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susandennisIt's kind of strange to have a half holiday when you are unemployed. This is what my Kiwi friend, Scott, calls a faux holiday. The money people and the government have off and everyone else is working. Except those of us who aren't.
Lee, the brownie baking neighbor, keeps talking about walking with me. She does training for the postal service so she has today off. I tell her that we walk at 7:45 and if she's not here by 8, I leave without her. And today she showed up! It was very different to walk with someone. She's a good walking companion. She totally gets checking out all the cool stuff you never see if you are in a car - like inside windows and down alleys and stuff. We even found a pink bathtub today. Good fun.
The Home Show is going on at the Exhibition Center next to the stadium. Fran and I are going tomorrow. When I asked if she wanted to go, I suggested Monday or Tuesday without even thinking. She said Tuesday and thankgod. Holiday... Home Show... ugh. Tomorrow will be much better. Lee and I did window peeking at it this morning and it looks crammed with stuff.
As we got back to the condo, I told her about my foam headboard project and she said she wanted to go to Home Depot which is near the foam place so when we finished with the walk, we hopped into the car and off we went. It was nice to have someone to help with the decision - high density or not, 50" long or 45, covering fabric. She did great.
Then home to assemble. Turned out to be way easier a project than I thought and I love it. It is visually interesting, a lot easier than wrestling a bunch of pillows and provides nice padding for leaning against when I read. Even Jake approves although I did have to interupt his nap to change the sheets.
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Date: 2004-02-16 01:04 pm (UTC)I am currently playing around witha twin futon and a polartec blanket we had lying around the house. Needs some straightening up to look really good, but is getting there.
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Date: 2004-02-16 03:01 pm (UTC)Hand made quilt?
It's gorgeous
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Date: 2004-02-16 03:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-16 07:50 pm (UTC)Should keep you from grabbing that electrical cord and braining yourself with the lamp in your sleep, too. *grin*
OK...I'll bite. Where's the entry when you get canned?
Date: 2004-02-16 07:52 pm (UTC)I told you once and I'll say it again. There's a fortune to be made in Kevlar macrame owls. It's time to start looking for venture capital, pronto.
Re: OK...I'll bite. Where's the entry when you get canned?
Date: 2004-02-16 08:39 pm (UTC)But, that does not denegrate the value of your Kevlar macrame owls idea... not one bit. Off to Craig's List to check out the possibilities!
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Date: 2004-02-16 07:54 pm (UTC)me likes the headboard. so cheery and comfy.
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Date: 2004-02-16 08:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-16 10:24 pm (UTC)Can I get details?
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Date: 2004-02-17 08:20 am (UTC)I did think that maybe I was going to have to fashion some kind of way to fasten it to the bed or to the wall, but it sits there just very nicely and survived the first night perfectly.
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Date: 2004-02-17 08:28 am (UTC)I've seen them use hook and loop tape on Trading Spaces for stuff like that - there's probably even industrial strength sticky stuff at Home Depot.
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Date: 2004-02-17 08:35 am (UTC)I'm not at all sure it will need to be secured. So far, it's sitting there just fine and doesn't not appear to be going anywhere. BUT if it does need reinforcement, I'm thinking two or three yard stick sized (but longer) sticks that would go from floor, along wall, between bed and wall and then slip into the fabric on the back of the foam. I could easily lift it off the sticks if I needed to.
Thats what I'm thinking now... If I need to secure it...
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Date: 2004-02-17 12:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-17 10:36 am (UTC)And of COURSE the cat on the bed really makes this the money shot.
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Date: 2004-02-17 10:40 am (UTC)What a creative idea!
Date: 2004-02-17 08:19 pm (UTC)-Thom