Bed Built!

Almost there... after another 12 hrs of labor, construction is complete. Now all that remains is to finish the piece--prime a few more areas, add more wallpaper to the shelves, paint the outside wood areas, and upholster the top. That's all.

Bed-Building Day

I like to lean against the large cushions while in bed, but they take up 10 inches of the bed's length so my toes are unpleasanty close to the end of the mattress when I sleep. So I came up with the obvious solution to put the cushions on a 10 inch shelf behind the bed. But then I realized I could simultaneously solve the problem of no nightstands by extending the shelf and adding lower shelves on each side. Yesterday I designed the unit and purchased the materials. I even fit all the 8 foot boards in the car myself. Today I build. This is what I've accomplished in 4 hours.

Bathmat Cats

It's cute when Rambo and Merlin are buddies.

Mint Personal Finance Software

I haven't tried this software, since it's not yet available. But since I want to try the beta I am dutifully putting this link to their website on my blog.

But Did They Set It Up Themselves?

I just read that some presidential candidates set up profiles on My Space. I am flabbergasted since I recently tried this myself. It hadn't occurred to me earlier to set up a page since, well, why would I need that? Apparently I need that to get one of my friend's email addresses off the site, so I filled out the questionnaire and have a space. But I've got to tell you, I don't get it. I actually found a product I want to beta test that required a link on My Space to qualify. Great! But heck if I could figure out how to add a link! I finally got the link to show up, but I don't think I did it right. So I don't know how I feel about politicians getting into this since I can't imagine they have any idea about how it all works and it's just their staff typing it all in. I swear, it's easier to make a page using RoR than My Space.

Fancy Target!

I got directions to the Target in Irvine, CA but had a heck of a time finding the place. There as a shopping mall with department stores, so I was looking for a nearby lot that would have the Target, pharmacy, video rental type of stores. No such luck. I eventually found the Target behind this fancy facade. But inside was just a plain old regular Target.

Above the Park

This photo doesn't do the garden justice. I'm dining at the 8th floor cafe at Saks and have a bird's eye view of the skating rink at Rock Center, and above that, two rooftop gardens. They're lovely
formal affairs, but I find it interesting that the occasional garden visitors don't seem to be nearly as fashionable as the lunchtime crowd in here. Yet I doubt any of the garden strollers wish they
were here instead, primarily since I doubt they even know this cafe exists, let alone that we can watch them like ants under glass.

Sleeping On the Ceiling

We have been eagerly awaiting delivery of the new mattress we purchased back in December. I knew what headboard I wanted, just where the bed would be positioned, what I would hang on the wall above the bed. But now I have to rethink everything! This bed is so high I must hop up into it, and I'm not short! It's a good thing we have 9' ceilings! For scale I took this photo showing the nightstand we used with our old bed; it's top was even with the top of the mattress. Clearly, I need to find an alternate solution.

Food Poisoning-Shmoisoning

On Tuesday night I got sick from eating food for the first time in 11 years! I could hardly believe what was happening to me! I vomited, had a fever, ached all over, couldn't eat, didn't have the
strength to get out of bed. Unpleasant and wholly unexpected. I'm out of pain now but still exhausted, although I did manage to take a shower. Stepping on the scale I expected the small consolation of temporarily having lost weight. Alas! Am I the first person ever to emerge from food poisoning and GAIN weight? Now that's adding insult to injury.

Sheik Chandelier

With considerable difficulty, I installed this chandelier in our bedroom. Terry and I imagined what the inside of an arab prince's tent looks like (based on little more than our imaginations ) and agreed that I would decorate the bedroom with that in mind. Now that I don't have to work in the office anymore, I've started to fix up the apartment. This fixture is the first item I've selected for the bedroom.