Home Improvement 2
Monday, December 03, 2007
*This is also OOPS paint, FYI. 3 cans of it at $9 each. At first glance I thought it was more of a Heather Grey but ended up going on and drying a slight Robins Egg Blue. I'm going to be calling this Robins Grey Blue. Um, yeah I took a colour naming course in University... actually it was my major.
We decided to paint the kitchen, which was great because we were sick with the plague so what better thing to do then paint. However, nothing helps you get over a cold faster than a sense of accomplishment and self satisfaction; or at least that's what I've been told by people who can't afford real medicine. Personally I like to cover all my bases so I accomplished something and also bought the pharmacy out in remedies.. both placebo and real. Just in case my ability to believe in anything at all was lost after I watched The God Who Wasn't There. In response to the guy who commented on my last post: taking shots to cure my cold isn't an option.. that theory has been proven to simply get the cold drunk, then it gets angry, accuses me of stealing $5 from his pants and beats the shit out of me. Yeah it's that kind of cold. So let's see, I've bought a bunch of non generic Cold FX, Vitamin C (the tasty chewable kind), Neo Citran Cold and Cough, and Fish Oil. That last one was just for the hell of it! I also take iron and multivitamins everyday... so this is really fucking pilltastic. Ugh. Whatever though, I've determined I should definitely be feeling worse than this so I declare.. victory?!
My Fish also wanted to be included in the home improvements since I cleaned his tank. It was looking pretty scummy due to the fact he eats and shits enough for 10 fish.
Oh and my new zoolander phone is working pretty awesome, which I suppose is another improvement. My babe bought it for me since he decided it was an Ann phone, and got a hot pink plate for it. Sure it's the tiniest phone ever but it gets great reception in the house. Something that has been sucking for quite a while.
If I could only figure out where to talk into.
Labels: cell phone, painting, sick
Chocolate Rain Oops Paint
Thursday, November 29, 2007
So last weekend we painted the livingroom! This is what it looks like. I sprained my toe in the process but it's done, it's brown, and.. I love it! We were thinking of painting it light grey, like the kitchen, but felt like that was too cool of a colour for all the sepia we had in there. It needed some punchy Chocolate Rain brown in there.
Tip #1 in how to be like me: try and get lucky with some oops paint at the store. This was a 5 dollar gallon!*
*In case you don't know what "oops paint" is, it is the paint at every store that mixes paint for you, that people have either saw and didn't like or changed their minds or didn't pick up. Because of that the paint is ridiculously marked down in price. Just ask where the oops section is if you don't see it.
This is my living Holiday Tree. I just figured I would get a pic of it before it is no longer living. I will be pretty impressed with myself if I can keep it alive until Christmas gets here! It has sparkles on it by the way.
This is our little movie/computer set-up. That is not where the chairs are supposed to go! When we find a suitable desk chair that I like then maybe I will retake this picture. I have so many movies stocked up for the winter I think I am OK if we get a snowstorm now.
I have been attempting to fight off the flu with that Cold FX stuff, plus some Vitamin C and NeoCitran. I am also drinking nothing but OJ. Usually I do this when I am already helplessly sick beyond repair and sound like a man BUT I am trying something new. Taking care of myself! Haha. If you want to be like me you ignore everything wrong with you just to, you know, "see what happens!"
So tip #3, is buy some Cold FX, or even the generic brand which is basically just caplets of 100% organic Echinacea. I'm feeling not so shitty, this is fantastic!
