I was actually thinking the darker color for the wall opposite the windows in the bedroom, so the room isn't BRIGHT, but just bright (if that makes sense in typing. So much easier with vocal inflection). That room will get a TON of sun. No shade near by, and no awnings.

omnis, while I understand your impulse here, you may want to consider heat gain. Sun beating on a dark wall? Heat gain. It may make that room unpleasantly warm and affect your power bill.

In fact even without the darker colors you may want to do something about that. That room will probably be unpleasantly warm in the summer (and even on some sunny days in other seasons, worse with dark colors.) Can you get the windows tinted? Put up canopies? Something?

I'm sitting on my porch, watching the rain, drinking wine and fake smoking. And listening to bitter chick music. I heard from StW and I'm back to being upset and angry, at myself and at him. I emailed him back and said pretty much all the stuff I'd been wanting to say for a year. I may regret it later, but I don't think I will. It needed saying.

{{{smonster}}} How are you doing physically?

My arm still really hurts if I stretch it out. My hip has been hurting quite a bit, and stretching hasn't helped, and I haven't filled my flexerl prescription yet. The ABs are messing with my stomach a bit, but I was warned and have been taking probiotics.

So... been better, been worse?

Smonster, I'm sorry you are angry at yourself. I think speaking up is good for you. At least it would be good for me. I do rarely say what I want to.

ION, it's 7:13. I am so exhausted and didn't sleep well last night. It's light here until almost 9:00 but I am so tired I want to put the kids to bed now. I don't think they will go for it though.

I think speaking up is good for you. At least it would be good for me. I do rarely say what I want to.

This.

I'd planned to watch Iron Man 2 tonight. My neighbor's band is practicing, though -- well, just the drums and bass -- and it's too noisy to watch a movie. Argh.

Smonster, I'm sorry you have so much stuff to deal with all at once. I'm glad you were able to say what you felt you needed to say.

Sigh, we have spent the evening trying to figure out TCG's days off for the rest of the year. We have another wedding in Colorado in August (which we're mostly using as an excuse to visit buffistas), a second bigger reception for the wedding we were at last weekend, a graduation party, and I have three baby showers to attend (at least one of which I am going to miss). Have I mentioned I'm really not a very social person?

smonster, I'm sorry you're having a rough night. I am glad that he finally responded, though, I think now you might get some closure.

sj, good luck with the socializing and the travelling. Also, a second reception? I don't think that people should have to go to more than one reception. I understand why people have multiple receptions, but I thought they were for, like, different sets of people.

sj, good luck with the socializing and the travelling. Also, a second reception? I don't think that people should have to go to more than one reception. I understand why people have multiple receptions, but I thought they were for, like, different sets of people.

It isn't really a second reception. The wedding this weekend didn't really have a reception. It was just the ceremony on the beach with her closest friends and lots of partying. And the second party is so that she can invite everyone that she couldn't invite to the ceremony, and it is still going to be more of a camp day than any kind of formal wedding thing. She would probably understand if we couldn't go, but it is actually one of the few things on the list I'm looking forward to.

I really would just like to avoid all baby showers at the moment, but it seems everyone I know is currently pregnant. t /exaggeration