I finally got my screen door (okay, security screen, whatever.)  I've only been waiting three years for this door! I bought a porch light to go with the door I wanted, but when we got down to the wire on the remodel, I had to sacrifice my door (temporarily) for the sake of other stuff.

Just look at my gorgeous door (and my beautiful daughter):


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Well played. You win, again. Here's my credit card. Just send me one of everything from Frozen, okay?

The problem with having your credit cards paid off (or maybe I should say the danger) is that there's all this COOL stuff out there that you don't really need, but that's COOL and stuff and you have all this room on your credit card (if not in your house) and... and...  And I really need to stay away from Hive Modern and Retro Glider and Fred.~

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The picture of my house is updated, not only is there a Porta-Potty in the front yard, but the window is boarded up, the lawn is dead and there's a big pile of trash in the driveway.

And people think I don't own my Collier hertiage!

So, the official winner of the "Gayle has to pick a white for the walls" contest is Behr "Off-white" (1873.) It looks more bone to me. But more importantly, it's not bright glaring white and it's not brown (sorry Randy and Chela, but I just can't handle the idea of "Parisian Taupe" on all the walls and ceilings. Frankly, if never see another ( Read more... )

I feel like one of those people who live on the edge of a sinkhole.

First they came for my garage, and I cheered.

Next they came for my backporch, and I was surprised.

Then they came for my laundry room and I was concerned.

Now the overhead light in my kitchen is gone.  How far behind can the rest of the kitchen be?

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You know, I was never a girly-girl, myself. I ran around barefoot out in the country and played in a fort that was big whole in the ground, chased (and sometimes caught) lizards, went out with mason jars to catch tarantulas in the spring on the first sunny day after a big rain.  My fondest Barbie memory? Pulling them to the top of the townhouse in ( Read more... )

Grace and I are both sitting, fascinated, watching the Roomba vacuum the living room. It doesn't seem possible that it could cover the whole room, given the odd pattern it follows, but somehow it does.  It even fits under my bookshelves.

Drusilla does not approve.

Glory!

Halleluiah! (This looks wrong, but MS Word insists it's right.)

I bought a freakin' car.  It's a 2007 Ford Focus (sedan.) Kiwi Green, (For those of you sensing a trend, yes, this is my second small, green Ford.  Apparently I have a preference.  Who knew?) We have named her Buttercup (after the Powerpuff girl!)

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LMAO! I just got a call from someone conducting a  National Public Transportation survey. *snort* Yeah, hi, my name is Gayle and I work for CalTRANS. Once I was able to squeeze that in, he could not get off the phone fast enough.

Which is just as well, because he was distracting me from unpack my new Wii Fit (I love Costco. $11 cheaper there than ( Read more... )