I didn't think of that. They do have their color chart online. I don't have time to point out all the individual shades I am looking at though because I should already be gone. I want a yellow for the living room, a pale blue for the master bedroom that would go well with the quilt I just linked to, a taupe for the smallest bedroom, and a pale lavender to go in the guest bedroom. I haven't decided about the bathroom yet. I want to find a shower curtain before I decide that color. The kitchen is completely tile at the moment, so I won't be painting in there unless we decide to gut the whole thing.

I'm so glad Teppy is around to calm us down from all of our medicine fears.

me too.

Hatul dog with my sister and our cousin. Photos from yesterday: [link]

One warning is that blues tend to come out way more blue on the wall than on the sample.

Thanks brenda. I think to play it safe I'm going to go one shade lighter on every color I think I want.

Go you, smonster, with the networking!

Morgellons disease is one of those illnesses that have transmogrified into a debate between science and pseudoscience. Patients tend to be self diagnosed, symptoms include the sensation that something is crawling through the skin and skin leisons with weird synthetic fibers in them. The patients think the fibers are growing from their bodies, or were implanted there. The CDC claims that it isn't a disease, so most patients are diagnosed as suffering from delusional thinking, and are assumed to be causing their own symptoms albeit probably unconsciously. It's a mess.

It had a brief moment of popularity as an illness when Joni Mitchell claimed she had it.

I have a friend who discovered an open, irritated wound on her arm and then freaked out when she found little blue fibers in it. But you know, went to the doctor, doctor looked at the fibers and looked at her hoodie and pointed out the fibers came from the sweater and to stop wearing it until her arm healed. Friend was delighted at the simple, logical answer to her problem.

Penny's blood work is back, she might have an infection , it might be something else. But we're starting with an antibiotic.

Dean goes to the vet tomorrow for rabies shot.

Penny is in the dog crate, which is more of a "micro studio" and she's not happy, but hopefully this will keep her from moving around too much. There's no room for a litter box so I'll have to let her out to eat and use one.

I hope the antibiotics help, askye.

So I did dress up a bit, and I took a copy of my resume, and I have been pretty much been offered a full or part-time canvassing position where I go door to door and talk to people about refinery accidents. I'm going to go do an "observation interview" where I go along with an experienced canvasser and see what I think. It's one of those "minimum wage plus a percentage of the fundraising" jobs.

Pluses - if I'm good I can earn more, lots of exercise (walking), getting to see different neighborhoods and towns, refining my polite debate skills, learning more about oil refinery issues, weekends free, healthcare after 3 mos and 3 wks vacation after 6 mos. Minuses - work hours are 1:30 pm to 9:30 pm (not necessarily a minus, just a shift in schedule), dealing with potential hostility and unsuccessful days, etc.

I was frank about it probably being a short term position, and I'd probably do it part time so I can keep looking for fulltime work. He was cool with that, and one of the first things he said to me was that I was overqualified.

So, yeah. There's that! Probably wouldn't start until after HG is done here.

Hunger Games ?

Historic Green (er, I think that's the name? smonster's gateway drug to New Orleans?)