Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Teenagers

Moody, energetic, imaginative, angry, absent-minded, passionate, willful, engaging, restless, idealistic, impulsive, altruistic...

...and creative.

On. The. Walls. Of. Their. Room.

These bold colours are not quite in disguise.

When you're not looking.

It took three coats of primer to cover up this streak of creativity sparked by my daughter's inner poet a year or two ago.

Thank goodness for primer.
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  1. UnknownSeptember 9, 2015 at 8:48 AM

    LOL oh I love this Girl, then again creativity runs in the family ;) it's wonderful!

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 8:40 AM

      It is pretty cool. Very sad that I had to paint over it!

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  2. BlogorattiSeptember 9, 2015 at 8:49 AM

    Teenagers indeed. Greetings to you!

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  3. Almost PreciousSeptember 9, 2015 at 9:22 AM

    Glad you allowed her to express her artistic side. Fortunately she didn't go wild and paint all the walls in deep, rich colors.
    I have a friend whose son painted his room in contrasting colors of scarlet red and jet black. She's afraid she'll have to sandblast the walls before she can paint over it.

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 8:42 AM

      Hahaha! That is funny about your friend. And scary, too :)

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  4. bettySeptember 9, 2015 at 9:23 AM

    I think its awesome you let her be creative in the first place :) Glad for primer and a little hard work!

    betty

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 8:58 AM

      I like how creative she is. It's a big part of her.

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  5. Linda W.September 9, 2015 at 10:11 AM

    Yep, sounds like something a teenager would do! :)

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  6. BeateSeptember 9, 2015 at 10:42 AM

    It sure does sound like something a teenager would do :) At least it's just one part of the room to put primer on 3 times ;)

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 9:05 AM

      Yup. Not too much to deal with. A few passes with the paint roller and WHOOSH all gone :)

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  7. BirdieSeptember 9, 2015 at 12:23 PM

    What a totally awesome thing to have to paint over.

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  8. Lowcarb team memberSeptember 9, 2015 at 12:46 PM

    It's good to be creative ...
    It's also good to have some primer ...

    All the best Jan

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 1:06 PM

      Yes. Creativity and primer go hand in hand :)

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  9. ChristineSeptember 9, 2015 at 2:28 PM

    I kind of like this Martha, great memories, now you have a lovely photo!

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 1:09 PM

      Indeed. I'm so glad I photographed it before I painted over it.

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  10. CraveCuteSeptember 9, 2015 at 4:02 PM

    Hi Martha! I've been reading back through some of your posts! Doesn't it almost seem like it was just a few years since "We" were that age!? I love that quote, it's good that you now have it recorded for all time!

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 1:12 PM

      It does seem like it was just a few years ago. It's startling how quickly time goes by.

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  11. The Dancing CroneSeptember 9, 2015 at 4:08 PM

    Gasp! You covered her ART! Well, I guess you got a picture of it's okay! :)

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 3:23 PM

      I know..very shocking. But the next owners of the house won't be as happy about it as I am! They might even be annoyed :)

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  12. psychelynSeptember 9, 2015 at 4:30 PM

    Haha they're not in disguise at all. It's a nice thought-I like it and her creativity too. Glad you have a photo of it, she might want to see it again ....later.

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 3:25 PM

      She is very artistic and this is exactly the type of thing I'd expect from her. I took a photo to preserve this memory. Kind of sad having to cover it up!

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  13. Kay G.September 9, 2015 at 6:02 PM

    I would have been tempted to leave it. When she is a famous artist, you might regret painting over it! :-)

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    1. MarthaSeptember 9, 2015 at 9:03 PM

      We're moving soon and I'm sure the next owners of this home won't feel the same way :)

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  14. LindaSeptember 9, 2015 at 10:31 PM

    Gotta love her!
    Thanks for the anniversary wishes...
    Cheers!
    Linda :o)

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 3:26 PM

      I hope you had a lovely time with your boyfriend, Linda. It's hard to believe you've been married so long. You look much too young!

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  15. AdamSeptember 10, 2015 at 10:25 AM

    if you can stand the smell and mineral spirits clean up, Zinnser coverstain primer is the one of the best primers about covering up really tough paint problems

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    1. MarthaSeptember 10, 2015 at 3:27 PM

      You are absolutely right. It is the best! It is the only primer I use. It does an amazing job.

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  16. RichardSeptember 10, 2015 at 3:07 PM

    I see you are not the only artist around :)

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  17. The Happy WhiskSeptember 14, 2015 at 1:49 PM

    I'm gonna start calling YOU Wonder Woman.

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    1. MarthaSeptember 14, 2015 at 6:10 PM

      Whoa! Let's not get crazy :) There can only be one Wonder Woman. We'll have to come up with something different for me!

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