Home Improvement

So I’ve been working on making a new duvet cover for our bedroom. Last Summer we painted our room and the new color just doesn’t work with the old cover, which we actually really like. (Do any of you want a really nice queen-sized duvet cover—black chenille with an understated gold/green palm tree pattern? I can send a picture!) Because, for one, the construction of the new cover is a little tricky—more than just sewing four seams and calling it a day—but mostly because I’m generally SLOW, I was up late with my sewing machine last night. In the wee hours of the morning HGTV has “Paid Programming” and I had it running in the background thinking they couldn’t possibly have anything on an infomercial that would interest me. Sadly I was wrong. Actually, not sadly…I’m super excited!! As soon as I get my new floors (more on that below) I’m totally getting the Shark Steam Mop!! And though I can’t actually justify buying it (mainly because I don’t think I’ve ever really finished a craft project—did I mention that I’m SLOW?), I REALLY, REALLY want the Cricut Expressions Cutting Machine. I’m thinking that maybe I’ll just try their $33 try-it-for-a-month offer and do everything I want to do during that time. (Yeah…that’s going to happen! Did I mention that I’m SLOW?)

Now for my floors…a couple of weeks ago we noticed that our floor boards in the dining/piano room adjacent to the back of the refrigerator were discolored. AB pulled out the refrigerator and found the culprit—a slow drip at the valve. Long story short, I have a crew in here today tenting and sawing and ripping my floors and walls in the kitchen and dining room to find and eliminate mold. I guess they’ve already found the mold and now they are trying to find how far it goes. After they “certify” that we are mold free, they will then rip up the rest of the floors and replace them. Seeing as it took me five months to finish my small bathroom redo, I wonder how long it will take to decide what to replace the floor with.

At least this gives me a legitimate excuse for not cooking. I think I may just leave the refrigerator where it is now—handy for grabbing what you need when you're at the table. Note that my duvet-making sweat shop has been temporarily shut down. That table area looks a lot bigger in the picture than it actually is. Hmmm...