TheBanyanTree: Inane but fun

[Laura]

Relative to the way things are in this world, I have nothing big to tell. 
 No recent major traumas (well, there's the one, but it's actually kind 
of remote from me, while deeply affecting those I dearly love), and no 
world-changing events.

My hubby did not get either of the jobs he had applied for at his place 
of business.  No, don't start sending condolences yet, because it has 
turned out to be a blessing!  Because we now know we won't have to move 
anywhere, we have started re-doing our nearly 20 year old house. 

It still has the original upstairs carpet from when it was built.  The 
original owners were smokers.  Can you say eeeEEEEeeeyyyeeww?  I thought 
you could!  Same vinyl in kitchen and bathroom.  Same old furniture we 
moved into it 10 years ago.  Air ducts have never been cleaned, to my 
knowledge, and it still had the same paint we put on the walls when we 
first bought it.

Most of that has changed, and what hasn't, will soon!

We have new furniture - a lovely matching sofa, chair, and ottoman set, 
with new end tables.  A new computer work station which matches the end 
tables is on the horizon (just waiting for a floor sample to arrive at 
the showroom so we can confirm that it is *just* what we need).  The 
kitchen floor gets replaced on Monday.  Carpet will be replaced as soon 
as the dealer gets the samples we ordered and we can pick a color.  The 
walls in the living room and hall have been painted (and now the boys and 
I have respiratory infections... hmm...).  New "decorator" lightswitch 
and outlet plates have been purchased, and I've even gotten one of them 
installed!  Hubby is picking up new air vent covers even now.  There are 
new sheers on the windows, with new blinds and valence to follow after we 
pick a carpet color.  New wrought-iron and wood TV stand coming soon, 
once we get one of the drawers from the endtables over to the furniture 
store (not the same one where we got the tables, obviously) to match the 
stain.

And that's just the living room and kitchen!

Next is the master bedroom, but I think I need to finish the kitchen 
before I start thinking too hard about that.  We *have* picked out the 
furniture, though.  :o)

Ah well, enough chit-chat.  Back to removing quarter-round and mouldings 
in the kitchen, and cleaning under them...

<AH...ACHOO!>
<...sniffle...>

Wolfie
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Laura
wolfljsh at insightbb.com
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