I think the title says it all. I've decided that the best way to test the strength of a marriage is doing major home improvement projects together; by this afternoon ours was touch and go at best! When we moved into this house 5 years ago, every wall in every room was painted white. Now we have managed to paint one room, the smallest room in the house almost, and it only took 4 trips to the paint/home improvement store and changing the paint color 3 times to do it.

I woke up this morning and declared that the paint we spent hours applying yesterday (our second color) had dried WAY too dark and I wanted to redo it in a lighter color today. This was when Zman had a complete and udder break down and though did eventually help me re-paint also managed to be in a piss poor mood all day. I don't blame him, poor guy, not only did our lovely contractor leave us some dozy surprises after he left town for good, but then he has to deal with the paint freak *waves* who can't seem to understand why a color that looks great on the little color swatch looks like crap on the walls. Once we are all finished he may need to be committed... Yes, we still have one bathroom to go and I'm strongly considering painting it WHITE.

Every other room in our house has white walls and unless one of our children grow up to be interior designers, I have a feeling they always will be. A white house is better than divorce by a long shot!!

posted at 9:50 PM