Monthly Archive for September, 2006

Mean, clean, dancing queen

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on Thursday, September 21, 2006
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Mental note: the people in the hallway cannot hear the ABBA on my iPod, and therefore will greet my groovin’ and boppin’ to “Take a chance on me” with raised eyebrows and strange looks.

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Yesterday, I got GOODIES in the mail! SOAP! From our own Scented Serra! Four bars of Peachy Green Tea goodness for me, and two bars of manly Sweetgrass Cedarwood Sage for Kev. They all smell yummy. I’m happy to report that I used my peachy green tea soap last night, and NOT ONLY was the result a very squeaky clean ESC, but a very sweet smelling and soft-skinned ESC as well.

I recommend…no…no…what’s the word…demand! I DEMAND you all go to her site and request lots of soap. Her prices are reasonable, and she discounts if you buy 3 at a time.

So a big SHOUT OUT THANK YOU to Serra for the soap - it was a long time coming but the wait was totally worth it!

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OHMYGODI’MGETTINGMARRIEDINTWOWEEKSHOLYSHITI’MNOTREADY

ANDMYCONDOISAMESSANDMYPARENTSAREGOINGTOYELLATMEEEE!!

no mention of cabinets! wait…dammit!

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on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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In honor of “talk like a pirate day”

****now updated with picture goodness..err…ARRRR!****
arrrrrs and ahoys

arrrrr…the Steelers lost, cursed be the land of the swamp gators

arrrr…I broke one of me fancy nails on a can opener last night. hurt like fuck

arrrrr…me cells weren’t ready to spin down this morning, I could have slept in

arrrr…the sandwich shop was out of pickles, SCURVY KNAVES!

arrrrr…I am now afeared of diet coke

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ahoy! me cabinets (oops! sorry!) are almost done!

ahoy! me hair color be looking FABULOUS!

ahoy! I spent the morning doing wedding tasks and such

ahoy! we now have limo service for the wedding…uhh…arrrr!!!

ahoy! I drank sweet tea instead, the sweetness tis makin’ me drunk

ahoy! I’m going to make a pirate hat for halloween, help me decide which colors

AHOY! I got my nails filled in, and a little length cut off - now I can type somewhat normally! Here is a pic. With gratuitous gemstone view. It’s hard to see, but the nail tips are silvery.

pretty nails

While I was there, I decided to go for the eyebrow wax. I didn’t have furry man-brows, or anything, but I wanted to clean up the edges, and I’ve never had them waxed before.

YEEOUCH! The little vietnamese woman kept laughing at me. Sadistic bitch.

Arrrr…me eyebrows are on FIRE!

freshly waxed

Don’t mind me, I’m just STARING DIRECTLY INTO YOUR SOUL!!!

OH MY GOD MORE CABINET STUFF!

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on Monday, September 18, 2006
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ESC: Kev! if the steelers lose, I’m afraid you’re not going to get anything tonight.

Kev: Oh REEEALLY? Maybe I’ll take back all those cabinets, then.

ESC: UH HUH! YOU COULD TRY!

a dry run of the countertop fitting.

dry fit

it’s actually a dark grey faux granite - it just looks black in the picture.
we’re going on without moving the chairrail. For the reason I said in the comments below, because it’s easier, and because the pre-cut holes in the cabinets match up perfectly with the chairrail and we can drill RIGHT into it!

So NOW the problem is…there is a bulge in the wall, preventing the countertop from fitting in square.

I wish I had the bastard who built this condo so that I could WRING HIS CROOKED UN-PLUMBED NECK!!!

bonus boring bit - I dyed my hair tonight!  it was the most productive thing I did all day, aside from snap the two hinges in one door in the pic above.  Fingers crossed I won’t look like an oranged haired freak for my wedding!

oh just shut the fuck up

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on Monday, September 18, 2006
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OK, yeah, it wasn’t the smartest thing the pope has ever said.  But why the total freak outs and “we hate you even mores” now?  WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO WALK ON EGGSHELLS AROUND THE MOST OBNOXIOUSLY VOCAL OF THE MUSLIM WORLD?  NO CARTOONS OF WHATISNAME!  NO QUOTES THAT PUT THEM IN A BAD LIGHT!!  BOO HOO!  DO YOU WANT YOUR ASS WIPED WITH A GOLDEN CLOTH, TOO???

SHUT UP AND LEARN TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE!  You know, 9/11 did a HELL of a lot more than hurt our feelings, and where’s the moral outrage from the muslim world?

God I’m so fucking sick of this shit!

cabinet sanchez

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on Monday, September 18, 2006
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So after 3 hours at IKEEEEA where we had to wait for them to get our order together, then tell us that a set of doors we bought were out of stock, and THEN giving us the wrong size countertop (which thankfully was obvious when Kev loaded into his truck)…

Progress on the cabinets.

First, why we need cabinets in the dining room:

what we're replacing

yeah, really. what the hell? There is no storage in my tiny crap kitchen.

here are the cabinet frames assembled:

all lined up

see how the chair rail peeks above the cabinets? that’s going to interfere with the countertop. we have two options. Remove the chair rail where it overlaps with the cabinets. Or…

shelves added

now with shelf goodness. The legs under the cabinets are adjustable. So we raised them up until the cabinets were ABOVE the chair rail. Kev does’t like this method, though, because:

is that chair rail an issue?
It leaves gaps around the edges.

He wants to remove the chair rail, patch, and paint. But all I can say is DO EET QUICKLY then, because I want my cabinets! Plus the countertop is taking up alot of room.

the countertop awaits

I also have to put the doors on. We’re missing the doors to the middle cabinet, and the far left cabinet will eventually have a drawer. Both were out of stock, but should come in in a couple of weeks.

And then…I will be able to PUT THINGS AWAY! BLISS!!!

After we’re done with the cabinets, I also want to put a shelf above them for even more storage. Then redo the kitchen counters to match the countertop in the dining room.

OH! additional funny Ikea story. We’re checking out, and we have the sheets with all the cabinet info and prices we got from the cabinet design guy, and then some stuff for Sadie. I set the papers and the two plastic doggy bowls (for traveling!) on the checkout counter, and proceed to chat with Kev while the nice lady rings up our purchases ($350 in cabinets, $1.50 in dog bowls) and we’re about to leave to go pick up our cabinets…when..what’s this thing I’ve been carrying under my arm?

A stuffed dog toy. Oops.

I apologize to the checkout lady (who I don’t think even noticed), had her ring it up quickly and just payed for it in cash. But OH MY GOD, just my luck to be kicked out of Ikea for shoplifting a $2 STUFFED DOG TOY after spending $350 ON CABINETS!!!

dammit, my brain is fried lately.