I am doing that with half of it!
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lee - Mar 08, 2014 5:07:44 pm PST #21807 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jesse - Mar 08, 2014 5:08:23 pm PST #21808 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I put it into savings, but I'm literally sitting here on a 40 year old sofa, so.
Jesse - Mar 08, 2014 5:13:52 pm PST #21809 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I love this one, too, but it's too close to my actual midcentury chairs. So I'd need a different color.
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2014 5:19:03 pm PST #21810 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We bought new drapes for the living room today (scarlet, because the walls are off-white and the couch is brown) and found throw pillows to match and, totally by accident, a silver wall clock with a scarlet face. Booyah. Fancier living room!
I'll have to take a picture of the old drapes -- they're lima-bean green intarsia (maybe intarsia is the wrong word -- there's a pattern woven in the fabric -- is that jacquard?) and gnarly. These are light years better.
Also got a new tumbling composter to replace the old box-style one in the backyard. It's old enough that the sides have warped and the lid doesn't quite fit, so raccoons get in and have a woodland jamboree.
Lots of commerce around these parts. And the best part is that almost all of it was thanks to gift cards we got at Christmas. Thanks for decorating our house, family!
Jesse - Mar 08, 2014 5:22:34 pm PST #21811 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(I'm also doing a fair amount of, "I'm 40 years old -- I should have decent things!" so.)
Maybe I should start composting. It seems so good!
sarameg - Mar 08, 2014 5:23:15 pm PST #21812 of 30000
My refund is what passes as my annual savings (outside of retirement) since I bought a house, so. I keep reminding myself I dropped my mortgage payment the amount of the car loan for the next 5 years, and I didn't have to pull from savings for that, so I'm doing ok.
But I won't lie, when I left the restaurant tonight, my mental accountant congratulated me on not spending what would have probably run $40 tonight.
brenda m - Mar 08, 2014 5:35:14 pm PST #21813 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Amy - Mar 08, 2014 5:41:18 pm PST #21814 of 30000
Because books.
Oh man, I love the deck. Quite a bit of paneling, though.
I have no thoughts about sofas except that I would like a new one. Ours was a Salvation Army purchase, and it's beginning to look it.
Jesse - Mar 08, 2014 5:45:27 pm PST #21815 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, right on the water!
-t - Mar 08, 2014 6:06:18 pm PST #21816 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Boat slip! Ooh, and it's got the kind of kitchen sink I like! And the porch and deck, very nice.
I like well water, usually. You have to maintain the pumps to ensure you have water, of course, and if the pumps are electric, if you lose power you don't have water. For a cabin, probably that would mean you'd have to prime the pump each time you went up and shut them down when you leave, although the technology may be beyond that by now.