No, not a trendy new club.  Some people call it the verge, the treelawn, the hell strip, or the inferno strip.  It's not technically your property, but you will be ticketed if you let the grass grow too long.  It's where you put your garbage cans, between the sidewalk and the street.

My grass was about 8 inches high, and since i'm slowly replacing ( Read more... )

So, it's been a long time since i wasn't in charge of the minutiae about my abode, like carpeting (eww wish i didn't have to) or wall paint colour (beige.  yay?).  But one "feature" of this apartment is that the heat is electric, which scares the hell out of me.  Also, it is radiant ceiling heat.  Yes, ceiling.  Not floor.  Ceiling ( Read more... )

Reading a piece on Margaret Atwood and debt, it occurred to me suddenly ( Read more... )

I sat to take a break before we hit the road for Albany Game Day X, and i could totally fall asleep and not awaken until tomorrow am.  Too bad i have to drive for 3 hours before that can happen.

Anyway, the State of the Boxes:

Living Room: Done except for things that need to stay out until we move
Dining Room: Done except for plants and perhaps 1 box ( Read more... )

Because you care, O so much ;)

All the random non-clothing drawers in the house are empty, save the kitchen and toolroom.  Here is what's left to be done, and the timing of how i hope to accomplish it:

Thursday: finish all non-clothing, non-kitchen, non-tool packing.  This is doable.
Friday: make major inroads on clothing, perhaps finish?
Saturday, ( Read more... )

No really.  I did.

Not that anyone can see the difference :(

Front bedroom: still 80%

-clothing pile still needs attention

Middle bedroom: unk %

- my stuff needs removing from closet - DONE
-the trunk needs to come out
-the rest is scholar's stuff

Back bedroom: 10 %

-All nonclothing items have been removed
-A few decorative things missed my scrutiny - DONE
- ( Read more... )

I am sharing my deep, dark secret with you now.

( shhhhhhh )

Dear World ( Read more... )

A day late, but no dollars short.  I hope.

Long, long long long weekend.

Long.

-Friday i was extra productive, and left at around 1 pm.   After a quick spot of lunch scholar and i cleaned house like the wind for a 6.45 showing, and were in fact done and out a little less harried-ly than usual.  A full 15 minutes in advance, instead of the usual 0.5.  ( Read more... )

Had a showing tonight, with very short notice.  Yesterday, we assembled a bad, and went to sleep with amounts of cardboard and packing peanuts strewn around that would put a moving company to shame.  Plus we got halfway done laundering ALL of scholar's clothes after unpacking them, so they were in piles around the spare room.

But we got it all ( Read more... )