Couch 215: The Overcoming Couch

Did a PaintNite thing that started an hour ago. I knew it was a bit too ambitious for me (girl with umbrella), but figured I'd give it a try. Ended up bailing on the planned painting partway through and switched to something totally abstract. Which was kinda fun. So, I guess that's all that matters!

ETA: May share my abstract result later if I'm feeling brave!

I don't think we get chiggers around these parts, though I could be wrong? And she hasn't been around any animals or anything so they're unlikely to be flea bites.

Ack.

Cool! Please do share, I'd love to see it. Thanks for the reminder too, I'd meant to look into one of those myself and forgot all about it.

Oooh cool! I wanna see, if you're up to sharing!

I've been meaning to ask you--do they supply the paint and the canvas and stuff? I'm trying to decide if I want to do one of those.

It depends on the place. There's one where you can choose an option where they send you materials to do three paintings. For this, Yaymaker, there's a link to where you can buy stuff, but I'd already bought supplies for myself, so I just used those. You really just need the primary colors plus black and white, and a big, medium, and small brush. And whatever size canvas you want--Michael's has some pretty cheap ones in multipacks.

Sorry to hear that, chihirochild. My son and his gf had bedbugs in their previous apartment almost a year ago, they think they originated from their laundryroom but they're not sure. They moved to a place that has a stackable washer/drier in their apartment so they don't have to use a laundryroom/laundromat anymore, thankfully they haven't had a problem again. They did get rid of their mattress/box spring, and when they bought a new set, they also bought one of those bedbug proof mattress covers so in the odd happenstance they get them again, they won't have to throw out their mattress. The old apartment complex refused to do a heat treatment, which is supposed to be the best method for getting rid of them, so my son didn't want to take a chance. I hope you're able to mitigate them quickly if it is bedbugs.

Those bite locations do make me think about chiggers....

As requested

Ah, I was not aware of this Scott 1000 option. It would be satisfying to have to change the roll so infrequently. I married into a hardcore Be Kind to Your Butt household, and now I can never, ever go back.

I like it!! Makes me think about a combination of rain and a rainbow all wrapped up together.

Cool! What were you feeling when you painted it?

me too although i did finally get h to change to costco tp, those rolls are big but still only 425 sheets per roll.

I love the couch. I wonder how long we can continue the TP discussion haha

AAAAAAH the interview went well!!! The woman who interviewed me said, “I would be very surprised if I am not sending you an acceptance letter in a few weeks”

Congrats @chihirochild!

I just did the math. Our preferred brand only has 325 sheets per roll and comes in packages of 45. So considering two TP users live here, that means we would need to buy TP about four times a year if we are within the ballpark of 20,000 sheets per year per person. And that sounds about right to me.

ETA: There has to be a sex differential here too, since I imagine on average women probably use more TP than men on an annual basis...

That's awesome!!! But ugh to having to wait a few weeks...

Thanks, Art! I hadn't thought of it that way.

Thanks! That's a good question. I felt I got some sort of release out of it, I'm just not entirely sure what I released, if that makes sense. Maybe sadness, as I was feeling rather sad when I went to paint it and feel a bit better now.

Woohoo!! Great job!

Hey! This is a virtual/online thing right? We could have a couch paint night.

Oh my goodness we absolutely should!!!

I signed up for one tomorrow morning online. It's the mental health matters painting with half a brain half flowers.

Now that would be fun!

I'm definitely the mom in her 30s, hot mess, doing tiktok videos now because it's something to do. Been doing a lot of the fitness challenges that people post. I have no shame.