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Sunday, December 19th, 2004
posted by K | filed under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Tonight we hosted a Christmas party at our house. We showed off the house to D’s side of the family and met with approval all around. Our 2-year-old nephew immediately decided, “I like this house. This is my new house.” I am worn completely out from a day of frenzied cleaning-and-putting-away, followed by hours of [...]
Thursday, December 16th, 2004
posted by K | filed under Auction, Lights | 2 Comments
Someone please take my checkbook and credit cards and hide them until after Christmas. The Christmas season makes me want to spend every dime I can get my hands on. So many pretty things in the stores. So much Care Bears wrapping paper at home that needs something to wrap itself around. So many sales [...]
Wednesday, December 15th, 2004
posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 2 Comments
OK, here’s my sad little attempt at using Photoshop to play around with the colors for our kitchen cabinets: My first idea was to paint them cream with an inset of copper-finish metal ceiling tiles, and use the same tile for the backsplash. But I ordered samples, and the tiles just didn’t look as good [...]
Tuesday, December 14th, 2004
posted by K | filed under Commentary | Leave a Comment
They don’t think I’m crazy. They don’t say, “Aren’t you finished with your house YET?” They understand that I feel an obligation to my house to make it right again. They don’t ask if we’re replacing the wood siding with vinyl and then look confused when I exclaim “GOD NO!” in utter horror. They don’t [...]
Sunday, December 12th, 2004
posted by K | filed under Paint | 2 Comments
It’s Christmastime, and we’re not doing much work on the house. We don’t want to get the dust flying just as the in-laws are about to descend. My parents-in-law have been here a few times, but D’s brother and sister (and their spouses and kids) haven’t seen the house. So I want it to look [...]
Thursday, December 9th, 2004
posted by K | filed under Auction, Lights | 2 Comments
OK, so I was a baby yesterday about the ticket. Forgive me. I just realized today that I did so much chit-chatting around on the message boards about my examination of the lighting in our house that I never even wrote about it on my very own blog! With the help of my camera’s zoom [...]