Today when Makayla and I walked the dogs, we were admiring a neighbor's fuschia-ish flowers. I asked kiddo what color they were. She first said pink, a little unsurely. I asked, "Or are they purple?" She thought for a second, then looked up with a big grin: "They're pink-ple." "Pink-ple?", said I. She nodded very decisively, obviously pleased ( Read more... )

So after they pulled up the carpet and pad in the dining room today, the gap in floor height was not as much as they thought. So no cement! They plan to glue down a thin plywood subfloor ( Read more... )

Today should be great fun. The workmen are coming to rip up the carpet and pour concrete in my dining room. The floor in there is just the slab subfloor, so is about 1/2 inch lower than the tiled kitchen and living room after the carpet and pad are gone. Sooooo, in order to be able to lay the wood floors seamlessly throughout, they have to do a ( Read more... )

My friends post their neatly struck-through lists on LJ of what they need to accomplish this week, this day, this month. I am impressed ( Read more... )

Just in from trick-or-treating with Michael and his monkey-girl. She had a blast.


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3 am: For some reason I am awake, and after several attempts, I finally give it up, and get out of bed.

Me: Coffeeeeeee.... (sound of machine grinding)

Dogs: Let us out, let us out, out out out, gotta peeeeeeee.Me: Staggering in stupor from back door. Sugar bowl is empty. Where the hell is the sugar? (digging through random boxes, as my ( Read more... )

Um, she's in the middle of a kitchen remodel. Which her contractor SWEARS will be finished before November 12th. Which is good, because my two sisters fly in on the 21st from SC to spend Thanksgiving with me!

So far they've knocked down the high bar that sort of closed off the kitchen, re-routing some plumbing and wiring:


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MrP for many years had a BMW Z3 roadster. He loved the car, despite it's tiny size, somewhat retro-cute styling, and very basic amenities. When the horrid Z4 came out, he was unimpressed. Ugh - too choppy, the lines much too in-your-face overdone. So when he heard of the new version of the Z4 for 2009, he was not expecting much. Oh, but he saw ( Read more... )

Yes, it's disgusting. I WANT ONE. Heee!

Tiki Head Tissue Box


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I rarely read a book based solely on reviews, but every now and then a comment in a review intrigues me, and makes me want to read the book.

I was browsing Amazon, hopping from book to book. You know how that is - you follow that "customers who purchased this also purchased this" trail down all sorts of rabbit holes far removed from the book you ( Read more... )