Hey, all. Sorry I've been so quiet. April has been a busy month for me, both at work and with events on the weekends (and there's still something on tap for next weekend so it's not quite slowed down yet ( Read more... )

So I think my house has it in for me. Because it seems to insist on scheduling its disasters while I am away. I had an otherwise lovely weekend spent with friends, working on various projects ranging from a website to teaching them a bit about putting together a vegetable garden. But when I was about to leave to come home yesterday afternoon, I ( Read more... )

So I sprung for a new dryer. The old one was making quite a bit of noise. Not that I cared, but I like the rental income from my (hearing) roomies, so. Plus, at 20+ years old? I'd been figuring on replacing it anyway and so saved up my beanies for a nice energy efficient one, blah blah. They (washer plus the dryer) are stackable so I can do ( Read more... )

I hung my knicknack hanger back up. So now I have my purse/key/important stuff dumping place back. The last few days I've been searching all over for them because I couldn't remember where I put them! But now that the paint's dry, it's back up and a tiny corner of my life relaxes once more...

I've pretty much taken it easy today, though I seem to be unable to sleep in past 7:30 am anymore. This would completely gobsmack my younger college self who routinely slept in til 10 or even noon ( Read more... )

So yesterday was a blast...Turkey came out perfectly. There was a salad with a homemade vinaigrette and spicy pecans in it, seasoned biscuits, mashed potatoes done just right, gravy, orange-cranberry relish, brussel sprouts with pancetta and pine nuts, traditional stuffing, and butternut squash soup. Simple, but wonderfully tasty. And my two ( Read more... )

Fairly busy weekend, got a fair amount done. I'll try to upload some pix to go with this one ( Read more... )

So, I managed to get a fair amount done in my bedroom yesterday. I primed and painted the wall I'd been working on, and it came out very nicely. I might not even need to do a second coat (I <3 primer), but I'll be better able to tell over the next few days. I also painted the ironing board door so now it's ready for my experiments on it (am ( Read more... )

Had the day off today, which was nice. Not everyone gets to observe this day ( Read more... )

Didn't actually do too much on the bedroom today, other than tidying up the last of the strippable part of the wall paper. I went out and got the gunk to get the paper and glue part off, plus some plaster of paris, plus assorted bits and pieces I'll need for when I get the hanging plants up on the deck. I've just about got everything I need at ( Read more... )