What? That's crazy talk!

That's what I say. But I think his resistance to the idea is more about moving the furniture and doing the painting rather than the actual stripy walls.

Kristen and I are painting one of the walls with satin black and cream thick stripes, then doing a chair rail with cream on top. I'm keeping to the red velvet/wrought iron furniture and accessories.

Ooooh, pretty.

Jilli, I bought a Nightmare Before Christmas onesie for Noah at the sale today. He'd match your coveted walls. Except the stripes were going the wrong way.

You put things in the trash. By putting them in the garbage can. And then taking out the trash. Which is picked up by the garbage truck.

Heh. I am Brenda.

Allyson, the walls in my new apartment are many color--living room is pumpkin and yellow-orange, bedroom is a blue (that I don't actually like, but am too lazy to repaint now that there's furniture and stuff) and the office has only one wall painted bright lime green.

Jilli, I bought a Nightmare Before Christmas onesie for Noah at the sale today

Yay! Put him in it and take photos now now now.

I can't because it hasn't been washed yet! And he finally went down for a nap!

I can't because it hasn't been washed yet! And he finally went down for a nap!

Okay, good points. I am not one to disturb napping munchkins. Envy them, yes. Disturb them, nuh-uh.

Some of us want to paint wide black & white stripes, but have been repeatedly told "NO. THE HOUSE DOES NOT HAVE TO LOOK LIKE TIM BURTON ART-DIRECTED IT".

Certain People just don't want to have to deal with painting. We'd ALL pitch in and do it. I mean, you own the place, so PAINT, for the love of mike!

Ahem.

Yes, I know. Not my walls. BUT I AM ITCHING TO DO SOMETHING TO DEBLANDIFY THEM, OH YES.

Happy Noah and Grace day!

Yes, I know. Not my walls. BUT I AM ITCHING TO DO SOMETHING TO DEBLANDIFY THEM, OH YES.

I know! I keep telling him this! We'd only have to move one bookcase and lock the cats in the basement for a day!

I'm going to try and talk him into this again, after the soul-sucking deadline is over.

"garbage" has a food waste connotation

In my mind garbage is wet and trash is dry. The combination is rubbish.

I tend to call it a 'rubbish bin'.

I tend to use garbage can to refer to the ones that live outside. I put something in the trash can. I take the garbage out to put in the garbage can (or, in my case, the dumpster.)

I don't really get why I do this. Except maybe garbage sounds grosser than trash, so garbage needs to be OUTSIDE.