I am beginning to think that we should start building an arc. We have gotten deluged over the past couple of weeks with insane quantities of rain, hail, and tornado threats. There have been downed tree limbs almost every other day in our yard. Aaron and I spent a half hour in our basement last night, listening to the weather radio squawk away. Pretty much the same thing happened last weekend while Aaron was at Wakarusa, the big music fest held in Lawrence every year. I can just imagine 12,000 pissed-off, wet festival-goers shaking their fists at the hailing, tornado-ing, and raining skies. :-) Luckily, Aaron was able to drive the 2 miles home when the weather turned nasty, rather than having to brave the weather in a car, or even worse, tent.
Sigh. I wish the sun would come out.
The only good thing to come of all this wetness (other than not having to water flowers for 2 weeks) is that I had some motivation to get work done on the inside of the house for once. I got an itch to finally start working on our upstairs back room, which we use as kind of a combination office/hobby room/closet. It was a seriously ugly room - even though there are 13 windows (yep, 13) in it, I always felt a little claustrophobic there because of all the wood paneling and hideous brass-colored miniblinds. Yes, shiny, metallic miniblinds. We had talked about doing some major renovations in that room at some point, but recently decided we had more pressing projects (and a baby) to take care of first. Once we decided that, I started thinking how much better it would look in there with some paint and new window shades. So, while Aaron was at Waka last weekend, I did some serious painting.
I had decided not to go to Wakarusa this year, mainly because the bands weren't as good as they have been in previous years, and also because I don't really get along with hot weather very well anymore. Something about an extra XX lbs (ha ha - you thought I was going to tell you!!! Yeah, right!!!!) and a little person hanging out inside you make you want to avoid the Kansas heat. So, instead I decided to inhale a bunch of VOCs for a weekend. :-)
The room looks a ton better already. Aaron is going to paint the ceiling this weekend, provided that a tornado doesn't swing by and remove it for us first. I got a bunch of nice window shades that are not even remotely shiny. So, it will be a pleasant change from the weirdness of wood everywhere.
Sigh. I wish the sun would come out.
The only good thing to come of all this wetness (other than not having to water flowers for 2 weeks) is that I had some motivation to get work done on the inside of the house for once. I got an itch to finally start working on our upstairs back room, which we use as kind of a combination office/hobby room/closet. It was a seriously ugly room - even though there are 13 windows (yep, 13) in it, I always felt a little claustrophobic there because of all the wood paneling and hideous brass-colored miniblinds. Yes, shiny, metallic miniblinds. We had talked about doing some major renovations in that room at some point, but recently decided we had more pressing projects (and a baby) to take care of first. Once we decided that, I started thinking how much better it would look in there with some paint and new window shades. So, while Aaron was at Waka last weekend, I did some serious painting.
I had decided not to go to Wakarusa this year, mainly because the bands weren't as good as they have been in previous years, and also because I don't really get along with hot weather very well anymore. Something about an extra XX lbs (ha ha - you thought I was going to tell you!!! Yeah, right!!!!) and a little person hanging out inside you make you want to avoid the Kansas heat. So, instead I decided to inhale a bunch of VOCs for a weekend. :-)
The room looks a ton better already. Aaron is going to paint the ceiling this weekend, provided that a tornado doesn't swing by and remove it for us first. I got a bunch of nice window shades that are not even remotely shiny. So, it will be a pleasant change from the weirdness of wood everywhere.
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