Have you had fun when your husband was gone. Well mine is fishing for a week, so I decided to paint. I have one coat on the bedroom. Went from pale green to chocolate brown, next I want to do the entry way. I won't take pictures until the second coat is on.

yes, fun to have the house by yourself,

does he know you are painting?

Won't he be surprised when he gets home.

Woo Hoo!!! Have a great time :D:D:D

He doesn't know, he rearranged my silverware drawer when I was gone so I told him I was going to do something when he was gone. :roll:

I don't know if I would consider painting a room "play" - but it sure is nice having the house all to myself now and then.

:lol: Sounds like something I would do...

William will be gone Tuesday and Weds...I might have to go buy some paint! ;)

But why did he rearrange your silverware drawer when you were gone? Was it a prank, a mistake or mere thoughtlessness?

I agree is not what I would consider playing .... but hope you are having fun :thumbup:

ROL -- I did that when I kicked my first husband out of the house!! LOL LOL. Last time this husband left me alone to go fishing, I went out and bought $100. fabric and started sewing!!! YEAH --- oh yeah, I also watched a bunch of chick flicks - WHEN I got the DVD player to work!

I really enjoy it when my DH goes on a fishing trip!!! Even painting a room is more like fun when you aren't constantly being interrupted with mundane things like cooking! :lol: ...Have fun!

I can only wish my DH had a hobby that took him out for a while. He is a heart problem and kidney failure nad diabetes so he doesn't go far without me. I would love a day or night alone. My middle DD used to get him and go to the casino for the day and I enjoyed the quiet. I think everyone needs time out once in a while. So AUg 19-22, I am going to Mt.Calm Compass Centre for my quilt retreat, no phones, no meals to cook, no laundry. They fix us three meals a day and leave us coffee, drinks etc. for snacks. Not to mention what we ladies take. I can't wait. There's more than one way to skin a rabbit. ROFL.

My husband travels a lot with his job. (Out digging dinosaurs all summer). So I always manage to repaint, rearrange furniture, etc. while he is gone. He never knows where his recliner is going to be sitting when he gets home! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Have Fun !!!

You go girl! ROFL

it looks great along with the new curtains. tuesday several of the siblings are going to be there to "help" with the project. i am lucky enough to help our "niece" from germany who is here for a month to do a quilt project to take back with her. maybe a tube quilt that would be fast.

My husband works all hours of the day and wants to have the bedroom like a motel room so he can sleep in a very dark room. We just bought new drapes and the color of the room was not quite right for the drapes. The walls are now a dark chocolate color. I love to paint and love to have something done that is a surprise for him.
This is the first year he was able to go fishing with his dad. His mother used to plan the week of fun things to do when my father-in-law was gone. She died 2 years ago and I told my husb that I am so sad I won't get to PLAY with her when he is gone. So I wanted to do something big in memory of her and her anticipation of my father-in-laws famous fishing trips.
As dkbeck said, our German neice is here and she is going to come to my house tomorrow and quilt. I am going to be painting my entryway because it no longer matches the other rooms in the house.
Check out this post about our German neice:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-7016-3.htm
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-7675-1.htm
Hope you have as great of a day as I anticipate having- doing my work and then hopefully taking my 3 year old nephew to the farm to see peacocks, horses, mules, exotic birds, hundreds of cats, kitttens with 6 paws, and the nicest friends a person could ever have.
Maybe I have to go gambling one day, that is what my mother -in-law would have done! :lol: :lol: :-D :?:

Mines only been gone couple to times to take care of a sick parent in Texas. I enjoy the time to myself but at the same time it feels kinda weird. :?

My husband used to be an over the road truck driver. I LOVED IT!!! We used to have a very dark living room. You could have 3 100watt bulbs going and it would still suck up everybit of the light. I told him I was going to paint it. He got all bent out of shape, we argued and finally he said, "I said not to paint it. I don't want it painted, promise me you won't paint it." I reluctantly agreed. He left to go trucking. That weekend when he got home the living room had the most beautiful light beige wallpaper.


This is just my personal opinion but I think togetherness is highly overrated. LOL I guess I'm just way too independent.

