Several years ago (13 March 2010, to be exact) Justin and I rescued a trunk from a little knickknack shop that was going out of business. It was painted this hideous color beige, but it was solid wood, unfinished on the interior of the trunk, and the hardware marked it as unlike anything I’d ever… Continue reading
Tag: things around the house
Tackling the vines project
Sunday afternoon, I turned to Justin and said “It’s a beautiful afternoon. I’m thinking of dragging the trunk from the living room outside to finish stripping the paint off.” To which he said, “I was thinking of mowing the lawn” and we both went and changed into work clothes for the afternoon. Now, since I… Continue reading
Jessi is back in town and I’m seasoning a cast iron skillet
Yesterday afternoon, Jessi flew back into town from Vermont. She’s been accepted to grad school at SCAD, so she’s enrolling there again this fall, so she came back down to get a job and an apartment lined up. The apartment should all be squared away in the next couple days – she and Wendy have… Continue reading
Enormous post about the weekend and our adventures with cleaning carpets
Saturday turned out to be a pretty busy day. We got up, met Julie for breakfast at IHOP, wandered around Home Goods looking for a good use of my gift cards (new water bottle, new Huggable-type hangers, and a cast iron skillet!), and then went to donate blood. Justin doesn’t donate because blood rushes out… Continue reading
Friday of puttering and relaxing
Don’t get spoiled by me writing two days in a row now. We all know it’s not likely that it’ll keep happening. 🙂 Today was delightfully relaxed. I got up when I heard the trash truck rumble past the house. I looked at the light coming in the bedroom window and, with the trash guys… Continue reading