Ahhhh..a day off. Like I said, well deserved. Everyone seemed to take advantage of it, especially since the day was so absolutely beautiful. The sun was out, the temps were perfect, the leaves have just about reached their color peak - man, what a day.
A lot of us went to Asheville for some sightseeing and shopping. Guess who did which? I spent the day with Mickie. What do you think? Yeah, my feet and wallet are still sore, thankyouverymuch.
We got some more of our shipment of paint in today, all 12,ooo pounds of it! But with all of the help, it only took us about 30 minutes to unload all of it. Let's hear it for teamwork! (I said that before, didn't I?)
Had a couple MORE people show up today, which brings us to 11, if my math is correct. Kim and Loralei actually came in a day early (yesterday) so they were ready to go this morning. And they brought their guitars! We'll have to break them out tomorrow, maybe write some good paintin' songs.
Well, today was the first day to paint together on the "big" walls (Jonny and I had already tackled one with the sprayers alone). Same deal as the parapets - it FLEW! Now, they can only go up about 20' with the taller roller extensions, so Jonny and I came in with the lifts and sprayers and finished out the top 10-20' that they couldn't reach. Worked out really well. In fact, we finished one huge wall and got half of another painted. OK, let me be specific: everyone else finished what they could on the second wall, but we only sprayed the one wall. What can I say? It's 9 people versus two! We're doing the best we can!
As fast as we're moving, I figure tomorrow we'll finish all of the walls that are out of traffic. Monday we'll probably start working with a flagman so that we can get the walls that are "in" traffic. Now that sounds just this side of dangerous.
Here's the pix from the day (and a couple from yesterday)...
Like I said, yesterday was beautiful. The colors are really exploding in the mountains. Makes a great background for a portrait.
Mickie doing what she does best. I swear, I have never seen anyone who likes to shop as much as she does. Not necessarily buy anything, but just simply SHOP! I played the "sore ankle" card just so we could rest!
A big welcome to our Newbies, Kim and Loralei! They jumped right in today, painting up a storm! We'll see how anxious they are tomorrow!
Man, this was a lot of paint - over 12000 pounds, or about 700 gallons. We probably used over 100 gallons just today.
And this is why - look at the workers! Looked like a bunch of ants with sticks! Actually, is was a well-oiled machine. And everyone is working really well together!
It really helped when we had guys like this just drop in out of the blue. Probably feeling guilty because his wife dumped us! (Just kididng, Kim - we love you - and miss you! Try and come back for just a while, OK? And you can bring this guy, too. He sounded like he knew you quite well.)
Can you tell which condo has most of the crew in it?
And it was Kim's birthday!! Like we all really needed another excuse to eat ice cream and chocolote cake. Isn't it someone's birthday tomorrow? Well...it should be.
Here are a couple of shots of the scenery that you guys are missing. Mickie and her friend Roni (visiting from Nashville) found this place only a couple of miles from where we are working.
And this was tonite's sunset. I don't care if you are an artist or not, this is spectacular. And I painted it. With a spray gun. On the wall. In one night.
A lot of us went to Asheville for some sightseeing and shopping. Guess who did which? I spent the day with Mickie. What do you think? Yeah, my feet and wallet are still sore, thankyouverymuch.
We got some more of our shipment of paint in today, all 12,ooo pounds of it! But with all of the help, it only took us about 30 minutes to unload all of it. Let's hear it for teamwork! (I said that before, didn't I?)
Had a couple MORE people show up today, which brings us to 11, if my math is correct. Kim and Loralei actually came in a day early (yesterday) so they were ready to go this morning. And they brought their guitars! We'll have to break them out tomorrow, maybe write some good paintin' songs.
Well, today was the first day to paint together on the "big" walls (Jonny and I had already tackled one with the sprayers alone). Same deal as the parapets - it FLEW! Now, they can only go up about 20' with the taller roller extensions, so Jonny and I came in with the lifts and sprayers and finished out the top 10-20' that they couldn't reach. Worked out really well. In fact, we finished one huge wall and got half of another painted. OK, let me be specific: everyone else finished what they could on the second wall, but we only sprayed the one wall. What can I say? It's 9 people versus two! We're doing the best we can!
As fast as we're moving, I figure tomorrow we'll finish all of the walls that are out of traffic. Monday we'll probably start working with a flagman so that we can get the walls that are "in" traffic. Now that sounds just this side of dangerous.
Here's the pix from the day (and a couple from yesterday)...
Like I said, yesterday was beautiful. The colors are really exploding in the mountains. Makes a great background for a portrait.
Mickie doing what she does best. I swear, I have never seen anyone who likes to shop as much as she does. Not necessarily buy anything, but just simply SHOP! I played the "sore ankle" card just so we could rest!
A big welcome to our Newbies, Kim and Loralei! They jumped right in today, painting up a storm! We'll see how anxious they are tomorrow!
Man, this was a lot of paint - over 12000 pounds, or about 700 gallons. We probably used over 100 gallons just today.
And this is why - look at the workers! Looked like a bunch of ants with sticks! Actually, is was a well-oiled machine. And everyone is working really well together!
It really helped when we had guys like this just drop in out of the blue. Probably feeling guilty because his wife dumped us! (Just kididng, Kim - we love you - and miss you! Try and come back for just a while, OK? And you can bring this guy, too. He sounded like he knew you quite well.)
Can you tell which condo has most of the crew in it?
And it was Kim's birthday!! Like we all really needed another excuse to eat ice cream and chocolote cake. Isn't it someone's birthday tomorrow? Well...it should be.
Here are a couple of shots of the scenery that you guys are missing. Mickie and her friend Roni (visiting from Nashville) found this place only a couple of miles from where we are working.
And this was tonite's sunset. I don't care if you are an artist or not, this is spectacular. And I painted it. With a spray gun. On the wall. In one night.
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