  Do you remember those tests we took in high school ... the ones with questions like this: "Hair is to head as ________________ is to chia pet" ... and you have to fill in the blank? So here's one for you: "a hatchback is to an SUV as a paint brush is to a _________________". [tick tock tick tock tick tock ... time's up] The answer: _paint roller_. Yup ... I feel that there is a considerable similarity to the contrasts you can draw between a hatchback vs. SUV and a paint brush vs. roller. Now, many of you know that I own two cars, (1) a cute little hatchback ... 11 years old ... 190,000 miles ... seats really only me and one passenger ... virtually no storage space ... 40 mpg ... etc., and (2) an SUV ... 4 years old ... 75,000 miles ... seats me and four passengers ... lots of storage space ... 15 mpg ... etc. You get the picture. Now, if you know me a little bit better, you also know that I very much prefer driving my little hatchback. Even when it's hot out, and the SUV has air conditioning and the hatchback doesn't ... I still drive the hatchback around town when I can because ... well ...
I LIKE IT!! But ... sometimes ... the SUV is just more practical ... for road trips and when I have to haul things or have lots of stuff or when the weather is bad. Finally, the savings that I get for gas in the hatchback makes up for the extra costs involved with having two cars. "Nough said? Then, there are the two aforementioned painting instruments. The paint brush ... smaller, makes uglier marks on the wall, yet seems to be much more efficient with the paint than the roller. Then there's the paint roller ... larger, leaves the paint more smoothly on the wall, uses lots and lots of paint. And ... guess what ... I very much prefer the paint brush. No ... please don't think that I painted my entire room with a 2" paint brush.
I didn't. (But I was tempted. ) The roller paints a larger area much more evenly (remember ... this is the first time that I've done this!! ) But I like the brush so much more ... there's a better feeling of control. Well ... all analogies aside ... I actually DID finish two coats of paint today. I started the first coat at 8:00 a.m. ... had a good lunch around noon, and finished the second coat around 4:30. Much better than the primer, huh? :-) Now I have three things left to do: (1) sponge one wall, (2) paint the switch plates in my "accent color", and (3) paint the moldings, door frams, etc. Those things shouldn't take long (I hope!!
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