Paint

I may not be able to see vision when it comes to hairstyles, or science experiments, or even for how a quilt will turn out in the end with the fabric I have chosen, but I do see vision when it comes to my home.  I ponder on things so much, I can basically see how it will turn out. 

Since moving into our peach home, I've thought and thought about what color I wanted to paint it eventually.  For as long as I can remember, I've had the same color in my mind, seeing it each time I drove up to our home, from all angles.  In my mind, it's gorgeous.

Since returning from Danielle's big remodel (she's getting her countertops today!), talk has been about updating our own home a little bit.  There wasn't much that needed work when we moved in, so there's not much that really needs to be done.  Of course, there are things I would like done, but not needed.  I don't think I'll ever lack ideas to make our house more decorated.  Anyway, I digress.  Randy said that we might as well paint the house when our painters come (they're doing it for free, so we've told them it can be whenever they're not too busy.  Which may be never, since we've told them this since the day we signed contracts March 2017) to paint our front room (remember the ugly orange?!), so we sat down to a visualizer online with a two-story home with similar shingle colors.

Stress.  Mounds and mounds of heavy stress have been added to my shoulders.  What if I hate the color that's been in my head for more than a year now?  What if any color I choose looks worse than the peach with red shingles and black front door?  I would have no one to blame but myself if it looks horrible, or I hate it.

I tried to capture a picture of our own for the visualizer, to see the colors on our own home, but the thick smoke that has been congesting our lungs and burning our eyes for more than a month now- made even worse by a recent fire in Kennewick- distorted the colors too much, making the true color of our shingles look less vibrant than they truly are.  (I will say, the red sun coming through the thick smoke does look cool sometimes.)

It's all fun and games to contemplate paint colors, until you are actually given the opportunity to choose.  

Why did they choose this color of shingle?  Black would open up a whole new world of options!  What HOA approved these shingles and allowed this color scheme?!  That's right-- the one that allowed a purple house with red door, yet was upset that we put a kick plate and stickers on ours!