I’m finishing up landscaping our backyard and took a slight detour to work on the deck area. I had always wanted to paint the white wall on one side of the deck that is blinding in direct sunlight, the idea was to paint individual bricks in a graduated color pattern. Of course I thought it’d only take a few hours. Fortunately, I invited my friends Joe and Jessica over for a “small painting project.” 8 hours later we were finished.