Paint paint PAINT!

As you may have heard in the news, Typhoon Morakot is one of the biggest storms to hit this part of the world in the last century (says BBC). So naturally this put a damper in our plans to go to Taipei. It's unfortunate, because one of the things we were going to do was go to Ikea and buy furniture, my bed, nightstand, bookcase and rocking chair (yep, I want a rocking chair).

It's never a good idea to be too unhappy about any current situation. When life gives you lemons, make pisco sour, right? Hee hee!

In any case, I decided to make the best of the situation and get some paint for my walls! I knew I wanted to go with light blue because it was pretty perfect for the color scheme that I picked out. I had heard that the wall here were hard to paint and had considered hiring someone to paint my walls. However, if I already moved all the way to Taiwan, which is a completely challenging experience in it of itself, I may as well try more new things! So I went off to B&Q yesterday and got some "California Sky" paint.

I started with the large back wall first, taped it all up and started brushing. Within three hours I was done! I decided to hold off on the other wall I was thinking of doing until this morning just in case I decided not to paint it. When I found out that church was cancelled and there was really no way we would be getting to Taipei, I decided to go for it, and am VERY happy with the results. Here are some pictures of my painting adventure!

This next week should be a little more busy and will help get my mind into "back to school" mode. We have professional development and classroom setup all week, as well as all campuses (Taipei, Kaohsiung and Tiachung) teachers coming on Wednesday for professional development and planning time! It should be a great week!

Over and out ;)