Packing Day
Sep. 24th, 2010 02:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreadfulpennyI swear by my pretty floral bonnet that our next apartment is going to be a HOME. The living room of this apartment wasn't bad, but it wasn't to my liking. Not ever. It was too bland. Too mundane. Not enough of our personality was poured into it. Granted, it wasn't a place that we owned, but we lived here for a year. You would think that there would have been more of us. More of me anyway.
I love color. I love bright, bold colors. Our coach is a pale beige. The accent wall is beige (not our choice; it came that way). We have an area rug that's beige, olive and a washed out dusty rose. It's nice, don't get me wrong. It's just not what I would have chosen. We have a new one in storage somewhere, but I cant recall the colors right now. Jonathan picked it out. It's shag, and I remember liking it a lot. That's going to have to be enough. Our bedroom is going to have vintage saris in dark magenta and burnt orange/red for curtains (if we can get them hung...a feat we never managed in this house). I want things on the walls and clever, pretty, useful things in the kitchen and bathroom. I am tired of the blandness and utilitarianism of the things that we have. I am going to change our home into a bright, beautiful place, even if it's just an apartment and even though we may only be there for a year.
J. built a nightstand for me earlier this year and stained it a shade called Cherry Blossom. It's the same dark magenta as the sari that I want to hang. J also built me a lamp with small wooden bars and beautiful, homemade-style paper that's white and pressed with flowers. I love both of those pieces so much and want to expand our collection of items with so much significance and beauty attached to them. And I want to hang things on the walls. I cannot stress enough how much I DETEST empty walls.
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Accomplished this morning: packed up the movies, cleared the mantle (and cleaned the things that go on top of it) and made lunch (focaccia topped with sweet basil and tomato sauce, turkey pepperoni, mozzarella and freshly grated Parmesan cheese and steamed broccoli...also with cheese). J. brought me a soda (yes, trying to cut back...I only drank half of it, but it was BIG BLUE, and that is my most favorite of sodas). Probably going to sort clothing and pack more this afternoon (clothing going into double-lined garbage bags, can go ahead and start stacking up books in orderly piles that are ready for boxes or bags...maybe brown grocery bags will work (and we have a ton of them).
I'm rambling. We're watching HOUSE right now and vegging in the storm-shocked living room. I know J's tired and I could use a nap too, so maybe we'll crash for a little while. I definitely want some book time today. I'm fighting through the last hundred pages of THE NAME OF THE WIND (I'm having problem staying focused) and the last two hundred pages of THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (ditto). It's been a decent day so far.
The best part? My arm is feeling much better today. I used what amounts to icy hot patches on the elbow and shoulder and wore my wrist brace last night. I'm going to take it easy on it the rest of the day because I can feel little twinges in the elbow and wrist starting back up as we speak. So that's enough for the moment. Happy Friday.
I love color. I love bright, bold colors. Our coach is a pale beige. The accent wall is beige (not our choice; it came that way). We have an area rug that's beige, olive and a washed out dusty rose. It's nice, don't get me wrong. It's just not what I would have chosen. We have a new one in storage somewhere, but I cant recall the colors right now. Jonathan picked it out. It's shag, and I remember liking it a lot. That's going to have to be enough. Our bedroom is going to have vintage saris in dark magenta and burnt orange/red for curtains (if we can get them hung...a feat we never managed in this house). I want things on the walls and clever, pretty, useful things in the kitchen and bathroom. I am tired of the blandness and utilitarianism of the things that we have. I am going to change our home into a bright, beautiful place, even if it's just an apartment and even though we may only be there for a year.
J. built a nightstand for me earlier this year and stained it a shade called Cherry Blossom. It's the same dark magenta as the sari that I want to hang. J also built me a lamp with small wooden bars and beautiful, homemade-style paper that's white and pressed with flowers. I love both of those pieces so much and want to expand our collection of items with so much significance and beauty attached to them. And I want to hang things on the walls. I cannot stress enough how much I DETEST empty walls.
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Accomplished this morning: packed up the movies, cleared the mantle (and cleaned the things that go on top of it) and made lunch (focaccia topped with sweet basil and tomato sauce, turkey pepperoni, mozzarella and freshly grated Parmesan cheese and steamed broccoli...also with cheese). J. brought me a soda (yes, trying to cut back...I only drank half of it, but it was BIG BLUE, and that is my most favorite of sodas). Probably going to sort clothing and pack more this afternoon (clothing going into double-lined garbage bags, can go ahead and start stacking up books in orderly piles that are ready for boxes or bags...maybe brown grocery bags will work (and we have a ton of them).
I'm rambling. We're watching HOUSE right now and vegging in the storm-shocked living room. I know J's tired and I could use a nap too, so maybe we'll crash for a little while. I definitely want some book time today. I'm fighting through the last hundred pages of THE NAME OF THE WIND (I'm having problem staying focused) and the last two hundred pages of THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (ditto). It's been a decent day so far.
The best part? My arm is feeling much better today. I used what amounts to icy hot patches on the elbow and shoulder and wore my wrist brace last night. I'm going to take it easy on it the rest of the day because I can feel little twinges in the elbow and wrist starting back up as we speak. So that's enough for the moment. Happy Friday.
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Date: 2010-09-24 08:07 pm (UTC)Big blue? Never heard of it. I have managed to not buy soda most of the time, but every once in a while I pick up an 8 pack (yeah I know, wtf) of Hansen's all natural root beer because a life without root beer is not a life. bonus, its sugar and not corn syrup, and there's no caffeine. of course, on the down side, I drink all 8 cans in two days.
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Date: 2010-09-28 07:44 pm (UTC)I would let J build you furniture :) If we ever end up moving closer to VA again, I will allow him :)
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Date: 2010-09-28 07:54 pm (UTC)yay! I am very pleased to have the wendil back on the internets.
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Date: 2010-09-28 07:48 pm (UTC)Unrelated. I know that you have issues with corn, and I don't know if you can get it in OK, but here in East TX we have a version of Dr. Pepper that's made without corn syrup. It has a bright green, old fashioned style label. I've been meaning to mention it to you (in the event that you weren't aware of its existence) but I haven't had my laptop in ages, and it's difficult to comment with my phone.