Happy happy happy. Yet tired. After two straight days of shopping, and inumerable trips to Home Depot and Loew’s, I think I finally have everything I need for the basement (except for one galvanized pipe and four flanges). I’m really excited. I have accessories, paint, MDF, fabric, galvanized wire, eye hooks, and a dreeeeaaam… 🙂 And, believe it or not, I’m still way under budget. I rule! I can’t wait till it’s all done.
I had to run back to Home Depot and Loew’s today, which was only supposed to take a few minutes, but ended up taking until 4:00. Whoops. 🙂 But, that meant I got out of having to pack up the stuff that was already in the basement. I hadn’t planned it that way, Mom just got busy while we were gone. Thank goodness for that! Packing up the old stuff is my least favorite part of redecorating. Pretty much all I had to do was spackle up a bunch of holes in the wall – I am now the Queen of Spackle. Those walls were littered with holes! Which is part of the reason I wanted to redecorate. My mom likes the cluttered look, I don’t.
So, since I can’t really babble anymore about the basement in case my mom reads this (the basement’s a surprise, in case you forgot), I’ll post my list of random thoughts from yesterday. Here we go:
– It would be really funny if I married someone with any of the following names: Hearth, Heath, Colin Firth, or Feather.
– Sometimes I forget my big toe is gone. I try to wiggle it and I think it moves, but I look down and get rather shocked. Then I feel kind of stupid.
– I would love to build furniture.
– I think those body builders on those Bowflex commercials are icky.
– Sometimes sound effects make more sense then aowrds. “Oooo” is so much more fitting when you spot something “cute” while shopping, cause it says so much more. And besides, “cute” is so overused, but “Oooo” can have so many more meanings yet remain clear.
– Don’t make fun of Texas. I don’t know why. Just don’t. (You can say it smells bad, though, cause some of it smells like the place where skunks flock to die. But don’t be mean about it. Just state the facts and move on with life.) And remember, that’s right, you’re not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway. *
(Ten points if you know what song that’s from and who sang it.)
– Fashions fade, style is eternal.
– I’m really tired of strip mall architecture.
– I say “really” too much.
– I think the sound of an Irishman singing a traditional ballad is a soothing sound. I just recently discovered that.
– Ralph Fiennes has a great accent.
– I hate feeling sick.
– I don’t like Vin Diesel and I don’t get why he’s “cool”. From what I’ve seen, he scares me, and not in a nice David Bowie kind of way. He’s too cocky to be “cool”, and if I saw him in person I think I’d either rant at him, slap him, or run away.
– I wish I had a nicer voice.
– Which would be worse: Plenty of distant admirers but no love, or a pleasant flirtation with someone you know you could love, but nothing materializes into commitment?
– We’ve got some beans and some good cornbread,
And I listened to what the preacher said,
Now it’s to the Lord let praised be,
It’s time for dinner now let’s go eat.
(This is a bonus quiz worth an extra 15 points! [But really, I’ve just had this song stuck in my head.]) 🙂
– Boys: If you like a girl – as a friend or more, whatever – ask her out! A lot of girls end up feeling left out just cause you think she’ll say no when you ask. Here’s a tip: if they say no, they aren’t worth it anyway, and you’ve only further proven the worth of the girl who says yes. So there.
– Sometimes silence is even better than sound effects.
– I think it’s sick how magazine cover pictures are needlessly edited. Like Redbook trimming 2 inches off Cindy Crawford’s thigh and another two inches off her underarm. Why?!
– Back hair is absolutely disgusting.
And on that pleasant thought, I’m going to bed. Thoughts? Post them in my guestbook please. 🙂