. . . go green 1.0 . . .

. . . let's try that with a little added punctuation . . .

. . . go, green! . . .

. . . how about this? . . .

. . . go {away} green!! . . .

{look ~ there's drew}

. . . anyhow ~ to celebrate my birthday,

my sweet children provided paint and manpower

to make the green go away . . .

. . . everyone worked hard . . .

. . . chris got appointed "superintendant" . . .

. . . he was super handy with the caulking gun . . .

. . . he tried to teach us to roll the paint on

in the shape of a "v" or a "w"

and then fill it in . . .

. . . but, amanda got a little confused . . .

. . . it's great to have young, skinny daughters . . .

. . . hop up on the counter? . . .

. . . "not a problem" . . .

. . . crawl under the desk? . . .

. . . "i'm totally on it" . . .

. . . naturally . . .

. . . shenanigans ensued . . .

. . . especially with brent . . .

. . . who took a break mid-job

to play in a basketball game . . .

. . . hence the wardrobe change . . .

. . . she moved the ladder all by herself,

but amanda's aim was a little off . . .

{nearly two times ~ check that back leg!}

. . . finally ~ about

•eight hours

•four rolls of masking tape

•three gallons of behr premium plus ultra

{in "sensible hue" ~ with a couple of drops of black added}

•three coats of paint

•three oreganos pizzas

•two pablo picasso salads

•numerous diet cokes

•dr. peppers

•minute maid lemonades

•and lots of laughs

later . . .

. . . the task was complete . . .

. . . thanks, tyler, for pointing out that

this is the end of the post . . .

. . . and huge thanks to

my girlies and their wonderful husbands

for making this happen . . .

. . . i love you all! . . .