ceiling
the beautiful and talented alisa took the boys skiing. left me home all alone. i *said* i was going to clean the garage. i started that job. but what i really did was finish painting the ceiling. as a surprise. i figured it would be a good time to do it. most of the house occupants were out of town and wouldn't have to put up with the stink. and man, that ceiling paint was seriously noxious. i left the windows open and turned off the heat. there were fewer feet moving around the house tracking dust everywhere. she also seemed so unhappy about this task. i figured it'd be a nice surprise. i stuck a little red bow on the ceiling. the boys and i had a pool going to see how long it would take her to notice. i picked 15 minutes. i lost. took only 3.