Thursday, August 21, 2003
With approximately 37 other projects going on at home, I'm still mulling over the color(s) for the master bedroom. Originally we had planned for wide deep blue stripes, but I'm over that now - even with two gallons of blue paint purchased and sitting unused in the garage.
Recently I found Devine Color paints, which are available in cute little sample pouches for testing the color on a swath of wall. A much better alternative to wasting whole cans of paint! Check out "Devine Corset" - yummy for a bedroom, doncha think?
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Wednesday, August 20, 2003
My current residence has given all new meaning to the term jerry-built.
In the 10+ months that we've owned the house, we have uncovered so many odd, impractical or just plain stupid decorating decisions made by the previous owner ("Jerry"), who had an unfortunate tendency towards do-it-yourself home projects. There has been a lot of undoing and redoing inside the house, to the tune of approximately $10,000 and countless hours of labor. For example, extremely costly laminate flooring recently replaced several different kinds of unattractive flooring, including yellow ceramic foyer tiles that were not only cracked and chipped, but were also separated by over an inch of grout space in some places. Jerry was apparently very lazy and/or not too handy with the tile saw.
Last weekend I decided to tackle the ceiling-to-almost-floor mirrors flanking either side of the fireplace in the family room. (Amanda with excess energy and a crowbar is not a good thing.) As I was yanking mirrors off the wall, the superstition about broken mirrors and bad luck briefly crossed my mind.
Not long into the project I discovered a new horror: termites in the wall behind the mirrors. They had eaten a framing stud and quite a bit of the drywall. This was missed during the termite inspection when we bought the house.
(Sophie heard some new words that day. I'm grateful that she's not old enough to repeat them.)
There are two possibilities:
1. The mirrors were installed before the termites got into the wall, and it is just coincidental that their activity was limited to directly behind the mirror.
2. Jerry installed the mirrors to cover up known termite damage.
Considering that Jerry has a history of covering up problems - i.e. the heavy air freshener fragrance masking the gallons of dachsund pee in the basement - I might have to go with Door #2 here. Whether it's logical or not, it makes a world of difference to have someone to blame for this mess, rather than chalking it up to bad luck.
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Thursday, August 14, 2003
Should I or shouldn't I?
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Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Going to hell for: playing yet another game of "Bad Haircut or Lesbian?" at the organic foods market tonight. (I know, I know...it's not nice to stare at people with unfortunate hair...)
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Monday, August 11, 2003
Roused from deep sleep by a ringing phone, I flailed around to grab it and noted the time: 2:30 AM.
"You need to keep your FAT DOG in your house at 3 AM! He's peeing on my rosebushes!" said the angry female caller. I glanced at Toby, who was curled into a tiny ball of sleeping poodle beside me on the bed. He lifted his head and glared at me for waking him with all the commotion.
"Uh, lady, my dog weighs ten pounds...", I said.
"Well, whatever, he's FAT! He's probably killing my rosebushes!", she snarled.
On top of the absurdity of the caller's claims, our phone number is unlisted. Finally waking up enough to realize that this was either a prank or a very wrong number, I asked, "Uh huh...what address were you trying to reach?"
"You need to get an electric fence!"
I repeated my question very slowly and loudly. "WHAT. ADDRESS. WERE. YOU. TRYING. TO. REACH."
"Nevermind!" She snapped.
*click*
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Friday, August 08, 2003
Furries, creepies and cats with cleavage. You can see all this and more at Cheezwerks' Wild Kingdom!
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Tuesday, August 05, 2003
Small talk with the 20-year-old salesgirl at the craft store turned into a discussion of names that people give their kids. "My parents thought they were giving me an uncommon name. Do you know how many 'Rebeccas' there are in my generation?", she laughed, rolling her eyes.
"Ha ha," I laughed back. A few seconds later it sunk in...
Her generation. Clearly meaning "a generation that is younger than yours". While this is technically true, it was more than mildly upsetting that she was so nonchalant about pointing this out.
So it seems that I'm now part of the "older generation". Please send wrinkle cream and fiber products.
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