Renovation - the fun just keeps coming…!
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Saturday, June 22, 2019
In Which I Fail BFF'ing
There’s a little shopping plaza in town that’s been vacant for a while now, but finally, the “Coming Soon” signs were swapped out for ones announcing, “Grand Opening!”. (“Grand” being a relative term in this instance, but I appreciate the enthusiasm.)
Naturally, Tiny Woman and I had to go check it all out. (One must keep one’s retail knowledge au courant, don’t you know.) The stores make nice additions to the local shopping opportunities, to be sure… but the parking lot is one hot mess. Full of narrow aisles, poor traffic flow, confusing junctions, and misaligned lines, this thing completely sucks eggs.
After my third harrowing experience in less than two minutes, I turned to my friend of 45 years and expostulated, “Who on EARTH designed this miserable parking lot?!?”
Solemnly, my bestie (did I mention she's a civil engineer?) replied, “Actually, I did.”
My face froze into what I hoped was stoic neutrality, but inwardly... I was banging my forehead on the steering wheel and groaning, “fuuuuuuuuhhhck!”
She kept me hanging like that for a couple of VERY long minutes before she grinned and added, “But the construction company went rogue when they laid the parking lot. This is not the parking lot I drew up.”
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| *phew!* |
(One of us enjoyed that moment a LOT more than the other one, let me just mention.)
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Friday, June 14, 2019
Celebratory Toe-Tapping
So, the renovation has finally reached the point where I have a brand, spanky-new subfloor…
and now I kind of just want to do this all the time:
“Tile? Who needs tile?”
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Just One Woman's Opinion
Call me overly picky if you will, YouTube, but…
I can’t say I agree that walking around with 7 rolls of toilet paper in your hair
is going to make anyone look "brilliant”.
"Danged foolish" feels much more apt.
I know. I have SUCH a limited imagination…
Sunday, June 9, 2019
June Rambles, 2019
Things that don’t work out quite the way you’d hoped:
a freshly-painted door, set outside to dry...
just before your neighbor mows his lawn.
Things you don’t often see:
a lovely old Victorian house with a pretty “Welcome” flag of cheerful purple pansies...,
fluttering gaily beneath a full-sized Jolly Roger.
Things that unexpectedly delight you:
realizing that the “limited edition” limoncello ice cream season is here again
stumbling acrosss the perfect sized mirror - for free at the dump
finding this coupon in the mail!
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| Stroopwafels!!!!!!! |
Things you might wish hadn’t coincided:
your haircut appointment - with your hairdresser having just put down both of her dogs.
*sniff!* … *snip! snip!* … *sniff!* ... *Sniiieeeeep!*
*oops*
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| Oh well. Hair grows... |
That's about sums up what's new around here...
How's tricks with all of YOU?
Sunday, June 2, 2019
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