preparing the nest, and roasting in the process

[katia_chan]

I went up to school-town to unload some furniture into the new house. It's slowly starting to look like a home, if I could just find carpets to cover the poor wood floors. But either way, I have couches, and awesomely huge bookshelves, and all that jazz. I almost had the kitty to go with it, but that didn't work out as planned

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[scriblesnbraile]

The house sounds really nice, especially the big bookshelves. I love books.

I hate heat and thunderstorms, too, although I definitely hate thunderstorms much much more. It's been hot and sticky and stormy here for the past few weeks, too.

Yays Wicked!

[rotynd]

NO WAAAAY, WICKED FTW.

And I truly wish we could have taken those storms for you - the weather's been fitful here, but no proper long thunderstorms, certainly nothing in the six hour range. I WANT that. And there you had to have them and they only do you an injury. Tsk. Poor planning on the weather's part, I say.

Big bookcases sound divine, though lack of cat is sad.

You put... carpets over a wood floor? On purpose? I mean, I know intellectually that this must happen as we are forever ripping up carpets when we move, but... huh. I guess I hadn't thought about people DOING it. Carpets are just THERE to be removed when possible. LOL, this is so at odds with my family's sensibilities, you've thrown me for a loop.

[katia_chan]

You can have them, I never want them. I've contemplated moving to the west coast several times to avoid this midwestern weather nonsense. There were 3 thunderstorms on Thursday, 3. That is just not right.

And I will try to soothe you, by carpet I do just mean large area rugs, not real carpet. And there is logic behind it, these floors are a hundred years old, and the floors have not been refinished or anything, probably since they were put in. It's beautiful wood, but they're all greyish and splotchy and faded, and I do not have the money or the inclination to redo them in a place where I am renting. But no no, put your mind at ease. I do not want to install carpet, true and proper carpet anyway, over the wood. Just lovely area rugs in which toes can be riggled and on which books can be read.

[rotynd]

Ooooh, okay, rugs are pretty! We do have rugs. I mean, they're not pretty or toe-wriggly any longer because... ah. Four kids, a succession of four cats and two dogs... they're actually pretty disgusting if you look too closely. However it does please me to picture you with hardwood floors and a comfy rug over, with all of the bookshelves... so nice.

WANT. DO WANT. Tomorrow for preference! I'm supposed to work all day, eleven-thirty to dusk, and a thunder storm or three would be just the thing.