Wow, I love it! You have your work cut out for you but it is the very best kind and makes SUCH a difference. I am imagining the end result and think you made good choices (I am biased; I love duck egg blue). Progress pictures please when you have them :)

Good to know! Thanks for the reassurance :) very little rain last night so moving forward with grout (my favorite, no sarcasm) today.

I grew up in Fort Collins and lived in Denver for a while but never the high mountains (although Lake City is one of my absolute favorite places I’d move in a heartbeat if feasible).

Goddamnit, I had the key to immortality and SQUANDERED it at 7 years old. Ffffffffffff.

I love the way you put this. Yes, 100% agree and honestly? We shouldn’t have to be in a “mother” role here to teach even the well-meaning men how to respect womens’ (virtual) space. That is it’s own special energy drain and there are plenty of feminist authors who can say it more succinctly than most of us.

I’m so envious — we refinished our wood deck this summer and it was a huge pain. I will insist that our next deck endeavor be replaced with Trex. In fact, our new shed is a composite because the old wooden one was rotting and moldy inside and would not have lasted another winter like the last one we had. Wood is…

PLEASE post a picture of this after Halloween!

I am so sorry this isn’t a project you’re getting to do at your choice of timing. Do you have insurance to help you out? It looks like a daunting task for sure.

Congrats on taking the SAT! That’s a big step and awesome of you to do so early in the school year. Good luck on ceiling painting — a lot of drop sheets and an extended roller help a lot, but for sure tiring on the arms :)

Oh organization can be so daunting but so satisfying in the end! Books are one of the hardest things for me to get rid of, though, so kudos to you for taking that on!

I’m glad someone did a beauty thread! I recently discovered Olaplex No. 3 for hair repair and I was skeptical as hell (especially having bought it from Amazon) but that stuff is MAGICAL. It’s a new product I will not be without. I’ve had hair issues (sporadic alopecia areata— small, spontaneous bald spots that regrow…

Seems pretty coincidental that a bunch of Kmarts recently shut down — the terrible secret was finally exposed!

Aw, I hope she feels better soon! You’re a good cat-Mom to notice that and take her in. :) My pug Dracula tore his dew claw this week from playing too hard so sending pet-get-well vibes all around.

That’s gorgeous! I went with wood-look porcelain for outside too, with many many layers of caulking and rubberized spray paint on the raw edges of the plywood. I think I’d like to do wood-look porcelain inside if we ever get to it, with pets and a sub-grade den/bedroom I just can’t bring myself to do wood laminate.…

WOW — that is a lot of tiling! I would love to re-do our showers but am a little afraid of what we’ll discover underneath. What kind of tile did you do your living room in?

Oh no! Is kitty okay? I’m sure s/he will appreciate the catio — I would love to build one for my cat but with winter fast approaching that’s a project for next year. I’d love to see pictures if you have any.

We have plenty of similarities, then — also did time as an Army wife (in Fort Polk, wheee) and now live in North Idaho. I direct an educational outreach program serving students in a rural mining area and had to reassign one of my outreach staff to a different school because the principal didn’t think a woman could do…

This was particularly bad on the Hugh Hefner stuff, I noticed. It seems like there’s a siren that goes off for a bunch of trolls to come defend the poor, beleaguered menz.

Not my family, but in first grade a girl on the playground convinced me that because I touched a leaf with fungus on it (some warty lookin thing), my hands were permanently contaminated and if I ate anything that my hands touched, I would die.

“Actually this is for my Satanic Cult meeting! Want to come? We’re looking for a human sacrifice!” (Yeah I know that isn’t really a thing but crusty old dudes like that universally seem to think so)