Waffles for Dinner

Jon is leaving for Atlanta tomorrow. (deep sigh)
No, really, I want him to go. (heavy sarcasm)
I love the freedom. (out and out lying)

So, Jon is leaving. Whatever. I will survive. (Must pause to sing a few lines of 'I Will Survive'...I, I will survive, da da da na na...oops, that's all the words I know)

For some reason, whenever he is gone, I find it a strange thrill to make waffles for dinner. I stay in my jamas all day and stay up late watching Seinfeld. I sleep on the couch and paint in the middle of the night.

And the puzzling fact is that I could do any of those things when Jon is home, but I don't. He wouldn't give a flying flip if I made waffles for dinner or if I stayed in my jamas all day. Well, he may care if I slept on the couch, but other than that, I could do all of the above when he is home.

Again, the question is, why don't I?

So, I think the project that will take place during his vacation is painting the living room. (he hates when we call it that and is quick to point out that it is work and not vacation.) I usually paint the living room about every year. The last time I painted it was in January of last year, so it's time. The walls are scratched and I need a change with the winter coming on.

I need fresh ideas for color!

Here are the colors that I have already lived with. I have loved them all and bonded quite well with them, but once I bid a color goodbye, I cannot return to it. Here are the old, discarded lovers:
yellow - sunflower-type, dark yellow, almost a tad orange
yellow - lemon yellow, a bit more mellow
this color - the color of this writing (currently on the walls)

Don't worry about colors clashing. I don't worry about that and in this instance, neither should you. Don't worry about the pillows or wall-hangings, etc. I need to find a paint color that I love and then I can always recover the pillows (again). The couches are really light tan, the carpet is off-white (when clean), the fireplace bricks are white (can be painted again though if necessary), and the french doors are white. There is a dark leather chair and a coffee-table that is a beautiful antique white. Everything else can be painted or can go for all I care.

So, seriously, I need your thoughts. No color is off-limits except black. I have usually gone with bright, light colors as I need lots of light in my house in the winter, but I have thought of going all out and doing an earth-tone for a change. Has anyone done or seen orange? Not orange like an orange, but an earthy, crackly, burnt orange? How about a caramel-latte type brown? It would be a 'warmer' color for the season. I don't know. Just ideas. Please, tell me your ideas! Warm or cool colors, I don't care, I just need another mind involved.

And then come help me paint...

Kidding, only kidding. Remember, I may paint in the middle of the night while eating waffles...