What's going on with me you ask? Well, you're about to find out. Here comes another leaky20 life update. Huzzah! Buckle up for a insider view of the mundane life of a fellow Hiver.
So first things first, I baked a whole chicken... I warned you that this was going to be mundane. Anyway, I was feeling very autumnal (a real word apparently, that I thought I just made up) one day and decided to cook a very fall season-esc meal. You might have to re-read that sentence a few times to understand what I'm trying to say.
This was my attempt at fancy plating, which is more challenging than one would expect. The experts make it look so easy. But effortless it is not!
We bought a pie and a bag of honey crisp apples from a local orchard that day to go with it, also very seasonal for the fall.
My next thing to discuss is that I painted the exterior of my house.
See the before photos first. I hated the cherry red color of the door especially.
Upper balcony.
Choosing a color to paint was very difficult for us due to the color of our bricks. They are this dreadful peach color with streaks of grey in them and not a lot of colors goes well with them. The existing paint was too similar in my opinion and seemed to draw out and highlight the awful peach of the bricks.
I originally thought that black paint would contrast nicely with them but after spending a day painting one wall I ended up hating how it looked and decided to try something different.
I repainted that wall green and then continued on to paint the rest of the front of the house the same color. I spent probably 5 weekends painting it all and have finially finished now.
I'm still not in love with it by any means but I really don't know what other color would work better, so it is what it is at this point.
Painting it took forever because of the board and batten style exterior, which didn't allow me to use a roller. The wood was rough too, so I had to go over it with the paint brush multiple times. It was quite the process.
I think I need to change the color of the door now at some point, maybe next year when the weather is better.
The last thing we did of note this month was go to the Musical "Something Rotten."
As far as shows go, this one was quite good and among my favorites that we have seen to date. I was surprised at how clever and funny it was. I wont give anything away but the brief synopsis is that two brothers are trying to come up with a new show idea to compete against William Shakespeare and they basically stumble upon the idea of creating a musical. It was quite funny and had a ton of "easter egg" references to other shows out there, which also added another layer of interest.
Before the show we went out for dinner at a French restaurant in town and that's about it.
I will end things here with my photo of the Duck a l'orange that I had for dinner that night. Tootles for now everyone.
Thats it. Thanks for stopping by.