Instead of painting the bathroom (which my husband says we can’t do right now, because we need to install a ventilation fan—the paint tends to peel due to the bathroom moisture), I’m going to paint the office this weekend. We bought our house 2 1/2 years ago, and the office has remained entirely untouched. It’s the only room in the house we haven’t done a single thing for or to. We haven’t done anything to the bedroom but at least we bought a new bedspread and headboard! The office, on the other hand, looks just as bad as the day we moved in: white walls, hideous homemade curtains from the 1980s with blue and green flowers, and old Levelor blinds. We threw the curtains out today and bought a beautiful shade of pinky-orange paint for the walls called “Firecracker”. It’s a very vivacious, bright color that’s nearly identical to the throw pillows I have in my living room. I have a lot of other things to do this weekend, like bathe and groom one of the dogs and write for my SWP, but I’m eager to get into the office and transform it. The trim will probably have to wait until next weekend. We can’t even paint the walls today because Patrick has to spackle the holes made by nails and by the curtain contraptions that the former owners nailed into the wall. So today, I paint the ceiling and prime all the edges and corners in the room, and tomorrow…I paint! I can’t wait to see what it turns out like! And while I’m waiting for the ceiling to dry, Patrick and I will watch Pay It Forward…