wasp you doing in my living room?

 Today i got a lot of grading done! finally i got their books graded! all 49 of them! i was also able to work on some artwork...using the term loosely. i saw something on another blog awhile back, and i thought it was a fun idea, so i am doing the 'remedial artwork' b/c i didn't feel like buying plywood nor did i feel like measuring anything. i don't like math. so this is how it went down.

 1. i got 3 pieces of foam board, then i spray painted them leather brown.

 2.then i took my selections of colors and cut them all up-they are all samples from various stores and paint companies, so they are random sizes. and i used the spray adhesive to coat the board before bringing it in and starting to piece them on the board.

3. then i went ahead and mod podged them.

4. and once that dried, i went ahead and sprayed a sealant on them. and the finished product is:

 one board down, two to go. i think they will be my new headboard.

also in my little world news, i think a cave is starting in my laundry room...i saw a stalactite forming.

so..apparently sometimes the cheap brand leaks. you heard it hear first.

and i had opened the balcony door for the boys to go out and do business; well, i knew something was up because i saw chaco's ears went up and he stood up. when i looked up, i saw the wasp. so i put the boys in the room so they wouldn't get stung. they were complaining the whole time, but it was bigger than them, so i really didn't want to leave them out-besides, i think the neighbor children have been teaching them the song about the baby bumblebee. and that could get ugly.

so i tried to decide what to do because i haven't gotten this year's fly swatter. so i grabbed a magazine (which felt very flimsy for a wasp on steroids)...and i thought he was in the breakfast nook area by the window, but no...he followed me into the living area. then he came toward me, so i swatted and hit him and kinda hid (because i've had a couple of bad run-ins with wasps). then he went back into the breakfast nook area and settled on the blinds for a couple of minutes.

i found a styrofoam bowl i use for painting and decided it would work to trap him. but i still had the flimsy magazine. well, i trapped him and then put the flimsy magazine under the bowl to get him out.once we were outside i let him free. (now, if you have kids watching, tell them to go play). i did NOT LET HIM FREE!!! he tried to sneak out so i definitely let my full weight fall on him, and actually turned the magazine over so i could ensure 100% smushedness(not a real word). then i let the boys out and they saw me let him fly away over the balcony like a brick.

moral of this story: don't fly into peoples' homes just because the screen door is open.

good night,
julie