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Friday, November 13, 2009

Closing Day



Today is my closing day for THE Apartment, a.k.a. the day I became poor. I have a slim budget, as in almost none. I would in an ideal world like to redo EVERYTHING, and knock down a wall or two. I think I am most anxious to redo the kitchen. We spend a good amount of time cooking so doing that would make me very happy. Right now, the kitchen is non-functional for cooking. Before moving in, if there is extra money floating around, I will replace the crappy floors in the living room (if I had the dough, I'd replace ALL of the flooring).

This weekend I hope to buy some paint (as soon as we decide on the colors). Paint is the cheapest and biggest impact way to renovate so we will do that. I will post some before and afters soon.

Above is a picture of our yellow couch, sitting patiently in Pittsburgh. I'm not sure when we can move it east. We'll see. For now, guests will be invited to sit on floor cushions.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Oh so nice


Sweeper Rona Chang

I finally tried out the Parks and Recs pool in Flushing Meadow Park. It's oh so nice. While it's heavily used, it's well maintained. There's 10 lap lanes all the time and a wall of windows so you can see daylight! And what a bargain if you can get to one, especially if you are over 55. I have to trek a bit to get there by train but while it's still halfway decent out I'm going to be a trooper and try to go 2x a week.

(Shakers make the nicest brooms. Almost makes me want to sweep.)