100,000

Ok, so this was back on April 21st, but I wanted to share that my "baby" has turned 100,000 miles! Poor thing! I bought my car on February 13th, 2003, with a mere 102 miles on it. It had to be brought up from Austin to Dallas, Texas. That weekend, I promptly drove it from Plano, Texas (just north of Dallas) to Los Angeles, California. Then a mere 3 months later, I drove it from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The long way! I stopped in Houston, Dallas, and drove through the southern states, then up the coast. Poor car! I put a few thousand on it in record time. Anyhow, just thought I would share!

Another before and after

Before: (Don't mind the mess on the floor!) Rather dull shelving, quite not pretty.
And after! I painted the shelves an intriguing "Lyndhurst Mahogany" and added brackets to support all those way too heavy nursing books!

All put back together, add a nicer chair, and presto-chango! I am just so tickled "Tangerine Dream" over the end product!

More as they come, but first, I'm off to go surfing!!! It's good to be me!

Giving

Today, I gave blood.

Good for me! It's a great weight loss strategy, not to mention an interesting way to meet people. Of course, there is the added benefit of helping others, but, hey, I do that all day long, right?

I find it interesting the adversions to giving blood. The biggest, of course, being because of the freakishly large bore needle they jam into your arm. Today they decided (ok, they didn't decide...) to "nick" a nerve. Oy de mi does that smart!!! Luckily, I am all better now, tingle free and not bleeding.

Anyhow, I would love to post more pictures of my home, but, alas, I am at work, and do not have access to my pictures.

Oh! I know another reason I wanted to post! I took a Zumba class last night, and was reminded again that I am certainly my mother's daughter, and also that I am, indeed, white. Which translates to "unable to pat head and rub belly." It was fun, and admittedly it was funny to try to figure out just how exactly to step left-right-left-hop-left-right-left-hop, while waving arms lefthigh-righthigh-leftlow-rightlow-roll-lefthigh etc.

I am glad they do not allow cameras in gyms!!!

And the brown shade:

And the brown shade I call "Percussion Nevermore."

And I call this color...

In fun response to my dear mother's take on my "inspiration", I have decided to make up my own names for these shades. This shade is "Polite Snobbery." Inside the window is "Mermaid's tales," and the wall is "Mermaid's envy."

Making strides

I got to use a hack saw!!!! I made serious improvements in my home.
Vast improvements!
And the guest bathroom! This is the old version...

And the new and WAY improved!!!

Does anyone else see mermaid tails in this?

More before and afters

I don"t recall if I had mentioned it before, but my home came with a lifesize palmtree. Artistic, yes. But it had to go!!!

The 1st palm tree before and after.

No more palm tree!
Blue walls before...

...and after in the shade of Tangerine Dream.

Then I got electrically inclined while waiting for the paint to dry. It sure takes a lot of coats to get rid of smurf blue!!! This was the entry way lighting. Dull. Before...

And after! I had purchased a light on clearance for a whopping $13! Can't beat that, eh? So much happier!

This is the not so pretty "before" picture of the light in the living room. Yawn and yuck! Before...

And after! Also on clearance! Only $25 marked down from $80.

This was the very last box to be unpacked. Wonder what's inside....

Chargers jersey!!!! Woo hooo!!!!

So here's the nearly finished product. I've got freshly painted base boards.

It's a Tangerine Dream to finally have my own home! Thanks for coming to visit! More pictures to come as I finish other rooms.