Escalator Temporarily Stairs.

This is hilarious...

Things you never knew you knew

Apparently, I know how to fix pool filters. Who knew?

I opened up the 5 way valve converter and put a rubber ring back in place.

Wow...

I'm a plumber! :-D

Updates on house

We've been busy!!

We've painted the kitchen "grape leaf green" and the cabinets and trim "tawny port" which is a deep mahogany type color.

The above curtain is in the kitchen - I made it! I saw the fabric, and knew that was what I wanted in the kitchen.

I also made curtains in the living room. Those were more difficult, since they were bigger, and the fabric was also a pain the tookus to work with - it was silky, which meant that it slid everywhere while trying to work on it!

Don't worry - those aren't stains in the above photos - just a weird lighting phenomenon.

We've also done some decorating in the living room. It has a somewhat asian-inspired feel to it. The MIL helped us out there-she had tons of scrolls to hang on the walls. She had previously done her living room in a similar style, but has recently redecorated.

Looking a gift horse in the mouth...

When I first read the headline, I felt really bad for this family.
Then I read the story.

Are these people nuts? You win the chance of a lifetime - you get a house built for you - a DREAM house no less, and you SQUANDER it all away? You live in a decrepit house with a faulty septic system, and hundreds of volunteers raze it to the ground to build you the most gorgeous house within miles, and you use it as collateral for a $450,000 loan for some business venture? What is wrong with these people?! That wasn't enough? It's not like they were paying a mortgage, I am sure of that. (that would kind of stink if ABC built you a house and stuck you with the bill LOL)

Wow - some people just don't know when to quit.