Category Chez moi
The House: Curtain’s up!
Happy news for future house guests: You can now bathe without awkwardly drenching the guest bathroom with water and/or traipsing (even more awkwardly) upstairs to the shower in the master bathroom! That’s because I turned this: “Oh, I know,” said the idiot who designed this bathroom, “I’ll design a bathroom where there’s no way to hang […]
The House: Painting begins!
When I bought my new house in early September, I vowed that the first thing I would do would be to repaint the inside. The builder had covered the walls in a warm, creamy white — and if there’s one thing I hate, it’s warm, creamy white walls, because as far as I’m concerned, that’s […]
The House: Moving Day!
Finally, at long last, and FOR PETE’S SAKE, I moved into my new place today! I technically have another month before I need to be out of my old place, and I had hoped to paint and redo some light fixtures (and maybe trim some more moss?) before moving in, but apparently Lesson No. 1 […]
The House: Of Moss and Men
This weekend’s house story is one of me winning against nature — and by “nature,” I mean “the moss that’s growing all over my back patio.” The moss itself isn’t a problem. In fact, after seeing moss gardens like this one . . . Zen garden at Tofoku-ji shrine . . . in Japan this […]
The House: Lightbulbs and yard work
At 4:14pm on Friday, my realtor called to congratulate me: The closing was complete; I was officially Seattle’s newest homeowner. Wahoo! Not surprisingly, I ditched work immediately to go get the keys and savor my entree into the landed class. Not that there’s all that much land involved here (just the fraction of an acre beneath […]
Big News
I’M HAVING A BABY!!! Just kidding. That would be super weird and kind of biologically impossible. But given that this news has prompted my parents (who don’t travel except for grandchildren) to start planning a trip to visit me, I guess it’s basically the same thing. So here’s the real news: I’M BUYING A HOUSE!!! […]
Camping no more
So my last post from almost TWO WEEKS AGO left you with a pretty bleak picture: Yours truly coming home from a crazy new job to an empty apartment, where I had nothing but a sleeping bag and a bicycle to protect me from the bitter elements, and where the lack of Internet and lamps […]
Urban camping
Well, I’m here. Seattle! My new home. Scratch that. Seattle is where I now live, but it’s not quite home yet. For one thing, while I have an apartment, I don’t have anything to put in that apartment. I’m literally sleeping on the floor and eating with paper plates. If all goes well, the movers […]
Deck the halls!
Snow turning to sleet and freezing rain with fog and mist? Perfect. I decorated for Christmas yesterday, so all I needed was a dusting of snow to put the finishing touch on the look — how nice of Mother Nature to oblige! Time to light some candles, turn on the Christmas music and curl up […]
Container Gardens, Year 3 – Focus on color and texture
Spring and summer are my favorite seasons. The days are long and bright and warm, and I get to plant my balcony gardens. I finished all my planting about a month ago and have enjoyed watching them grow. Every morning I sit on the balcony to eat a piece of fruit and soak in the colors and […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 