Wow! How wonderfully lush and vibrant! I really like how she uses container plantings near the house to sort of blend the living space into the external garden.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Calli - Mar 31, 2010 11:52:21 am PDT #14499 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Burrell - Mar 31, 2010 11:52:34 am PDT #14500 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That's a gorgeous garden, DJ. It sounds like your mom has great retirement plans.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2010 11:53:57 am PDT #14501 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
You can't imagine how lovely sitting on that back porch in the swing with a glass of iced tea is in the spring/summer.
Scrappy - Mar 31, 2010 11:54:39 am PDT #14502 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am in love with that garden! And the non-matchy-but-totally-perfect-together porch furniture.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2010 11:57:37 am PDT #14503 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Which is why I want her to come over and do our house. That house was originally my step father's. Since they've been married she's torn out the front and back walls and put in French doors and windows, gutted and remodeled the kitchen and dining room and re done the two living rooms, office, weird x-tra rooms and 2 bedrooms. Next up are the bathrooms.
Barb - Mar 31, 2010 11:59:54 am PDT #14504 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Yay, DJ's mom! And that garden is to DIE for, seriously.
Toddson - Mar 31, 2010 12:10:14 pm PDT #14505 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Dear coworker: I sent out a message this morning telling everyone that I'm going to be out on Friday. The idea was that everyone, even those who don't consult the office calendar, would be aware that I was going to be out and, if they needed me for something, would be able to schedule around it.
So why did you schedule the conference call for which I MUST be here for Friday?
No love,
me
Hil R. - Mar 31, 2010 12:33:52 pm PDT #14506 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
178 applications. I think I'm somewhere around 50 actual rejections, and at least 30 more where I know they hired someone else but they didn't send me anything to tell me that I'm not hired. Officemate once again asked me what I think I'm doing wrong. My answer of "There are a ton of people applying for not too many positions, and my qualifications probably put me somewhere in the middle of the field," was not good enough.
Random conversation with other officemate. I walked into the office, and he asked, "Hillary, are you vegan?!" I said yes. He said, "Since when?" I said, "Last May." He said, "But, I've seen you eat food in this office!" I said, "Yes, vegans do still eat." He said, "You mean all of that food had no meat in it?" I said "No." He spent the next several minutes shaking his head in amazement.
Polter-Cow - Mar 31, 2010 1:04:35 pm PDT #14507 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm shaking my head in amazement.
Hil R. - Mar 31, 2010 1:20:06 pm PDT #14508 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ugh. I always forget that matzo has a ton of simple carbs, and then I feel sick after a few days of Passover.