Lowe's Should Love Me

Clarence or no Clarence...I went shopping today!

I had the day off work - one last hurrah before everything breaks loose (a.k.a. the start of the school year). I think actually going to work is easier. I was out in the hot sun sweating up a storm while I worked on scraping the porch.

Have I told you the porch story? I can't remember. Perhaps I should back up.

My front porch is a tribute to the seventies. Or sixties. Or maybe fifties. We're not sure. When I moved in, it had that lovely green outdoor carpet stuff on it - on the steps too - and this great aluminum scrolled post/railing combo. Well, last winter, during one of our fierce storms, half the porch carpet detached itself from the wood beneath and began blowing festively in the air.

LOVELY.

So sometime last spring, I finally got sick of trying to tuck it back down under flower pots and chairs, and I just ripped the blessed thing off the porch. It was so old that it just ripped right up, exposing this gorgeous yellowed glue/green paint porch underneath. It's very Eastern Comets. I'll give it that. :)

I really wanted to strip/sand/stain it, but that was going to be far too much work and some of the boards were in too bad of shape. So for now, I've been working on scraping the peeling paint and the flaking glue off of it, with the intention to paint it NOT yellow or green. Today Mom came over to help, and we worked on scraping, sweeping, shop vac'ing, and washing the front porch. It looks pretty good - considering it still looks like an Eastern Comet.

And then off to Lowe's I went to purchase primer and paint. And while I was there...you know...some porch furniture...and a fire pit.

So I'm going out for some coffee, since it is, after all, my vacation day, and then it's off to assemble my purchases......