Aphra has spent the morning being a whiny PITA (mewing at me pitifully. I think she wants a pet squirrel). Fed up after three solid hours of crying, I decided to show her what's she's missing on the other side of the window. After fashioning a harness out of clothesline I picked her up, opened the door, and out we went ( Read more... )

2 more to go. I'm glad to know things are working pretty much as I'd planned. One thing I didn't expect was the pattern repeat to be on the same length as the distance between dowels. I kind of like the effect (probably hard to see in the photo though).

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Tonight I take on Roman Shades.

This'll be fun.

Yesterday I raked leaves. Today I shoveled snow. This seems unfair for my first week of home ownership. I got a lot of unpacking done, though.

Here are pictures of the snow!
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This makes me happy:

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And another

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Snow!

So, just finished cleaning the cat box and it was like panning for gold! There was a simply unbelievable amount of (literally) shiny crap in there.

Which indicates that Aphra has taken to hunting down and eating Stephanie Meyer's vampires . . .

or . . .

She's been eating the fabric I bought to costume Little Shop.

Stolen from Reddit. Share a photo of one of your bookshelves.( pic below )

Would anyone from my DC-area friends have a hand truck I might be able to borrow for moving?

Thank you!

Show opens Friday and the costumes for Little Shop (apart from trying to scrounge up a belt for one of the gals) is DONE! I've never finished more than 24 hours early before. Woot!

Also, it looks like I'm closing on the condo on Friday, Nov. 13th. Anybody interested in helping me move that weekend or the one after? I'll buy you pizza! :)