Here’s a picture comparing the old yucky white ceiling fan we had in the master bedroom and the new pretty one.
I’m thinking of posting the old one on Craigslist. I was going to post it as free, but I’m thinking posting it for $10 would reduce the possibility of people wasting my time by not showing up. It’s a perfectly working fan, albeit unattractive, so why not get a couple of bucks for it?
Skelanimals have been around for awhile. I first spotted them at Hot Topic at least a year ago, if not longer. I’ve loved them ever since, so you can imagine my excitement upon walking into Target today and realizing they’ve chosen them as their theme this year. I think I actually gasped when I saw the display!
Last year it was Domo, whom I also love, but I love this year’s theme even more and it took a lot of willpower not to buy one of everything they offered. Instead, I painfully limited myself to two sets of figurines and a keychain. That’s not to say I won’t be back at Target soon to buy more since I find them so hard to resist.
In addition, I got a reusable tote for free with a purchase of two bags of Halloween-themed M&Ms. I told myself I would not be buying any more decorations this year since I have a garage full of them, but I can’t resist these cute dead animals! I love love love Halloween and am seriously considering throwing a party this year just so I have an excuse to buy more stuff.
This blog is boring lately, I know. Sorry! Not really.
I am in such a good mood today because it’s Fall and I adore Fall. I’ve got something on my calendar every weekend now through Halloween. I’m so excited that my favorite time of the year is here and I’m determined not to let work ruin it even though it’s been crazy busy and I’ve been putting in more overtime than I would like. Can’t complain about the extra money, though, which I’ve been finding uses for…
Such as a new ceiling fan that we have yet to install in the master bedroom. I mentioned getting it at Lowes but we actually got it from Home Depot. It wasn’t cheap ($120), but I like it so much I think it’s worth it. We also got new faux wood white blinds for the living room and the kids’ bedrooms. And this weekend we got new vanity lights for both upstairs bathrooms. Why wait for a full remodel to make things look a little nicer? Oh, and we got a faucet for the guest bath and yesterday exchanged the sink we bought for a non-cracked one. Joe painted the wall by the front door so that whole area is done. All he has to do now is fix the wall in the guest bath where the sink’s sidesplash was, paint over the patched areas, install the sink and faucet, and we’re done. I’m hoping that means by next week our guest bath renovation will be complete because I want to enjoy Fall to it’s fullest and that’s hard to do when my house feels disorganized.
In other news, I’m not hating the rats as much as before. It seems the weird moth ball smell only presents itself when the air conditioning is on and since it’s been mild temperature wise, we haven’t had to run it lately. I wonder if the heat will give us the same problem, though. I guess we’ll see if I start hating them again when it gets colder. I feel sorry for them; I bet they are bored most of the time. You should see how excited they get when I come by the cage and then they really go nuts when I let them out. I’m going to Petsmart shortly to get them more food (they are such pigs!) and maybe I can find something to keep them entertained.
Tomorrow should be a good day. I’m working from home and I’m leaving early to run an errand in the city. Woo!
Every weekend seems to fly by, but this one felt even shorter than usual because I didn’t get home from work until 7 pm Friday evening after a 12-hour work day, then worked another two hours Saturday morning. This huge project we’ve been working on for months is finally coming to an end, thank god, because it’s killing me. I have no problem working my butt off during my regular 8-hour day, but I’m not keen on working extra hours. Sure, I get paid for it now that I’m hourly, but I’d still rather be at home.
Saturday night we went out with a group of friends to see Robert Schimmel perform at a Comedy Club near where I work. The service there was horrible, but Robert was great! What was funny was he was walking around the audience before the show and no one seemed to recognize him. The second time he walked past our table, Joe said, “Hi Robert, good to see you” as if he knew him. LOL! To his credit, Robert said hello back and put his arm on Joe’s shoulder. :) I did try and get a photo of Robert on stage near the end of the show but the iPhone’s camera sucks and you can’t even tell who is in the photo. I don’t know why everyone loves the iPhone camera – it pretty much blows unless you’re bathed in natural light. In any case, I posted a full review of our night over on Yelp if you’re so inclined.
Today we finally purchased a sink for the master bath!!! Once Joe finishes fixing some issues with the wall, he’ll be able to install the sink and mirror. We still need a faucet but haven’t found one we like yet. We take forever to pick things out sometimes. We did find a kickass ceiling fan for the master bedroom, though. We had briefly discussed replacing the ugly white one that’s in there now and since we were on a roll with the sink, figured we’d check out the fans. We found a beautiful one at Lowes. I will post pictures once it’s been installed. Now I want to replace the ceiling fan in the living room too, as well as the ugly gold chandelier in the foyer. The ceilings are so high we’d need to pay an electrician to do those, however, which is why we haven’t bothered before.
Now it’s time to make nachos for the Bears game!
Update: We actually got the fan at Home Depot. Usually we like Lowe’s selection but not this time around.