Almost there…
Painting is finally done. Had to borrow some scaffolding just to get around the beams in that ceiling.
Outlets and switches are replaced. New carpet comes in tomorrow. Need to do a lot of cleanup. Moving in less than a week.
Bwah!
Bene scribete.
I hate painting.
Hate it, hate it, hate it.
I’d forgotten how much I did, since it’s been so long since I’ve had to. I knew it was going to make me regret taking on renovations, but part of me was hoping I was just being pessimistic, and it wouldn’t be as bad as all that.
I wasn’t, and it is.
Been over there until 1:00 A.M. in the morning every night for the last couple weeks, and there’s still so much to do…! It’s mostly because the expensive supposedly-the-best paint I got is just terrible. Its coverage is streaky and uneven, showing splotches of the old stuff underneath even after two or three thick slathered-on coats. I was just hoping for a little more from $1,500 of paint, you know?
But enough complaining. The first part of the new flooring is in, and it’s looking pretty snazzy.
(…hate painting!)
Bene scribete.
I think the previous owners of this place had a vendetta against walls. Pulled about three pounds of nails, screws, and hooks out of them last weekend.
Here’s one wall, for example. All of those little spots are spackled holes.
Yikes.
Well, back to painting…
Bene scribete.
Finally closed on the short sale I’ve been chasing since April, despite all manner of aggravating complications.
Now begins the arduous and all-consuming process of blasting through rapid renovations – and then the whole moving thing – all before needing to head back out to L.A. in a month.
…gah!
Bene scribete.
To promote the upcoming release of the second volume in Shauna Scheets‘s series of steampunk shorts (say that five times fast!), the first – Watched Time – is free on Kindle today [9-27-14].
Give it a look! And if you feel so inclined, it’s follow-up – Gunpowder and Lights – is available for pre-order (99¢ on Kindle, due for release on October 15, 2014).
Bene scribete.
I came across this sign posted near the employee break room at a Lowe’s in Meridian, and found it too delightfully absurd not to capture.
I guess they’re trying to make some sort of statement about…workplace precautionary responsibilities…? I don’t even know, but it comes off as a hilarious micro-encapsulation – a reductio ad absurdum – of the whole security vs. freedom polarity.
But you’re right, Lowe’s – it’s hard to be in any less danger than in a state of utter existential stagnation. (>^-‘)>
Bene scribete.
Ever get an uncontextualized picture message from an unknown number strange enough that you have to respond in kind?
Yeah. Apparently I do.
Bene scribete.
Just wanted to spread the word that Shauna Scheets‘s Lost Time – second volume in the Caillte Saíocht prequel trilogy – released this week!
As a promotional bonus, the first volume – Ascha – will be free on Kindle today and tomorrow (9/7 – 9/8), so go check it out if you haven’t yet!
Bene scribete.
I would like to find a perfect bunny.
One with shape and color to acclaim,
And whose fur is soft as silk and honey.
I would like to know that bunny’s name.
This Himalayan rabbit was very nearly perfect. Alas, my blurry photograph does the bunny justice not.
Bene scribete.
Berry Oreos
Seem like a tasty notion.
This is not the case.
I like different flavored Oreos (mint, chocolate, peanut butter – they’re all great). Raspberry and chocolate together are kind of fantastic. So a raspberry oreo seems like a winning combination, right?
Nabisco disagrees. Instead, they figure a hypersweet powdery paste of Trix and Cap’n Crunch berries between Oreo wafers would be a better idea.
It is not. Just so you know.
Bene edite.
Writin' Fish 