What Cuts Into My Writing Time?

I watch a lot of DIY programs, and it's so misleading when they spruce up a place with paint. Inexpensive yes, but without a crew, as they have on most of those shows, it's time consuming!

I'm sprucing up my kitchen with paint. I've vacuumed and washed the walls (paint doesn't adhere too well to cooking residue), patched nail holes, pulled baseboards and their nails, vacuumed all the detritus from that. Still have to remove face plates and mask the cupboards and counters, put down a floor cloth. Uh huh. And this is just for one wall! Next will be cleaning out that dusty, grungy stuff from over the tops of cabinets (I don't have the trendy tall cabinets that go to the ceiling) and prepping that to paint.

I keep thinking of the finished project and how much I'm going to like it. Yes, yes... So back to housework. I'll work on my writing after dark (Hmm. Sunset is at 9:30).