I set the one with a setting pretty low, but it and the other have to keep the whole house moderate. So right now, it is 79 downstairs and 77 up. And warmer in the kitchen.

It's great that you have a boss who recognizes that "ridiculous and wrong headed" is cause to stop doing something, smonster.

Is there such a thing as a "coldhouse flower"? Because that would be me.

Yeah, that sounds like me. I wandered around in the relatively nice 86F weather yesterday for a few hours, and today I feel vaguely hungover.

Just got back from seeing Toy Story 3, which was wonderful. Now going to hunker down, as I am having a sinus attack on one side of my head, the kind which hurts like a mofo and also made my eye all bloodshot for some reason. I have applied drugs and homemade zucchini bead and expect to feel better soon.

Scrappy, I'm watching your HammerHeads episode right now AIFG! You look lovely and your hair is gorgeous, and your DH is so darn cheerful I can't stand it. The blue on the house was pretty but I agree that the green looks better. Not done watching yet so I can't comment on the yard.

I have completely accepted that this first summer in Texas will be so uncomfortable for me I may need a fainting couch.

So, I'm reading scripts for a competition (not a script-reading competition. They're competing, not me). Anyway, I'm reading one, and it's interesting, and oh, hey, the two threads just kinda came together and then...ok, wait, she accused him of being Zeus (no, there are no other Greek gods in the thing), and then goes off to get shovels and it ends? What kind of an ending is that?

I mean, I like Primer as much as...ok, more than most people. I don't need tidy endings, and am down with mythology and symbolism, but, really, wtf, people? It feels like the end of act 1, rather than the end of the play.

Scrappy! Your yard is beautiful beyond belief! I love the whole Craftsman look, and the fencing and arch and deck and and and - wow. Just wow.

My dvr failed to record the Scrappy goodness! Bad dvr! Is there a repeat?

I have completely accepted that this first summer in Texas will be so uncomfortable for me I may need a fainting couch.

Oh, you will absolutely be miserable the first summer. But people adapt more than they expect I think.

I've lived in hottest desert and dampest PNW. In Phoenix, I'd set the air at 80 in summer and it was comfortable. Not cold, but comfortable.

In other msbelle-ish news, I just grabbed the last stockpiled toothpaste from my stash and the last (as far as I can tell though I thought there was one more) bar of soap went into the shower! It's only happy making to me, but it's pretty darn happy making.

Thanks, Zen. I honestly still can't believe how amazingly it came out. The whole experience was wonderful (albeit exhausting) and it made our little house look so unique and pretty. And this gorgeous yard takes WAY less upkeep than our old fugly yard with the lawn and the hedges.

I watched it this afternoon - you guys were awesome and I can't believe the result. Gorgeous!