The Misadventures of Faux Girl: Bites, Storms & Wallnuts

August 18, 2008 No Comments by Regina

You must forgive me if?you find some typos…my right index finger?was bitten by something over?the weekend?and now it’s swelled up, red, painful and itchy.? I’m typing with my other fingers so…this oughta be fun.

Well, Saturday — the first get-together by the Wallnuts (nee The Fauxtastic Four) — was a blast.? We had projected meeting from 10 am to 3:00 pm but everyone cut out of?the studio?close to 6pm.?? We would have continued our party on to dinner but we had a rather large (and loud) lunch.? (By “we”, I don’t mean just the four of us.? Husbands were there, siblings were there, family was there…what a fun day!)? To put it all together will take a few more days than I expected but I hope it will be worth the wait.? The four of us were really surprised at the end of the day when the men came in to set up our podcast.? We thought we were just going to talk into the laptop or something but nooooooooooooo…there was microphones and stands and mixers and stuff I can’t even pronounce.? As we were doing our chosen recipes during the day, we were gabbing and laughing and having a great time.? I really hope the podcast caught some of that energy.? It’s?our first one so I’m sure we’ll get more comfortable with it as time goes on.? Here’s two teaser pics of our day:

(Left) Prepwork: Books, Materials & Coffee?? (Right) My microphone…a bit daunting

Well, we’re?off to?prep for Tropical Storm/Hurricane Fay.? It doesn’t feel like a bad one but you can never be too overprepared.? I’ll try to post more cool stuff in the meantime, if the weather (and finger) permits.? I?hope you are having a beautiful, sunny day!

4 Comments

Suzanne
1365 days ago

You got bit AGAIN?!?!?! Holy cow, are you a spider magnet? Bendito, poor RG.
Regina Garay
1365 days ago

You know, I used to be nice to spiders. Found them, took them outside safe & sound. Well, no more Ms. Nice to Spiders! Although by now, I may be immune to their bites.
Honey Nut
1363 days ago

Hey Spicy Nut,

What’s going on? Hope you are ok. Get those buggers out of there, soon. Don’t want one of those to be a Brown Recluse.

I wanted to know what do you use to remove paint from doors. I mean something that’s eco-friendly and non-invasive to the health. I plan to get a piece of scrap door from Habitat for Humanity store and maybe test out some things with it and hang it, horizontally, as a headboard for our bed. I think I will try out Venetian Plaster, still undecided. What is your advice?

Thanks a million. Look forward to more Podcasting with the other Wall-nuts.
Regina Garay
1362 days ago

Honey Nut!!!!
I have just the thing for you. It’s from a company called Back to Nature and their site is http://www.ibacktonature.com – make sure you put that “i” before the word “back”. It’s called Ready-Strip and a plus is that it changes color when ready to strip. Send me a picture, however, and I’ll guide you as to whether you really need to go through the process of stripping the door. Love the idea of using it as a headboard. BTW, Venetian Plaster may be tough to do on a paneled door — not impossible, but tough because of the trowel use. Keep me posted! Spicy Nut