Honestly I have no idea where time goes. When I look back on my calendar I can see all the writing in four different colors representing five different things. Blue for Boxes in Fields and my personal notes, Orange for the Planner, Green for the Kid, Black for work (my 9-5), Red for alternative work (money gigs), Purple for my mom. At the end of the month, most months are void of any days where nothing occurred. Life is just busy. As I stated a couple posts ago, work has been very busy. Not complaining as everybody needs money but don’t you ever feel that work gets in the way of life?

Pantry cabinets were collected from the Doubter in the middle of September. Here is it the middle of November and we are just now starting on them. Don’t even get me started on the bedroom cabinets. That is a whole other story. Making cabinets sure says the Doubter. Sanding cabinets. Not my pay grade. Before cabinets could be painted they had to be sanded. Several times. Filled with wood putty. Several times. Sanded again. Vacuumed. Wiped with damp cloth and then rubbed down with tac cloth. Finally, two weeks later they are ready to paint.

Weather seems to be on our side for the next few days. Metal jack stands were rubbed down to remove oil and whatnot. Wooden saw horses were quickly attacked iwth a grinding disk to ensure tops were void of old paint. Concrete pad was removed of erroneous BS, swept clean of dirt/debris/sand, then washed clean. Hate to waste water, hate sand in my paint more.

Each base and draw was primed bottom sides first. Bottoms were only primed once. Luckily the air was dry and by the time the drawers were primed, the bases were dry and could be flipped over. Rinse and repeat with drawers. Day two the rest of the drawers were primed along with all the shelves and the doors.

It was during the door priming a major issue reared its ugly head. Up until this moment priming was going as smooth as possible when priming outside in the elements. Sun in your eyes, shadows on the work pieces, dust from neighbors driving by. For all the sanding done, the wood still had fibers. This meant all bases, drawers, and doors had to be sanded once again before being painted. Let the sanding begin in two to three days when the primer is good and dry.