Even though I re-painted them in January, my old tap boards have had it. Three plus years of constant kicking and stomping have taken their toll. They're only MDF after all. So I've had to brave Bunnings Hardware with my Dad and his station-wagon to buy some new ones. I'm trying paving paint this time, on the advice of a tap-student who has a painter husband. Pre-mixed in Forest Green. Surprisingly they didn't offer it out of the can in purple, and I couldn't actually be bothered lining up to get it tinted. I'm pretty sure I can't be bothered to adorn them with pretty stars this time either. I'm hoping the foresty-ness of the green will be excitement enough, a touch of the outdoors perhaps?
I think of myself as a happy person, one who enjoys her life. But if my schedule gets loaded up with excess stuff like painting on a muggy hot Sunday (which was also annoyingly windy enough to keep blowing the boards around) AND having to properly clean up the house - especially the