We have survived monster v. Aliens.

Happy Birthday, Vortex!

Happy Birthday, Vortex.

If anyone's still in need, I have dreamwidth invites.

(also, my phone has learned to spell "dreamwidth".)

Happy birthday, Vortex!

Finished the season of The Professionals. Good stuff, and you're right about the theme music, bt. Catchy as all hell.

I hadn't noticed how louche it was when I saw it the first time round, in the 80s. Or maybe it was tamed down by the time I got to it. But those two boys are playa playas.

And I was surprised at how many interracial pairings there were. Two black man/white woman and one (Bodie) white man/black woman. And one of those was a successful marriage (Bodie's was a random hookup in the episode where he gets over his racism, and in the other the black guy tries to kill his paramour). A fair amount of racial stuff therein, including an episode about the Klan, which surprised me, because I hadn't thought of them being British symbology.

Huh. Opera's spellchecker doesn't know "symbology." Or "spellchecker." Or "louche."

Don't know what to watch next. I have Tenko, unwatched, but that's a little heavy for my mood. Still have that goose egg headache.

Making bread. Can't wait.

Astronaut Massimino removed the handrail by manually pulling it out of place.

Fancy way of saying he broke it off.

So I went to the grand opening of the new hardware store and got a hose and a/c extension cords and a free reusable bag and coupons. I call that a win. It's in a cute building.

Then I got lost in SE Baltimore.

I had directions, I did. But it gets weird out there. And while I know the west side really well, east side? NSM. It was annoying, though interesting and I did eventually get my bearings. Trip was a bust though. Back at xmas, my brother asked me if I wante a Garmin, and I was all "no,, I know my way around B'more pretty well." Hah.

Then I came back and hung pictures in my bedroom and a few things in the LR & DR. Not the curio shelves yet. I think I need to get a concrete-worthy drill bit because HOLY FUCK these walls are hard. Already chipped the plaster, sigh.

Also, in astronauts like carrots, today was the 6th longest spacewalk. Poor Mikes. Beating their own record from their last EVA.

mmm homebread sounds yum. I did not manage any cooking this weekend and tonight will not change that. I should really and truly make a menu for the next week and then I could shop for it and end up actually making stuff.

sara - your enthusiasm for the house and the astronauts is so charming.

I just cut mac's hair, I love it when it is newly cut.

I managed some home straightening today, but my room is still a mess. SInce it is time to make dinner now, I don't think I will make any more of a dent in there, but maybe I can put away the clean dishes and wash what is in the sink. I'd rather have a clean bedroom, but I'll settle for the kitchen.

dinner = buttermilk biscuits, bacon (for mac), eggs and sausage for me.

We have so much art it's not even funny. One of the great things about the new house is all the bare walls--new spots for old art--and maybe for some that never made it onto a wall, even after it was framed. And dude--maybe the unframed stuff might even make it up!

Uh, we may have a problem. I'm looking at what is probably fiber-based wallboard over steel studs, which means special anchors to hang lightweight stuff, and really no safe way to hang heavy stuff.

So here's what I'm thinking. If we run a course of picture rail about 4 inches down from the ceiling all around every wall but the baths and kitchen, into every nook and around every jog, and paint it the same color as the wall and screwed into the studs? We can hang pretty much anything. Groupings will be hard, and we'll buy out the local tackle store in 50-lb test, but at least we'll have dressed walls!

I never had this problem with plaster over lath. Tall furniture and wall hung shelves gobbling wall space, yes. But a nail or a picture hook, and you could hang just about anything just about anywhere. Including my preference of groupings of small pieces rather than one large canvas to fill a wall. The new space is going to take some getting used to.

msbelle, I'm glad today was a good day.