A pot of soup is cooking, we have a new toilet, Pippo is home safe and sound, and I'm feeling better. All ways in that today is so much better than yesterday.

We have a split-level deck on the back of the house. The main large deck downstairs is partially covered by the smaller deck upstairs that leads off our bedroom. We use the downstairs deck quite often, particularly as it has a built in swing seat (hanging from the upstairs deck). During the summer, we regularly grill out and the grill is on the ( Read more... )

The lizard is finally gone. It's a good thing that the windows were closed and we don't have any neighbors really close to us, otherwise, they probably would have called the police thinking someone was being killed. As much as I hate to be that girl, I really really really don't like reptiles or insects. When they get close and I'm trying to get ( Read more... )

I'm tidying up a bit around the house today and doing a bit of laundry. This reminds me how much I love the smell of the Tide Simple Pleasures Rose & Violet laundry detergent. It smells like The Body Shop's old Ananya fragrance, which was always one of my favorites. The scent is strong enough to stay with the clothes after laundering, but not so ( Read more... )

I need to vent for a few minutes; get it all out of my system here, rather than get snippy to those around me ( Read more... )

Just because you can fit a piece of furniture in a room doesn't mean you should.

G and his mom are straightening out the garage and are talking about putting one of the old futons in his office. I'll be doing my best to talk him out of it. It would be a tight fit and would look like shit. Plus, the only purpose it would end up serving is to create a ( Read more... )

When there's nothing on tv (or I'm killing time til something I want to watch is on), I watch HGTV and its various home design/selling programs. I've been amused to see just how many people on the shows have the same tv/media storage unit we have in our living room. It's this one from Ikea. Even funnier, the people who bought our house from us in ( Read more... )

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I've got the house to myself for a while, so I really should make the most of the time to get various tasks completed. The threat of a mother-in-law-type person arriving soon is really good incentive! I should probably make a list of things I want to get done, so I can plan accordingly. Pippo is crying and whining for attention, so he should ( Read more... )