Patti leaves for home

Patti and I slept late, went to the Armondo Cafe for breakfast, and ran errands before we started for the airport.  We did stop by the farmer's market in Hancock (on the Finlandia University campus) and purchased some last minutes travel gifts.  Patti's flight was delayed but she seemed happy to sit and read a Stephen King novel as she waited.  I just found out that she has not had a great flight experience - delayed flight out of Hancock and then two flight changes in Chicago...I hope she makes it to St. Louis today!  While she sat and waited for her flights, I came home and started working.  

I moved boxes to the barn, cleaned up after our week of vacation and started moving everything out of the den in the farm house.  I need to paint the linoleum on the den floor (see below) because it will CLASH with the area rug that will fit in that room.  UGLY!  I need to paint around the border so I can center the rug in that room.  If we decided to redo the house next year, we will tear up that floor anyway, so I don't want to spend too much time and energy, but I can't stand the horrible clashing right now.  

I read that if you sand, prime and paint with porch paint, the paint will stick, so I'm going to the hardware store tomorrow to purchase what I need and get busy...wish me luck.  I'll post photos of the completed project.