Tuesday morning open thread

Well, mom and dad visited me over a long weekend, and I can tell I'm getting old... I really enjoyed it.  While they've been to DC a lot before, it was the first time they'd seen my new (and first) condo (that I bought right before the economy crashed, still hanging on).  Mom amazes me.  At 80, she's still far more efficient at doing things around the house than I'll ever be.  I've been struggling for years to figure out how to create a home office in a one-bedroom condo with no obvious nooks, and voila, mom did it in one day.  What to put over that big empty space above my door?  Ask mom.  And what about that wall I've always been wanting to paint, but never really knew how?  Yep, she paints too (though I painted, she just directed).

Oh yeah, and she brought me taffy apples from  Chicago.

They say youth is wasted on the young.  Moms are wasted on the young.

PS Man, painting is hard.  This is my second attempt as an adult (it was much more fun the first time I tried it, at age 8).  I can do well enough with the roller, but those edges and corners.  Even with the edge tool,  I'm clearly heading towards another coat tomorrow.  Mom couldn't understand my frustration.  She says she finds house painting fun.  Of course she does.