

Nit and gritty is now fully understood - grout removes fingertips, skin layer by layer but the relief of having that done is enormous.

BTW - after dark last night I painted my porch rail :)

For doing it in the dark it looks pretty good. I will do a bit more painting in a little while after I recover my energy and stop trembling (maybe food?). More photos maybe later...

grout day

My intention is to finish the grout today which is about 3 times as much grouting as I've been doing each day.

I did scrub off my trim yesterday where it had gone black with mildew. It looks much better. My son ran up to Home Depot and bought the pot I pointed out to him yesterday - he also bought mulch. How much I finish will depend on how tired I am after grouting.

No more procrastinating - must grout!

Vampire Erotica...

I still feel insecure about whether my story IS vampire erotica but ignoring that minor detail ::grins:: later today I will gather all my beta reader notes and do the final polish on the story. The overriding comment was that people wanted more. Out of 7 readers one told me it sucked :) Everyone told me they liked reading it and got invested immediately.

At this point I want to clean it up nicely and send it over to the editor who is waiting for it to arrive. She is the end point in terms of whether it meets her needs or not. I figure my odds aren't bad, this particular editor likes plotty things and mine is plotty.

Also today - I need to grout more and probably wash down some trim on the outside of my house so that I can add some fresh paint to make that area look perked up. I finished grouting the top platform yesterday - today is all about steps...