I went into the kitchen to get some pop (yes, I’m Midwestern) and was apparently acting more chipper than usual.
Ben looked at me strangely and said, “What’s wrong with you?” I shook my head and said “Nothing!”
“No, really,” he said. “Are you hungry? Horny?”
He looked down at his hand where he was counting the possibilities on his fingers and looked back at me with the same mock-incredulous look I’ve loved for many years. And then, one of these:
“What else is there?!?” he asked (with feeling).
We busted up laughing and I asked if I could blog that. He thought about it for a second before approving… and there you have it.
Little by little, the smallest bedroom in our house has been transformed into my office. Well, it was technically my office before, but a little paint and planning where shelves and artwork will go makes it suddenly feel like… like what I’ve not had for many years.
A room of my own.
Cue the melancholy of Virginia Woolf.
No melancholy for me today, though. The whole-house beige (wall AND ceiling color) has received a smack in the face. When we were house-hunting, we saw some pretty ugly room colors and carpet, so we lucked out in a way by buying a place that was all neutral. I just wasn’t aware that neutral could really start to irritate me as much as it did!
So that’s two rooms down and many more to go. We’re leaving the neutral carpets in place for now since they’re all still new (someone half-flipped the house before we bought it… there’s still a ton of work that we’ve been doing).
Enough boring house stuff already! Why the hell haven’t I updated my site in a long time or put up that new forum? Well, it’s not because I haven’t been thinking about it. Procrastination aside, here’s what’s going on.
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