We found a couch. This perfectly nice, ridiculously wealthy young family is redoing their basement, so they're selling their 2nd couch for $75. It's a microsuede full-length, plush, fully reclining sofa.
Guys, I was thinking we were gonna have to drop $400-$600 to get a decent sofa, and I would have paid $400 for this sofa and I'm pretty darned excited about it.
And I got a crazy-solid butcher's block that will extend my kitchen counter space by 5 feet and has weirdly perfect dimensions from a different wealthy older lady for $50.
My bargain kismet was on fire today!!
Way to go, Strix!
My nephew got rid of his bed and hung a hammock in his bedroom for years. He recently switched back to a mattress but he isn't completely sold on it.
Is that The Bristol with 2 places in KC? That's where Maria and I had their amazing Sunday brunch. Which is well worth it.
That's the one, Strix. Their food is awesome.
Good going, Strix!
I just re-joined OK Cupid for the first time in years. I've been trying a couple of apps, but they are both the kind where both people have to agree to make the match, and honestly, I just reject everyone up front. So I'm willing to see who comes to me.
Seconding the recommendation for Bristol's. Their crab cakes stand up to anything I had in Maryland.
Nice, Strix!
But stll, it would be possible to make up for lost time, right?
Absolutely! It is a very good thing to know your neighbors. I always let them know that if someone pulls into the driveway with a moving truck it is not me and to call authorities.
Now I want to sleep in a hammock, and we are dipping into the 60s tonight so it would be totally awesome, hung between a couple palm trees of course so as not to give ND nightmares.
Well, I watched a couple movies on my YouTube.tv today, but now my television is hating me and not working. Something about the resolution with the computer and Logmein, and HDMI, and I don't know, but it isn't happy. Was super chill to watch for so long today though. Son and I watched Life of Pi and Office Space today. Neither of us had seen Pi, and he had never seen Office Space, which clearly had to be remedied.
eta: now he knows where so many memes come from, also totally on board with the printer smash
Office Space is classic!
So I know you're not supposed to, but I've totally spent my way out of my winter doldrums. Among other things, I got this duvet cover, and it's so fun!!
Oh, I love that Jesse! Very fun and the colors are quite appealing.
We just bought a new tv and soundbar. Ours was really past its expiration date. New one is super fancy. I am going to lie to my sister/bookkeeper and tell her we bought datacenter equipment.
I'm watching Master Chef Junior--hey, I wanted to see Ramsey be nice-ish--and seeing these kids aged 9-13 diving into filet mignon with verve and confidence makes me wonder why anyone thinks teenagers older than this don't have the wherewithal to become activists.
Apparently the UAE has possibly had a role in White House policy-making. So that's fun.
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