One more room painted today, plus all of the closet doors from yesterday. I'm exhausted and I ache, but it was totally worth it ( Read more... )

Two rooms are now painted. (For those keeping score at home, the chartreuse room is now sage, and the beige-y room is now a deep blue ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm witnessing something truly huge in this predential campaign. Like, history is being made and I get to watch it happen, even be a part of it.

Like, thirty, fifty years from now, kids are going to be learning about this in grade school, like we learned about WW2 and JFK and Lincoln.

You know?

Everybody's leaving for Pennsic this week.

I wanna go to Pennsic now TOO!

OK, I'm done now.

I has a house ( Read more... )

Finally got all the wallpaper glue off the walls in the kitchen and bathroom. Except that now I'm planning to remove the huge falling-down vanity from the tiny bathroom and put in a nice dainty pedestal sink (or a smaller vanity) and there's even more horrible (and older) wallpaper behind the vanity ( Read more... )

Who knew home improvement was this tiring ( Read more... )

Disclaimers: It's disgusting currently, and I'm getting professionals in to scrub everything before I even start fixing things.

After Pictures will probably come sometime in September. I expect a dramatic transformation. (I hope.)http://www.flickr.com/photos/

Against all odds, the closing went smoothly (except for a last-minute lien that came through on Friday that got resolved). The sellers are all moved out, I have the keys and the deed and everything.

I have a house.

It's filthy, and needs a staggering amount of work, but I have a house.

This morning, I had significant trouble figuring out how to find a cup for my coffee, and how to read my daily online comics. Last night, I had a series of anxiety dreams that were impressive in their variety and creativity ( Read more... )