A Self-Indulgent Announcement
March 2, 2008 by Schnookie
This weekend we’re putting just as much effort into writing about the Devils as the Devils put into playing hockey. Which is why today’s post is not at all hockey-related, and is instead a very exciting announcement for those of us at -ookies Omnimedia. We’re delighted to present to the world the newly rebranded IPB Living. The momentous event that has prompted the unveiling of our improved life and style blog is the unveiling of the Unicorn Kitchen of Stately IPB Manor, an undertaking that we know has had the hockey world waiting on tenterhooks. If you’re interested at all, please take a gander, as we will be rolling out fresh, exciting kitchen content for days to come. We’re also planning a reveal of our Sister Kitchen (in Dallas), which you won’t want to miss. (And if you’ve got any life and style improvements you’d like to shout from the IPB Living rooftops, drop us a line!)
This weekend we’re putting just as much effort into writing about the Devils as the Devils put into playing hockey.
So, how come we don’t see a fairly consistent if undisciplined post about IPB Memes™ #14, #15, and #17?
Also, your kitchen looks nice. If you know what I mean.
(P.S. That your kitchen looks…nice.)
John, :^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Thanks for giving me a good laugh on a Monday morning!
And seriously… here’s Monday again. Sigh. The positive I am taking from today is that I don’t have to watch the Devils (and write down what I’m thinking about them). :P
I would very much like the doldrums of hockey to be over. Everything about hockey seemed so listless this weekend!
Everything about hockey seemed so listless this weekend!
You just say that because you were watching the Devils and the Sabres this weekend. :P
You just say that because you were watching the Devils and the Sabres this weekend.
I agree with Pookie, and I only watched the Devils game through the Yahoo boxscore.
Although I’m pissed at the Sabres for losing, I’m less pissed at Nolan Pratt, only because he has two Hannah Montana songs on his gameday playlist. The rest of the team has heavy metal, rap or Euro pop and he’s got Hannah Montana. That made me laugh this morning.
Amy, I had just decided this weekend that Nolan Pratt was adorable based on that on-ice interview. I’m not sure how this Hannah Montana development fits into my mini-Prattphiviny.
I think that’s adorable of Pratt!
Pratt is trying to one-up Tallinder. He’s all, “You chose Ace of Base? Whatever, man, I can totally do worse than that.”
Goose is going to pick the “1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11- twelve!!!” song from Sesame Street.
If Goose picked that song, I would DIE from the sheer force of his attractiveness.
Goose is going to pick the “1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11- twelve!!!” song from Sesame Street.
I would die if he did that one or Rubber Duckie.
There’s been no Goose playlist so far, yet we’ve had two from multiple players. What gives? Does Goose not like music?
Does Goose not like music?
There’s no way he doesn’t like music! He probably submitted a playlist, but the Sabres were like, “We’re not playing that many Indigo Girls songs during a game. Pick something else.” And Goose is too principled to edit his choices just to make the suits upstairs happy.
Goose doesn’t like using electricity to listen to music. He’s waiting for his wind-powered iPod to arrive in the mail. Until then, no music. (That or he once heard Soupy singing and swore of all music as a result.)
Goose uses one of those solar backpacks to charge his iPod!
Goose just has soothing honks and mother Goose nursery rhymes on his play list.
Pratt is adorable.
I’m so sick of hockey. I wish my team had already been embarassed in the playoffs and I didn’t have to watch them anymore.
Soothing honks! How great would it be if they went to play one of Goose’s songs during a stoppage in play and the PA system just started blaring “Honk! Honk! Honk!”
I wish my team had already been embarassed in the playoffs and I didn’t have to watch them anymore.
I know the feeling.
I wish my team had already been embarassed in the playoffs and I didn’t have to watch them anymore.
Awww, alix! That’s so sad! And I, too, know that feeling well. It’ll all be over soon, though. I mean, only five more weeks, right?
Five more weeks. That’s not bad at all. I don’t want to be that fan that gives up on their team, but they got 10 shots on goal on Sunday. TEN! When they’re fighting with teams for 7th/8th. So if they give up, I guess I give up.
I don’t want to be that fan that gives up on their team, but they got 10 shots on goal on Sunday. TEN!
Wow. That’s just BRUTAL.
