My style is "can it be washed if the cats throw up on it". I'm currently lusting after a beautiful blue and green silk throw for the living room, but it fails the style test. Alas.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bennett - Aug 24, 2014 3:15:40 pm PDT #4809 of 30000
Anne W. - Aug 24, 2014 3:17:10 pm PDT #4810 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
My style is fairly minimalist with whatever style tends to go with Windsor chairs and the like.
In other news, does anyone have any advice regarding getting rid of yellowjacket nests? There are some that have set up shop in a hole in my lawn.
msbelle - Aug 24, 2014 3:18:43 pm PDT #4811 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sweet heavens Taylor Swift is wearing a long-sleeved romper [link]
billytea - Aug 24, 2014 3:25:25 pm PDT #4812 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
In other news, does anyone have any advice regarding getting rid of yellowjacket nests? There are some that have set up shop in a hole in my lawn.
Two weird ones I'd heard recently:
1. Hang up a crumpled paper bag nearby. To a wasp, it looks much like another wasp's nest, and they don't like crowded living.
2. Apparently they dislike sliced cucumber, so scatter some of them around the lawn.
Or you could just pour soapy water into the nest at night when it's cooler. (Though I for one wouldn't try that without protective clothing.) Maybe safer would be to push an upside-down bowl into the ground, covering the hole, and leaving it there for two weeks. As long as you're sure you know where all the entrances are.
Anne W. - Aug 24, 2014 3:28:43 pm PDT #4813 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thank you, BT. I can rig up some faux beekeeper garb and head out tomorrow morning with the pot o' water.
sarameg - Aug 24, 2014 3:31:58 pm PDT #4814 of 30000
Romper reminded me: in Target's clothes section today, I had a flashback to the very early 90s, high school. Could have easily recreated some outfits I had back the. Floral baby doll dresses, overalls, denim shirts over crew necks, even the damned full pants rompers. Boxy cropped sweater was pure 1989. In fact, a friend posted a throwback picture a few days ago and I had to laugh because I had her same style sweater back that year. And she was in school out here so we weren't even buying in the same markets.
Ginger - Aug 24, 2014 3:43:40 pm PDT #4815 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Best to tackle yellow jacket nests at dusk or dawn, when they're all home and less active.
Burrell - Aug 24, 2014 3:48:12 pm PDT #4816 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
IF you were going to describe your decorating ethos in a few words, how would you?
Ah ha ha ha ha ha! I was going to say shabby chic, emphasis on the shabby, but right now it's more like Clutter! Chaos! Tears!
Theodosia - Aug 24, 2014 3:54:25 pm PDT #4817 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ahem -- I was asking about wasp nests just last week.
meara - Aug 24, 2014 4:05:11 pm PDT #4818 of 30000
I'm surprised so many of your style words are "penguins"?