diy fail

when we ripped the upper cabinets out of our kitchen pieces of our

undesireable popcorn ceiling came down with them. i seriously thought about

scraping the whole thing right then and there but pastor j

would have been most unhappy with me. we have had

a disrupt-the-routine kind of project going

on since we moved in. . . so, the popcorn

ceiling stays.

but, the patches need touching up. i did paint the strips that

had drywall exposed so it wasn't so obvious but it still looks bad.

today was my day to tackle the patch work. something i should have done before

 i put the open shelves up but i was a tad impatient to get those up

and decked out.  i covered everything up and pulled out the can-o-texture.

it sounded easy enough.

1. cover everything.

2. shake can for 1 minute.

3. hold upright.

4. pull trigger making half second sweeps.

5. there are 8-10 "sweeps" in the can.

okay, cool.

NOT!!

this was a disaster of a diy project!! first, this stuff flies everywhere when you spray it.

everywhere! except the place i want it to go. the area i need to cover

is a long thin line, about 12 feet. for the life of me i could not hit that

thin line. after about five failed sweeps the nozzle clogged and i had to step down to

wash the goey textured mess out of my hair.

there has got to be a better way!