So today is Friday. I am in a considerably better mood than I have been for most of this week, mostly because it's Friday and with the coming weekend it feels a little like having a fresh start ( Read more... )

Today they are tearing off our old roof. By the end of the day tomorrow... we should have a brand spankin' new one. SOOO EXCITED. With any luck, this will be the only roof we'll ever have to put on -- we're getting 50 year shingles ( Read more... )

I've been quiet for a while as things have suddenly gotten so busy... For one, I rather feel like I'm working two jobs at the moment because every spare bit of time that I'm not at work, I'm posting and managing Ebay auctions for my Michael Jackson collection. I still don't have everything up yet... but thus far the combined bids total nearly $ ( Read more... )

Oh, this was a grumpy weekend. I hadn’t had a stellar week last week in general, much of which was thanks to a particularly angsty bout of PMS - and this weekend I was feeling continually grumpy, frustrated, sad (at nothing in particular), lonely (because Shasta had to work all day Saturday), unproductive and headachy. I think it rubbed off on ( Read more... )

I came home last night to find Shasta covered in paint -- and the laundry hall and downstairs halls a pretty, soft fawn color. ♥ She'd spent nearly ALL DAY painting all by herself... did a great job, and the new color is much softer and looks much more coordinated with the other painted walls. Pictures will be forthcoming after we finish. A ( Read more... )

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I've been working on a major update for Shasta's website now that she has her home studio open, but it's taking a while to get all the pictures that I want and to put all the information together. I'm hoping maybe this weekend to have it mostly done so she can do some flyers to mail out to all her existing clients, but it's a big project and will ( Read more... )

So in the past few weeks Shasta's been working like crazy to get her massage room and gym set up. After we got the carpet in she painted her massage room and started decorating... and it's pretty much the first room in the house to be really and truly *finished*. I am SOO proud of her, too -- the room has the most peaceful, serene, calming feel ( Read more... )

Before I get into our weekend adventures with carpeting, here are a few pictures of the new paint in our living room and dining room:

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After having a piano dropped on my foot over the weekend ^^; I've been rather out-of-commission for most of this week ( Read more... )