12th July 2020
I never expected to paint the garage door today. Maybe I should have expected it as I had done the repair work, but the thought of a rest was quite out of my wife’s mind.
Over breakfast she went on about when the door would be ready, and thinking on my feet, I listed out what had to be done first. I thought it would buy me a bit of time, by which she would have been distracted, and found something else to do.
However this was not the case. I started by filling the screw holes and sealing the joint where the new wood met with the old. A bit of sanding and a wash down with water and we were ready to go.
We had the paint, the same that we had used on the front door, this would certainly make a statement on the garage.
The surface was textured, so a roller would skim over the surface leaving the indentations, that would my job, and to paint under the lip seals.
It was not so hot today, when we started the sun was in the back garden, but as it moved over, the heat was reflected by the concrete driveway back on to us and the door causing it to dry fast.
As I was painting, my mind was thinking about pool time and how quickly could we finish so we could crash out.
With two people on it, me doing the fiddly bits and Kelli splashing it on, we did it in good time.
We then stood back and admired our handy work.
“It’s very red” Kelli said sheepishly,
“ But it’s a nice red” I replied.
“ Do you think it’s a bit bright?”
“ it’s a bit brighter than it was before, but it’s a nice red” I said reassuringly.
“ Do you think the neighbours will complain?” I could sense Kelli was worried about public opinion.
“F*** them” I said “ it’s our garage door and we’ll paint it any colour we want”
Another Lifetime to go 