Re-Painting The House

We have been living in our current flat for the last 4 years and this is the only time we have been given free cans of paint. The painting is normally carried out by the contractors for free as part of the service the landlord is giving to his tenants.

We decided to do the painting ourselves so we can choose a different color aside from the normal cream tone. My husband picked a nice pastel green hued paint to cover the 2 opposite walls and the other 2 with the free cream paint.

A lot of work has to be done. We had to move the furniture aside and had to buy wire cover to protect the wiring of our appliances and other electronic gadgets.

I took the opportunity to do some cleaning and chucking of unused stuff at home. I managed to free several space inside the linen closet and another free shelves inside the kitchen cupboard. I feel and think that more stuff can be thrown or donated because the house still looks very cluttered. I can do more cleaning if I have to.

Painting the house can be very tedious. It takes so much time and effort to get it done but when the paint is all dry, you have that satisfied feeling of living in a new place.

Car Scratches and More

I knew the time would come when our pristine Hyundai Tucson would have its baptism of fire in terms of nicked paints, scratches and dents.

My husband has managed to avoid all possible bodily "harm" to our 3 year-old vehicle. However, last December 2009, we got hit on the rear on a "full-stop" zone. Imagine that! So, the first dent on our hood has been marked. Then, early this year, I accidentally hit the electronic gate of our building and caused a very huge paint scraped from the right door. It is a good thing that our vehicle is properly maintained and we still go to the Hyundai Service Center to get the work done. It is a bit costly when doing the repair work outside but at least we are assured that the tools and body kits used for the repair are all authentic. My husband is very keen on getting all the job done properly and materials are original and meant to be used for Hyundai only.

The paint-scrape incident was not the last though. We had the right back door re-painted and few weeks later, some inconsiderate driver opened his or her driver-side door so hard and slammed on our right passenger door. Now our Hyundai has a dent and not just one! I almost freaked out because we just had the paint redone on the back door and now the dents are on the passenger door. I remember those cars used in the Mad Max movie. Won't it be nice to install those sharp things on our Hyundai? I am sure that no one will dare touch nor go near our Tucson.

Going back to reality, I have already accepted the fact that no matter how careful we are as vehicle owners, other people will still cause harm on our car. I just have a quick ocular check every morning before we drive to work on what mark has been left on our precious Hyundai. I just hope they don't nick our car!