Sunset Cat

Ocean view from our deck

‘New’ dining room set, off of Craig’s List

Blue table

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We’ve decided to paint the kitchen and kitchen nook walls a creamy white (Air 2 in Satin Yolo paint from the Living Green store in Culver City). For the cabinets we’ve chosen a jade/turquoise-y color that will have to be matched (I have a small bowl/dish that has the color we want). Hardware-wise [...]

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The Solvang ride didn’t go so well for me. (The wine tasting etc was wonderful though.)
The Turkey Trot did — about 8 min faster than last year. Yay!
Training for the Carlsbad Half is going okay — I’m obviously getting faster.
Sorry so short, posting from work — we still don’t have internet access at [...]

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We did buy that neat old Hoosier cabinet on Craig’s List. It’s the perfect size for our kitchen and gives much-needed extra storage. I can also display some of my teapots and tea cups on the shelves fronted by the glass door.
We also found another 1950s Wedgewood stove on Craig’s List that had been [...]

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The current stove has great burners but the dial for the oven was damaged at some point recently and we can’t use the oven. We were wanting to get a vintage stove anyway, but now want to find one as soon as possible. (Dave is dying for me to make him some cookies.)
We’re [...]

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The to-do list for the house keeps getting longer and longer!
We’re moved in to the point it’s presentable except for the deck, which we’ll neaten up this weekend. (Presentable = no boxes, bookcases filled, knick-knacks displayed, but I still have to re-organize the linen closet and kitchen closets a little.) It’s been a [...]

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Tonight will be our first night in our new house! I’m working today so Dave and his mom Rosemary got to supervise the movers and clean the old house. (If I’m contracted to work a day, in my mind the only things that will make it okay for me to not make it [...]

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