Oh man!!.I had a very busy weekend!!..Our den still in the mess and I have to make appointment for Tree guy to quote the trees we are going to take down.I think have called at least 8 companies and at last Eliot chose the last guy who came.This coming week,this tree guy going to come with big truck,Bobcat and etc machinery..As some of you know I love basketball,I make sure I watch the final Olympic match between USA and Spain.I have the feeling US team going to get gold medal with Kobe Bryant and James Le Born as the leader.Yea...that right US team finally got GOLD !!In fact I was watching Olympic every night until wee hours.Yes,it's really tired but what to do!!
As you know I have plenty of tomatoes from my garden.So on Saturday I decided to cook vegetable curry,suddenly my door bell ring,my good and long time friend,Lee come to visit me from the city with her family.I serve them curry vegetable for lunch.Luckily I cook some creamy Wacky Mac ,so I serve that to their girls who don't eat spicy food.I recalled years ago Eliot had culture shock when my friends come to visit us without appointment,date or notice!!.I told him,we Asian don't practice,book the date to visit friends.Anyway,I live far away from everybody,I 'm so happy and thrill if any one of them willing to travel from the city to visit me.After lunch we headed to the Mall for the girls.They want to shop for "back to school" clothes.Not any clothes,these young girls, only like certain brand of clothes like Hollisters,American Eagles,Abercrombie and younger trend clothes
After we come back from shopping,I serve them Assam Laksa dinner.
Look good ,yea?.The key is "har koh"aka shrimp paste!!My friends love it!.It's really taste good !
We don't go out shopping without Mishu,right?.Mishu want to visit Disney Channel!! hahaha!!
She is a dog lover.She thought she can sit on the plush dog.I quickly stop her before she damaged the display toy instead ask her to pose for me.
Yes,we are at VS store front.Any pink underwear for $5?
I promised Mishu to get her Starbuck coffee but unfortunately the line is too long..A sale man opposite store giving out Slurpee for tasting and Mishu keep going for more .My friend decided to get her a cup of Slurpee.
We are waiting for the girls at this store....
That Hollister brown bag belonged to me.I found some pants on sale.I also bought Mishu a skort on sale at Disney store.My friend and family stay chit chat and hang out until 11 pm.I promise to bake them a chiffon cake so they wait for me!!..Now I'm a chiffon cake expert!! heheheh!! .
On Sunday,I plan DIY work in my kitchen.I bought a can of paint on sale at Sears.
I prefer semi gloss paint rather than flat paint.The reason for semi gloss ,is Mishu.When she print her little hands all over the wall ,I can just wipe it off with sponge .
Look ,this backsplash is just a year old.It's so rusty due to water and oil splash when I wash and cook.We regret ,we didn't order the chrome material instead.Of course the chrome price is double than what we pay.As they said you paid for what you get!.
I wipe off the surface with ZEP's de-greased first.
I make a big mistake!!.I didn't know I have to prime it first before I paint.
Look much better after paint,right?.White color for kitchen look more clean and crisp.
This project took me more than 10 hours..Why 10 hours?.tell you later...
Did you see the rust come out after the paint dry?.
I think I have repaint for more than 6-7 times.Every time the rust show up,I repaint again but must wait for the paint to dry first,then I can repaint.
At last I can't wait for the paint to dry anymore."The God of Sleep"calling me at wee hours.I should repaint again but today I 'm busy preparing for my Wilton's cake decoration class for tomorrow graduation.Any idea how to solve my rusty backsplash problem?.Now I hope I coated the backsplash with extra paint ,the rust will not show up again. 
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11 comments:
walio! you are the queen of DIY, If I,, sure die, die & die! lol!
Sorry, can't help you on painting. But you did good to diy.that slurpee mishu drink Make me want to go get some.
Busy weekend indeed!!
You sure that paint works on metal? Maybe you should have scraped off the rust first, treat it with something, and then paint it. I think Doug treated the rust on one of our vans, after he had sandpapered the rust spots, before he painted it.
Food looks yummy, as always!
Oooh...the curry veg and laksa looked so good.
Hubby said we should visit you since you're not that far from us. Let's plan on it, ok...
Good looking vege curry there... Wah, you manyak "geng" - can DIY at home... Super woman lah you... :)
Lesley, puteri is right. I think you might need to scraped off the rust first and treat it with chemical before painting on it. If not waste your energy painting it and the rust will go through the paint. Maybe the sale people at Home Depot able to help you on that. I still remember the vegetables curry you cook when I visit you. They were GOOD!
I had a friend over too on Sunday and that was the time I can practice my Manglish. I didn't cook, but we went out to the outlet mall, a long drive but it was fun doing some shopping and hanging out.
BBO:
Are you sure you die man??.No money have to DIY myself,ada duit lain cerita la bro!
zue:
Thank you for your moral support:)
Puteri:
I didn't think at all of scraping the rust away first.Nasi sudah jadi bubur now!
HI:
Sure,we should get together soon.Rain check hubby day off on weekend first,too bad this weekend he is on his vacation but I already have plan.I will arrange with him and let you know,ok?
cat-cat:
Aiyoo...tak dak duit so have to DIY myself la..wish I can just hire ppls to work for me:(
icoo4fun:
Gert,I still have some vegetable curry but I think the curry cannot wait for you to eat,by the time you come it's spoilt!!.Never mind I'm going to cook fresh vegetable curry again since I have the curry paste ready make liao.As I said now nasi sudah jadi bubur,I repaint again and again,hope the paint cover the rust!
Dawn:
It's nice that frinds come over to visit us once awhile right?.Hmmmm next weekend I expecting Gert and Zuriada to visit me and enjoy ourself with our kaki "lang".Of course makan and shopping again!!
Mishu wanted to sit on the plush dog? So cute, hopefully she won't do that to a real dog! :o)
Is that veggie (okra)curry? Loves okra in curry. That curry looks really good.
I was checking out some of your old posts. Your cheeky looking little princess is quite a singer. She definitely has my vote to be the next American Idol. She did such a wonderful job singing in Hokkien.:):)I almost fell off the chair . She's a sweetheart .That is one of the few Hokkien songs that I like. Will she take requests?
Rgds
Lee
wmw:
yes,Mishu really sit on benny ,my brother dog when we visit Malaysia.She thought dog is like her rocking horse!hahaha!!
Lee:
Sure,Mishu is willingly sing for you.In fact she love to sing Hokkien song rather than her children song.Thank you for admiring her new talent!! :))
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