Good morning! Well, I got out of bed this morning, and it felt like upstate NY nice and crisp so I went for a RUN! Now, for those of you that don’t know me, you think “good for you” …if you know me personally, you are saying “it’s about time, slacker!”. I normally consider myself a pretty avid runner. I got my weim puppy specifically as a running buddy, and I’ve trained for at least 4 marathons but only run 2 due to injuries in the later stages of my training.
Normally on a Saturday at 6 am in the summer, I am getting up and having coffee before I start my long run with the DC Road Runner group by the Iwo Memorial. Needless to say, for many reasons, I have become a major slacker over the past 6 months. I’m hoping today is the start of me getting back to being a “runner” again.
Rai, my running buddy, a 6-year-old Weim that has run up to 20 miles with me when training!
NEWBIE INSIGHTS
So I was just talking to someone the other day at the shop, and I think one of the main things I can pass along to people if they are looking to do this either for themselves or as a little business is you don’t need all the fancy equipment. When I started, I ended up buying a large paint sprayer thinking it would be better/faster. It is in some ways, BUT it’s messy and a pain to change the paint color, so if you are going with an all-white theme, then go for it! But for me, I found out I prefer to hand paint then I can be more creative with the colors.
As far as the sander goes…I did buy an electric sander, and it wasn’t that expensive. If I need to sand a large table or something before painting, it is helpful, but for my distressing, I actually prefer to do that by hand as well. It’s part of the creative process for me :-)
So those are my couple of thoughts for you today!
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