Have fun!!! LOL, honestly, I would call it work too, wish I enjoyed painting..........
Want to come to my house for coffee, LOL, we could paint...mine needs it too!

Carrie it would have to be flavored coffee :lol: I have gone to relatives' houses and painted for a week at a time. I do like it, except ceilings are not my favorite. We haul into WI sometimes, maybe I could hitch a ride to your house!!!

Oh, you bet. DH used to go to a karate camp every July. Every year he would come back to find something changed. He thought it was sinful to paint wood. One year while he was gone I painted all the kitchen cabinets, inside and out. What could he do then. He ended up liking them, and got used to coming home to a surprise.

I hear you Raptureready. My DH is an over-the-road driver also. We've been married 18 yrs. and I love my time alone, and we do things together when he's home, about every 2 weeks. Yea!!

Mine rarely is gone for more than 3 hrs. He has not even been fishing yet this summer. And I am thinking a retreat is what I need some day soon. I love the house to myself once in a while. I think it is good for everyone.

I did that one time to our computer room. While my husband was fishing in Canada I put up wall paper, border, painted top half of room. My husband was shocked, but he liked it.
He came in and said, "What the hell did you do to my room?"

DH and I would go batty if we did everything together. His interest doesn't interest me at all and vice versa. Why should I sit and watch a ballgame I do not like just to sit with him? I don't think so. He can come sit with me if he wants me with him. We both think like that.

Now won't he be surprise. I did buy a house once when my hubby was gone. Luckily I'm still alive to tell the tail.

Go Girl!

My husband is not able to go on vacation with us so it will be 3 kids and me. I will be doing my own fabric shop hop with my girls and will be bringing my sewing machine so we can all quilt. Would not have been able to do this since hubby always has other plans!

We got along a lot better when he wasnt here. :lol: No, when he was only home for the weekend he made the most of his time home. Now that he's disabled he seems to put most of his energy into wanting to argue. Then to add to it, I retired! I'm leaving Sunday for a quilting retreat---I might be home by Wednesday in time for church.

Oh, I am not allowed to paint! I painted a small project when we were first married and that sealed the deal. My husband doesn't paint either, so we hire a Painter.

My husband is often away at meetings and has always worked away on contract work so sewing has been my sanity. Plus I get to do my own thing, "while the cats away the mice can play", like eating what you like and going to bed when you please. I too have always been very independant, have had to be.

That was brilliant!

My husband used to go hunting and fishing. Now he stays home and drives me nuts. We all need alone time.

Oh gosh. I was thinking you were going to quilt 24/7 if you wanted to and maybe even in the buff then you said you were painting this is even better. Great surpise for him.

When a friend's husband retired she said she now had twice as much husband and half as much money. ;)

I loved having some time alone when my husband had to go away for a couple of days with his job. I could eat when and what I wanted to and sew as much as I wanted without interruptions. Now he's retired and always there. What do other ladies do? Can't get anything done anymore.

My DH will be gone all next week. I'm planning to go fabric shopping, finish a quilt class, have breakfast for dinner, go chunky-dunkin' in the pool after dark and not sure what else!

Don't our hubby's just love us! Before I became disabled, and I would have a day off, and I have asked hubby to do something big, like cut the wall out, to make built in shelves. and he would not do it. well on my day off, I would do it. He use to tell me he was going to get me a baby sitter when I had a day off. :lol: God bless. Penny

my DH left yesterday and will be gone 2 weeks. My plan is to sew, sew, sew. It is just DD and myself so I barely have to cook or do housework. I'm so excited!!

My husband is leaving for 2 weeks to go sailing around the San Juan Island in Washington state. At least that is how long he said he'll be away. The last 2 times he has gone he didn't last a week either time. He gets home sick. I get pissed because I had plans. I love him dearly but come on it is only 2 weeks. He hopes to retire in a few years and I'm worried because I'm afraid he will become my shadow.

Too bad you live so far away!!!! We could have helped each other with "Hubby's away" projects. I am redoing the studio, and painting in the living room, hall, and dining room. Lots of construction and destruction going on while he is gone. I am so excited, I can hardly wait.