I’ve played the piano since I was 5, though I haven’t played in the last almost 15 years. For complicated reasons. But this winter I decided to try to play again, and it turns out that the piano I learned
Balance versus Perfection
So I tend to be the kind of person who has two speeds – 0 and 110. There is no in-between, it’s all-or-nothing. This is how I can be a person who so desperately craves order, stability, and tidiness and
Tackling Projects Family Style
So my lovely parents came to visit me this weekend, largely to help me buy a car, because the last time I bought a car it was a really weaselly high pressure sale situation and I didn’t want to do
Cat + Blinds + Can of air = Hilarity
Cat: nomnomnom Anna: “NO!” Cat: nomnomnom Anna: /swat Cat: nomnomnom Anna: FSSSSSSSHHHT! Cat: OSHITSCRAMBLEVANISH (I don’t know where the squirt gun is, or normally I’d have used that. But the can of air on my desk from cleaning out the
Movin’ Right Along
The kitchen is de-wallpapered, plastered, primed, and painted. All 83 cabinets/drawers have new hardware (It only took my buying out THREE Home Stores to get enough.) The refrigerator is plugged in and working. The dishwasher has a new “stainless” front
Making hay while the sun shines
Thursday we closed on the house. Friday, my dad and grandparents came with a truck of stuff from their storage unit that had been saved for us in the new house. Since their arrival, Spaceship Husband and I have been
Box Physics
When your stuff is put away in your house, it looks normal. As soon as you put open boxes and begin to pack your stuff, it expands to 3 times its original size. Once you close the boxes, you are