this is just like one of those exercises they give to students of Zen.

I've got to clean about 16kg of sand. oh. brother.

put about a pound of playsand in bucket.
swish water in.
empty water.
repeat until water runs clean.
put clean sand in large bucket.
repeat.

omg. I need 11 meters of material for some curtains, seat cushions and whatnot, and I just found out that the stuff I wanted is $25 a meter. I bought a couple of meters in Provence a few years ago but damnit, I should've bought a whole bolt of the stuff 'cause it wasn't that expensive.

[pondering options...]

Just got back from seeing this film: it's wonderful ( Read more... )

snagged from neoengel


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oh, I forgot to mention...the guys who came in to fix the floor yesterday? omg. & wow ( Read more... )

endless ness #1: my beautiful floor ( Read more... )

sings

This is the con that never ends,
and it goes on & on my friends.
Some people started working it,
not knowing what it was,
and they'll continue working it
forever just because
This is the con that never ends,
and it goes on & on my friends...

dh & I went through the kitchen/livingroom yesterday making notes of the things that hadn't been done right - like the drawers on the desk that scrape the counter when you open them because there aren't any spacers underneith and the drawers under the corner bench that don't open all the way (the drawers are at right angles to each other and the ( Read more... )

And what do they want from me ( Read more... )

The deliveries are done at the hotel and I'm checked into my room. The family came by, we went for a swim and then we all went for dinner at Tucker's. It was really nice. And then they left ( Read more... )