Idle musings

    Like I do when I write all my blogs, I have a feeling that this one may also be long and about as exciting as watching the paint dry. In fact, this blog post is exactly about watching the paint dry ! We are getting our house painted. In this blog post, I shall describe what happened and what I have learned from the experience. First, some background :     The house that my uncle, mother, wife and I stay in will be 24 years old in March 2014 ! Our family has seen joy, sorrow, some sickness and its fair share of happiness in it. As spring settles in Bengaluru and the old trees in the roads and parks shed their leaves to don a new coat of refreshing green, it is apt that our house also has a new coat of paint both inside and outside ! My uncle stays in the ground floor of our house and it was he who pointed out that it was time for restoring and repainting our house.     The standard disclaimer applies : I have avoided names in this blog as is my usual practice.     I don't know