Things are not going well but they're going!

I have really been trying to get some back burner projects done around here but I take 10 steps forward and 15 steps backwards!  I've been trying to paint the steps to the garage from the kitchen.  An easy accomplishment right?  So, I washed the steps and then painted the 1st coat of dark gray porch paint on them.........
BEFORE:

AFTER:

What???  It went on like water and I stirred it really well.  I've painted for years and never had this happen.  They used some strange paint and wallpapers in this house.  I know the paint's alright because the stir stick looked fine....see the dark gray? 

So, I thought okay, I'll just slap some primer on it and that should take care of it.  I grabbed the primer in the basement and undid the lid and tried to stir it.  It was liquid on top but pretty solid mud underneath.  I could not get the stuff to stir!  It must have been an old can that was here.  I thought I bought some more recently.  I'll look again tomorrow.  I was frustrated as a little job was turning into a big pain.  But I forged ahead and tried another priority on my list...setting up a new email account since I have a new service provider with the fiber.  Google kept telling me I had an email but it was my old one which is no longer valid....it wouldn't allow me to set up a new one....What?  I gave up after over an hour.  The problem is I bought a cross stitch app for $3 that I was really excited about but they wouldn't let me access it until I set up an account!  I put in my old email and they told me it was invalid.....now, when I have paid for something why do I have to have an account and a password and sign in?  Really?  I don't have to do that when I go to the store and buy something.  It's nuts!
I did receive my Wet and Forget mold and mildew remover.  Far Side of Fifty, Connie, mentioned it on her blog and it sounded like just what I need for my sidewalk and drive way.  I hope it works!  I also got one of my 3 Thrift books in the mail..........the 3rd book in The Elm Creek Quilter's series. 

I finished Becoming by Michele Obama and it was excellent!  I could barely put it down it was so interesting.  Her Mother and Father should give parenting classes!  Right now I'm reading Cuckoo Brow Wood which is the 3rd book in the Beatrix Potter Cottage Mysteries by Susan Wittig Albert.  I love these books....the animals talk!
I did make some progress on my rag rug and now need to sew more strips together......this is going to make a great rug when it's done....that is the width of it......36 inches wide

I finished the JAYG joining of the Maybelle squares and started on the border...........doing great UNTIL I ran out of the colored yarns for the border!  What?  I had forgotten about the border but I should have some of that yarn left but can I find it?  Of course not!  It's probably stuffed in some project bag so I guess there will be another yarn order.  I am joining a few CALS so I could get some of the yarn for that to make the order worthwhile.  The dryer isn't fixed yet so I'm still hanging outside which is okay but it is so hot and it takes so much more time and creates more ironing.  I am being a real complainer today....sorry.  I just can't believe how I can waste an entire day working and get nothing accomplished.  I hope tomorrow is better.

I did put some effort into cleaning and decorating one side of the family room for Fall..........finally some visible progress!

It's so pleasurable because each year I have more and more handmade decorations.......like my crocheted gourds and pumpkins........

and my crocheted leaf banner which you can barely see strung around the mirror..........and then my Fall berries.............I hope you had a good day regardless of any roadblocks you might have run into.

Happy Trails!!!