Life in the Cheese Drawer

we had a close one on the house. we were one of two a couple was looking at, then they decided to go with the other one. ugh. this is getting old!

look what i did

1. got a chair rail and paint today and made the dining room pretty! slowly but surely this house is coming together.
2. i can’t believe it’s november already. that means that cold and icky have arrived. i hate being cold! i wish it would be 75 and partly cloudy all year except for december, when it can be 25 degrees and snow for christmas. then go back to 75 once january comes around.
3. i got my holiday schedule for work (meaning days production will be closed, but we don’t get holiday pay for them): day after thanksgiving, xmas eve close at noon, day after xmas off, new year eve close at 5 p.m., then work day after new years (??? it’s a friday for god’s sake!! close down the place!!). anyway, that is what’s up for any scheduling purposes with anyone who wants to do something around christmas (like MOA or maybe go visit colettie).
4. i am looking forward to hosting thanksgiving, but someone needs to come help me the night before!!!!
5. racism is alive and well in central minnesota: nate’s coworkers keep complaining they can’t believe "that n-word" is president. nate comes home at lunch and yells, "all aboard the hate train!!!" and to boot, someone commented on one of my facebook friend’s walls that s. africa had a black president and the country went to pot. apparently that means ours will too. sometimes i wonder about the human race. well, the white race in particular.

life has been fairly monotonous. i have finally gotten all unpacked except for two boxes in the bedroom, and now that i’ve painted my dresser, those can be unpacked soon. craigslist has been my friend lately. i got an awesome world market coffee table that sells for $400 for $60 and is now sitting in my living (sitting) room. there’s so much stuff we want to do and so little money and time to do it in. #1 is deck and garden next spring. knock down wall in basement. fix lawn. nate gets free granite from work, but he doesnt’ want to spend money on a new sink and faucet (??? i say wtf too).
this weekend i am going to the cities to see my sisters! yay! we are going shopping uptown (no rain) or the MOA (rain). as much as i somewhat enjoy my job, it certainly does drag when i have plans on the weekends.
ok, i think that’s all i got. politiblog is on haiatus until mccain stops saying "my friends" every other word. 🙂

today i went to slumberland because i knew they had to be having labor day specials and bought a couch and a chair!! they’re not quite as orange-y as in the pics. comfy though! and the pillows come with them. yay new furniture!!!

i am done painting colors for now, i think. i painted the bedroom a light sagey green, the bathroom is something called borough brown, and it’s kind of a golden brown color. the wall around the kitchen window is RED. haha! i got my red. if there is one more thing i will paint a color, it is the wall opposite the kitchen, and i will paint it kind of a yellow color. other than that, i got a gallon of paint to match the current color of my walls so i can touch up where i had to spackle and cover the dirt and stuff. hopefully that’ll work.
i’d post pics of the paint, but the pics really don’t do it justice. it just looks really icky. once i get everythin unpacked, i’ll take pics on a sunny day and hope that they turn out okay.
the downstairs bathroom is done except for the handle in the door, which i have to cut out the little doohickey for the plate to fit. that’s kind of annoying.
the dishwasher sounds like it’s going to die. that won’t be good. anyway, it’s late and i should go to bed.