twist my arm

What do you do when your father makes you an offer that you'd be an idiot to refuse? My dad just called offered to paint my house, replace the other apartment's appliances, refinish the floors, paint the walls, do some yard work, generally fix the place up, and pay my $700 per month. If I give my renter notice to be out my May 1st and let my dad move in in June.

I'd be a lunatic to refuse. I'd be a lunatic to accept. But hell, it would be exactly like having a live-in maintenance guy on site who pays me. Really, the deal-maker is the fact that he's offering to PAINT MY HOUSE!

Dear gods, how I have longed to paint my house and make it pretty and new and bright. But there is no way I could afford it any time in the near future.

But then my dad would be living next door. And I never ever wanted to be one of those people who lives next door to their parents in their adulthood. But here I am, contemplating it. Somebody please explain to me how this could go horribly, horribly wrong.

all the pretty colors

after nearly two years in a house with gray walls i've finally picked some paint colors!

other projects are on hold due to various circumstances otherwise known as life. derby, getting registered for school, retooling resumes, trying not to 'asplode', car repairs, work, and otherwise just being really damn lazy. think i will go with a lighter blue and save this particularly bright shade for accenting. but i am very much in love with the orange and especially the green.