A day of painting my daughter's room today. She chose a light aqua color. Her birthday is tomorrow, but all she wants, she says, is her room painted and put back together by tomorrow night. Sounds reasonable to me. She can sometimes be TOO reasonable actually. Of course I got her other things for her birthday....more "reasonable" gifts in addition to her room. Some clothes, a dock for her Ipod, some stuff for her gardening and cooking. My Anna....she truly is a wise, old soul. She turns 16... Sign in to see full entry.