Month: May 2009

I have absolutely no idea what these are. None.

Our front hall doesn’t really have any place to hang coats. I suggested we get one of those bench things with little coat rack on the top–these are called hall trees, I recently learned. Anyway, what we’ve done instead is buy a bench off CraigsList (best thing ever!), and we’ll hang a set of pegs on the wall above. This will do the job just fine, and for a whole lot less cost.

One of the nice things about our new house is the azalea bushes in front of the porch. They are just starting to bloom…

Went back to the Orange Store for the, what, 87th time this week. This time, I was getting blinds. Our bedroom currently has roman shades, which I don’t love anyway, but certainly not in the awful print they are in. Venetian blinds will allow us to let in the sun, but still maintain privacy.

The man at the store was very nice; this is him measuring and cutting them for me.

Why is it so hard to get all the paint off your hands? I’d already washed them three times when I took this picture.

We’ve stripped the ugly wallpaper from two of the bathrooms, and now it’s time to paint.

I don’t think I have ever in my life been so excited about laundry day. We have been unable to wash and dry our clothes since we sold the dryer to our friend Kris, and then we needed a plumber to hook up the new one. But after a week and half, I’ve got clean socks again. Which is a good thing, because I only had one pair left!

I’d heard a lot about Russo’s before we moved, and my friend Jen has taken a few pictures of their amazing produce selection. But I was pretty overwhelmed by the vastness; I think I looked a bit like Dorothy when she first steps out of her house into Oz as I wandered around trying to find something as simple as lettuce. I did eventually find it, but not before first finding several fruits and veggies I’ve never heard of before.

The Container Store is one of those dangerous places that sells all kinds of cute little organizers and gadgets that you look at and think “oh yeah! I could definitely use that!” I am convinced that they pipe something into the store that affects the brain.

I have come across about 80 extra hangers in the unpacking process so far. Yet I saw these and went, oh they’re so bright and colorful! I should get some!

Our first day in the new house, and Doug spent it with our friends Greg and Michael, removing the old death-trap basement stairs and putting in a new flight.

here’s the stairs shortly after the guys got going. and I thought they were dangerous before!