Updates to the house

So, in the past 9 months or so, D and I have done a lot of changes and updates to the house. Right now our main focus is the master bathroom - pictures of that to come after we're all done.

We did get a shiny new shower handle though, which is super nice, because the old one was falling apart and old and gunky and just generally not nice.

Other changes:

Living room before, w/boring walls and lace on the windows:

Living room after:

Kitchen w/spastic wallpaper everywhere:

Kitchen newly repainted:

Dining room before w/plain walls, gold chandelier, and old patio door:

Dining room, repainted, new patio door, and new chandelier:

New guest bathroom, with wallpaper border taken down and painted a nice light green:

I'm super psyched about the master bath - bound to be the best change yet! Stay tuned :)

Reflecting

With articles like this, it makes me so grateful that I'm in a relatively stable, well-paying job.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_on_bi_ge/consumer_confidence

New dishwasher!

So, the old dishwasher wasn't doing too well on the whole "washing" front. Having gotten tired of having to handwash everything, I dragged D out to Sears (he hates spending money...........) the day after Christmas to see what deals they had on dishwashers. I had two specific things that I wanted, and the rest was negotiable. One of them - a display that tells you how much time is left in the cycle. I like having those little numbers! But alas, almost no dishwashwer has them anymore. We found only one dishwasher that had both things I wanted (the display, plus I wanted a disposal in the dishwasher, not the filters that you have to clean every so often.........yucky). So, at least the decision on which one to buy was easy!

It's a maytag bright white tall tub dishwasher, and a guy came to swap out the old one and put in the new one on January 2nd. It felt like it took FOREVER to fill up that dishwasher the first time (OMG it's huge), and then when it was full we ran it.

BEAUTIFUL!

I had forgotten what clean dishes looked like. Yey!

Though, my 70's bakelite utensils shouldn't go in the dishwasher (I handwash those). And D's mother bought us a whole set of super swanky pots and pans for Christmas - so it's not like we can put those in the dishwasher either :P

Still Running

"Shaking like a leaf as the season's changing
Clearly out of luck and a way to fall
She regards her life as an act of treason
I’ve been such a fool on my quest to fix her
No one's ever gotten really close to her yet
Shallow as she seems she’s the darkest river
Even though she’s just a child, get ready
Just a child, get ready
To run..."
~Benjamin Bates

Damaged

When will you accept the fact that I am damaged?
And when will it be ok?