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house keeping
Last night, N and I sanded and re-oiled our kitchen table (which is far too large for our apartment, but whatever). I also oiled one of the boy's chairs, and will need to re-oil both the chairs soonish, since the naked pine is incredibly thirsty. After 6-7 years, I am finally running low on linseed oil ( Read more... ) -
quick but loaded update
for those of you who aren't on misslynx's LJ, and thus have not heard, she and I are separating. It was a long-time coming and was not really a surprise for either of us. Still, it sucks.
She has an apartment, and now optimystik and I officially have one, too. We're still all in the same neighbourhood, and N and I are in the building he lived in before he moved in ( Read more... ) -
[links] tiny houses: the anti-McMansion
"How small a space could you live in and be satisfied?"
Jay Shafer: Tumbleweed Houses
SFChronicle: It's a small world for occupants of tiny houses
BusinessWeek: Japan: Micro-Homes in the Big City
ApartmentTherapy: Tiny, Tiny Houses
TinyHousesSome friends of ours had their first child last summer. When they were visiting with their new little ( Read more... ) -
ikea hacking!
Just found this awesome blog: http://www.ikeahacker.blogspot.com/ and I had to share. There are some really swish ideas on there.
And this --> Best Ikea Hack Ever!
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my haul + random bits of other stuff
The holidays were much better than anticipated. Spending time with extended family was not a headache in the least and neither was getting out of town for a few days.
Here's what I got for giftmas:
The bestest stuffed animal present EVAR!!!
(a small manageable goat)
He is black and his name is Shub and he's wunnerful!
- a DVD collection that has ( Read more... )
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Finally! All Moved!
It took from Friday, two weekends ago, to Sunday of this weekend past to get Lynx's office switched with our bedroom. Two coats of primer and two coats of paint, plus some Ivar staining (which isn't finished yet!), and a whole lot of moving of furniture later, we are nicely situated in different, much better rooms ( Read more... ) -
progress: apartment, yoga, cycle, job
Amazing progress has been made on our wee apartment in the past week. Two rooms have been rearranged and have had new furniture added to them and the hallway has been completely transformed from a Goodwill-dumping-ground to an actual hallway. Yay! N's room looks fanTABulous! with new-to-us bed and Ivar all around. Very open and spacious. It feels ( Read more... ) -
and it's only 1pm
bathroom:- finished priming the bathroom walls
- cleaned and rehung the bathroom mirror
- switched the compact fluorescent bulbs for cheaper ones (in bthrm; still have to do this in ktchn)
- cleaned and remounted the light fixture in bathroom
still left to do in bathroom:- finish cleaning shower stall
- wipe down cabinet shelves
- remove painter's tape
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- finished priming the bathroom walls
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tasks accomplished thus far today:
- made and ate breakfast (stovetop oatmeal)
- took doggie for walk and ran faster than she did. we're both very out of shape, but I'm getting in shape faster than she is!
- combed and brushed the animals who let me (all except Amber, who barely lets me look at her let alone get close enough to touch her)
- cleaned more of the shower stall (lots and lots ( Read more... )
- made and ate breakfast (stovetop oatmeal)
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Finding balance: the quest continues
I ate too much and now my beelleh is all distended. sexeh and... ugh.
In my spare moments, I've been pouring over the smallest coolest aptmnts listed and these are my favourites from the East Coast category:
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[2]both for aesthetics and applicability ( Read more... )