The PAINT that got away.

This being the only time of year I have a few days to work on something besides art I gazed up at my light purple with dark green trim 2-story hallway and declared this was the week to step into 2010. I quickly engaged my husband to make this a family project and came home with 1 gallon of Tidewater blue paint. That was 3 weeks ago. After many inventions on how to balance a ladder to reach skylights, MANY gallons of paint later, the hallway is nearly complete. So as I waltzed in the door over the weekend I hear a faint"Need a little help here" coming from the top of the stairs. There stands Zollie{husband} wringing his hands and there lies a complete gallon of white paint blood splattered all over my dark green bedroom carpet. Over bedspread, over cat? White cat{SAM Simpson}jumps off bed, Thru the paint and down the wood stairs leaving paw prints down and across the house. Being the neat freak. I quickly grab my deluxe carpet cleaner and sit it in the pool of paint. I turn it on as it worked for about 15 seconds before it was clogged. I then scream at what I've done. grab the vacuum and race it out the front door dripping more paint thru the house.
It's now a week later as I walk up my beautiful staircase in shades of blue with white trim and Nestle in my luscious new bedroom carpet. Stuff happens, Don't sweat the small stuff. To be continued...Nansi