3rd Day...

....of blogging marathon, and I'm tired! Not tired of writing, and haven't run out of topics by a long shot, but my arm is tired. Particularly, my right arm from holding a paint roller all day. From 9:30 this morning after our guests finished breakfast, to close to 7 pm, with an hour break in the middle for lunch and a dog walk. We were primer-ing all this time, in the new community room. We're meticulous with paint work, and it IS a big room, but golly...painting always takes longer than I think it will! We're hoping all the primer will be dry for tomorrow morning so we can bring on the color! Can't wait...though my arm would beg to differ!

Dinner tonight was asparagus risotto with lemon and mint. No matter how shatteringly tired I am at the end of the day, and how sometimes I feel I'm even too tired to boil water for pasta, cooking always gives me a zap of energy. I thought: I'm too tired to stand and stir risotto for fourty minutes! But I started the dish anyway. My usual burst of energy came, and then disappeared again once I sat down to eat. A new kind of risotto tonight, and it was good. I have a couple of pounds of asparagus to use up, and we've been experimenting with new dishes with it. 

10 pm now and not even dark out yet. Love this time of year. Off to bed now and to rest my arm. More fun with paint rollers tomorrow!