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dancerjodiWork has been a bit odd lately, a combination of busy and frustrating. More to say on this, but it would be easier in person :)
I walked again last night, this time faster and longer (ooh baby!), about 40 minutes. I found a good route that I can stick to and easily lengthen as I get faster. I also ran into a woman that lives on my parent's street who's been a neighborhood walker for decades - I should have expected that! It was much colder this week, but silk long underwear under my clothes and a fleece hoodie did wonders. Next time, I'll remember the scarf so that my face is kept warm (the hood and ear-covering headband didn't cut it.
We made a "white chili", which was basically a spicy chicken soup from the Penzey's "One" magazine 2 issues back. YUM! It was one of their 'pirate' recipes (quick and simple to pull together) and we'll definitely make it again. After dinner and hitting Hannaford we settled into the den to watch Evil Dead 1 in celebration of Ash Wednesday (R, its the first time since I've known you that I've remembered to do this). The cheese is so good!
We should be by goffee tonight, will see Ultraviolet on Friday with NEG folks, Saturday is up in the air (anyone going to Dark Intentions?) and on Sunday we'll be at the ABC pre-Oscars party. Busy busy! I'm hoping to get some small things done around the house though.
As the weather gets closer to being warmer I'm definitely inspired to work on the house! We've been talking about getting a new front door to the house since the one on ours is kind of beat up (and for some strange reason the former homeowners painted it bright BLUE). Given that the door still works just fine and its original to the house, we're just going to paint it a color that's not obnoxious. We also have these ugly shutters w/ the horse + buggy things on them http://www.diabolis.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=204&pos=2 . I was thinking that we should just take them down and replace with a color that's not ugly, but after walking yesterday I found tons of houses that didn't have shutters of all, and it didn't look bad. I wonder, did Victorian homes originally have them at all? Our house is generally a victorian style (more than colonial), though its not as ornate. I'd like to stick with tradition as much as we can. :) Getting those things off would be a pain (we'd need to rent a huge ladder, and getting them off the front of the house would be interesting), but I think it would look SO much nicer. This http://www.bobvila.com/ArticleLibrary/Task/Building/Shutters.html seems to indicate that shutter use died out in the Victorian period (makes sense, why would they be concerned about function with homes so extravagent?). Many photos of victorians don't have them. Hrm. Thoughs? Other external work will be fixing our back porch (making it safe) and if we're up for it, I'd like to repair, scrape and paint the front (wouldn't be too much work). Our front steps and brickwork in the front yard need some masonry repair too. Brian, regretting marrying a contractor's daughter yet? ;)
I walked again last night, this time faster and longer (ooh baby!), about 40 minutes. I found a good route that I can stick to and easily lengthen as I get faster. I also ran into a woman that lives on my parent's street who's been a neighborhood walker for decades - I should have expected that! It was much colder this week, but silk long underwear under my clothes and a fleece hoodie did wonders. Next time, I'll remember the scarf so that my face is kept warm (the hood and ear-covering headband didn't cut it.
We made a "white chili", which was basically a spicy chicken soup from the Penzey's "One" magazine 2 issues back. YUM! It was one of their 'pirate' recipes (quick and simple to pull together) and we'll definitely make it again. After dinner and hitting Hannaford we settled into the den to watch Evil Dead 1 in celebration of Ash Wednesday (R, its the first time since I've known you that I've remembered to do this). The cheese is so good!
We should be by goffee tonight, will see Ultraviolet on Friday with NEG folks, Saturday is up in the air (anyone going to Dark Intentions?) and on Sunday we'll be at the ABC pre-Oscars party. Busy busy! I'm hoping to get some small things done around the house though.
As the weather gets closer to being warmer I'm definitely inspired to work on the house! We've been talking about getting a new front door to the house since the one on ours is kind of beat up (and for some strange reason the former homeowners painted it bright BLUE). Given that the door still works just fine and its original to the house, we're just going to paint it a color that's not obnoxious. We also have these ugly shutters w/ the horse + buggy things on them http://www.diabolis.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=204&pos=2 . I was thinking that we should just take them down and replace with a color that's not ugly, but after walking yesterday I found tons of houses that didn't have shutters of all, and it didn't look bad. I wonder, did Victorian homes originally have them at all? Our house is generally a victorian style (more than colonial), though its not as ornate. I'd like to stick with tradition as much as we can. :) Getting those things off would be a pain (we'd need to rent a huge ladder, and getting them off the front of the house would be interesting), but I think it would look SO much nicer. This http://www.bobvila.com/ArticleLibrary/Task/Building/Shutters.html seems to indicate that shutter use died out in the Victorian period (makes sense, why would they be concerned about function with homes so extravagent?). Many photos of victorians don't have them. Hrm. Thoughs? Other external work will be fixing our back porch (making it safe) and if we're up for it, I'd like to repair, scrape and paint the front (wouldn't be too much work). Our front steps and brickwork in the front yard need some masonry repair too. Brian, regretting marrying a contractor's daughter yet? ;)
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Date: 2006-03-02 02:22 pm (UTC)That's about a 10 minute drive for us. If you and the boy are going, we can probably make it. We can also take you to our fav cafe nearby for afters if you're interested.
Please DO let me know if you decide to go, I need to get out this Saturday night.