Seen that movie? The one where the young innocent ends up where she shouldn’t? Something bad is about to happen, she makes a too-late escape attempt, then realises the door has locked shut. And she’s trapped inside. This is that door – the one she pounds her fists against, screaming in vain. She’s not going [...]
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Meet my ugly bathroom? Everyone knows you save the best for last. So, all this while, I’ve been holding out – waiting to get caught. I planned to confess instantly – but 4 months later I’m still holding tight my ugliest secret of all. You guys are observant as anything, so I can’t quite figure [...]
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A funny thing, promising laminate floor before/after photos before (not after) finding the camera’s uploading ingredients. Life before laminate flooring It sucked, obviously. For 70 days I stayed as far from that sickening shag as possible. Never touched it, never sat on it, never let less than a full inch of protective piggy-wear come between me and it. [...]
Lions on the Serengeti can smell Paolo’s fear every time I declare “I have an idea!” Most of these ideas! are barely half-baked and almost always strike within the first 5 minutes of televised hockey. His biggest mistake? Moving into a 500-square-foot apartment with me. Nowhere to run to baby, nowhere to hide. Unwilling rental rats [...]
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Foreword. Tonight, we get to sleep in our new bedroom. It’s done. Kinda sorta. This morning, I’m going to show you pictures – since you asked so rabidly nicely. They’re not staged. Are you kidding!? I want praise for habitable. To ensure our budget sees us through the entire project – we’ve assigned classes, stages, to the project. [...]
Realizing we needed proper Ugly Baby before shots before any boxes arrived, our lovely friend & stellar photographer, Andrew, beat the moving truck to our place & snapped some commemorative, wide-angle ugliness. He’s archived every inch of the “before” & I’m ever so grateful. So why not meet my ugly bedroom? The bedroom’s ugly “feature” wall: With [...]
So…you want to meet my ugly baby? Oh man. By which I mean, oh sweet José yes. She’s a keeper. Agent Awesome took us round the building then stayed a few moments longer with us in the apartment to share in our excitement. He guessed that, right after he left, we’d look at each other [...]
