babe I'm leavin...

You all will just have to do without me for the next little bit. I'm off to Orlando on Monday for my company's annual manager's meeting. I've been packing, doing all the required paperwork, and shopping for new clothes that don't have ring-around-the-collar or burn holes in them. But mostly I've been wasting vast amounts of my free time on Facebook.

I didn't mean to join, I was just curious about it. The nice thing is, it allows you to make your page private, so only people you authorize can view it. That was my problem, the only way I could see if I liked it was to join. So I did. Turns out, there were several of my cousins on there that I don't get to talk to often as well as some fraternity sisters and high school friends I had lost touch with.

Oh, fear not my darlings. I will not abandon this blog you all adore so. I enjoy getting to write (when I actually have an intelligent idea) and quite frankly, facebook is sorta cluttered. People have all kinds of clip art, newsreels, trivia, and polls that make who they are and what they're doing difficult to find. I get great satisfaction in simply writing about what I know and posting pictures from my life. Simple is good.

But anyway. I'll try not to get into any trouble next week. And I promise to post plenty of pictures if I do.

floor hell

I'm wicked proud of my man. He spent the past two summers ripping up that uber-funky green carpet out of our house and installing the most beautiful hardwood floor. I don't have many "before" photos to post (they're all on my old computer which is currently in a coma) so you'll have to just scroll through my old posts or just use your imagination.

Last summer we did the living room, dining room, foyer, and hallway. The foyer wasn't carpet. It was bright white ceramic bathroom tile. Gag. Notice the curtains in the dining room, or should I say "curtain". The cat managed to tear most of it down for us. I suppose it was his way of protesting the use of old-lady lacy crap in our house. Can't say I disagree.

The bedroom was such a pain. The bed is way too big and heavy to disassemble and move out of the room, so we had to shift it around during the whole process. The results were worth all the shoving and glue-scrubbing and bickering. He did not appreciate how I kept sneaking out when he wasn't looking to watch the Olympics.

We also have a room that we really didn't use much until we finished the floor. This room is begging for a pool table, but I doubt we'll ever get one. I spent almost $150 (ouch!) on these curtains and the rod, so an additional five grand for something we'll use twice a year is not too likely. But we can still dream.

All in all, the house looks great, a huge difference from what it looked like when we bought it four years ago. My man and I did purty good, if I do say so myself. Drop me some comments and let me know what you think!