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~Lazarus~
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I've been catching up with the outstanding domestics round the house and garden in the 2 decent days we have had so far.
On Sunday, I decided that the wooden Patio furniture needed its yearly quota of varninshing. so, brush in hand I started on the task. Heres my story.
After about 2 months of almost non-stop raining, it was refreshing to venture outside in shorts and a t-shirt to tackle the job in hand.
Kids were happy to play in the paddling pool and chute, soaknig each other and generally having fun as I prepared the items for painting. Started off with the table as it seemed the easiest to break my self in. No problems, a few swipes with the stiff brush; a few wipes with the damp cloth and I was off and painting. Finished in about 5 minutes.
Next came the single chair, full of nooks an crannies so it was a rough prep job prior to painting.
At this point the children became interested in what I was doing and came to watch.
-- Did I mention I live in the country? all the cleaning dislodged the normal spiders, including the long legged grass spiders which I picked up and showed the kids (big toughie me; not scaredof a few tiny spiders). Besides that, you need to be careful not to instill the fear of spiders in kids at an early age. So I quelled my fear and let the spider crawl about my hand.
Spider jumped (or was it pushed?) out my hand before the youngest got a good look so I promised him that the next spider I found I would let him see.
Full of youthful enthusiasm he monitored my work intently. I continued painting until dislodged the next spider which I promised I would show him. How the HECK did I know that it would be the BIGGEST godamned spider I had ever seen!!!
The bloody thing could almost have picked me to show its kids.!!!! I had to pick it up (those with kids would understand) and the bloody thing almost filled my hand!!!
I still dont understand why anything needs more than 4 legs (and 2 eyes)
I swear I can still feel it crawling up me arm
[shudder]
On Sunday, I decided that the wooden Patio furniture needed its yearly quota of varninshing. so, brush in hand I started on the task. Heres my story.
After about 2 months of almost non-stop raining, it was refreshing to venture outside in shorts and a t-shirt to tackle the job in hand.
Kids were happy to play in the paddling pool and chute, soaknig each other and generally having fun as I prepared the items for painting. Started off with the table as it seemed the easiest to break my self in. No problems, a few swipes with the stiff brush; a few wipes with the damp cloth and I was off and painting. Finished in about 5 minutes.
Next came the single chair, full of nooks an crannies so it was a rough prep job prior to painting.
At this point the children became interested in what I was doing and came to watch.
-- Did I mention I live in the country? all the cleaning dislodged the normal spiders, including the long legged grass spiders which I picked up and showed the kids (big toughie me; not scaredof a few tiny spiders). Besides that, you need to be careful not to instill the fear of spiders in kids at an early age. So I quelled my fear and let the spider crawl about my hand.
Spider jumped (or was it pushed?) out my hand before the youngest got a good look so I promised him that the next spider I found I would let him see.
Full of youthful enthusiasm he monitored my work intently. I continued painting until dislodged the next spider which I promised I would show him. How the HECK did I know that it would be the BIGGEST godamned spider I had ever seen!!!
The bloody thing could almost have picked me to show its kids.!!!! I had to pick it up (those with kids would understand) and the bloody thing almost filled my hand!!!
I still dont understand why anything needs more than 4 legs (and 2 eyes)
I swear I can still feel it crawling up me arm
[shudder]