As for being the fan who gives up on their team, well… I don’t have a problem with that. I mean, you’re not giving up the team as a whole. You’re just being realistic. There’s a difference. And really, is saying, “I’m tired of this crappy team being crappy, and I’m not going to keep sitting here thinking there’s a Stanley Cup at the end of this season if we can just sneak into that last playoff spot” any worse than being that person who insists that there’s a silver lining to everything? I feel myself falling into rant mode here, but the fact is that every year sees 29 teams losing. Sometimes it’s a shock that your team didn’t win, but more often than not, you can see it coming. There’s nothing wrong, as a fan, with being honest with yourself. :D
Thanks, Schnookie. Good point. And I’m not saying they’ll never win a Stanley Cup, it just won’t be this year. But if they somehow get their shit together, (which I doubt, I’m not an expert on coach killing, but I think that’s what they might be doing), I’ll still cheer them on like crazy.
But if they somehow get their shit together, (which I doubt, I’m not an expert on coach killing, but I think that’s what they might be doing), I’ll still cheer them on like crazy.
Exactly! It’s not that you’re giving up on the Canucks or hockey in general — you’re just admitting that you don’t think this year’s team is going to win anything! (And as for coach killing, it can be hard to spot sometimes. I’ve seen a variety of approaches to it, and most aren’t quite as obvious as the “shooting pucks at the head coach during practice” one. :D)
Morning, IPB! I’m sorry everyone’s sick of hockey. :(
-Ookies, I am so, so envious of your kitchen.
Seriously, I’m going to go home and look at mine tonight and then weep with sadness.
Seriously, I’m going to go home and look at mine tonight and then weep with sadness.
You and me both, Caitlin. I have to use my counters and my kitchen table if I want to cook more than one thing at a time.
Although I have to say, the thing I miss most about, say, my parents’ kitchen is having a dishwasher. I loathe doing dishes.
When Henrik Sedin was asked in his interview about the coach’s line changing, he had a very brief look of murderous rage on his face. Could that be a sign?
Seriously, I’m going to go home and look at mine tonight and then weep with sadness.
*Gloating*
Just kidding! I spent quite a long time weeping with sadness in our old kitchen (it was not a little bit embarrassing to post on IPB Living those pictures of the old slovenly nook and what horrendous slobs we are) while our designer took a year and a half forgetting about starting our project. :D
As for being tired of hockey, I’m not sure I’m really so much that as I am annoyed that it’s March hockey now. I don’t like March hockey. I never have. And neither do the Devils. Some people grouse that hockey’s boring in the dog days of January and February, but give me those games over the “stretch run” any day! My delicate constitution just doesn’t do well in this time of year. :P
(it was not a little bit embarrassing to post on IPB Living those pictures of the old slovenly nook and what horrendous slobs we are)
I want it stated for the record that the nook looked like that because we were told the project was starting. If we’d have known it was going to take a year and a half we never would have let it get like that!
My delicate constitution just doesn’t do well in this time of year.
This time of year could not suck worse. The Devils haven’t been not in the playoff race any year I’ve been watching, so I don’t know, maybe it would be worse if they weren’t in it at all.
Some people grouse that hockey’s boring in the dog days of January and February, but give me those games over the “stretch run” any day! My delicate constitution just doesn’t do well in this time of year. :P
I just kind of feel like playoffs need to be here now. Our schedule’s light now, at least — the Stars only have 10 games left before playoffs hit. My ticket guy just e-mailed me inquiring to see if I would like to buy playoff tickets, and if so, full strip or partial strip? I’m probably not buying playoff tickets, so I feel bad. Why, I’m not sure.
I think he’s already disappointed that I’m not buying a full season’s worth of tickets for next year. Sorry, Awesome Ticket Guy, sorry!
I spent quite a long time weeping with sadness in our old kitchen
Our water heater literally exploded about a year ago and flooded our kitchen, garage, living room, dining room, and pantry with about 4 inches of water. We had just laid brand new flooring in the kitchen, so that all had to be ripped out and replaced. Luckily, thanks to insurance, we got a very swank tile floor, but you can still see a little bit where the water potentially discolored some of our cabinets. Plus our cabinets probably need to be refinished. I hate our countertops, our sink sucks because um, I kind of half melted it (long story), and our oven is possessed, I swear.
I think he’s already disappointed that I’m not buying a full season’s worth of tickets for next year. Sorry, Awesome Ticket Guy, sorry!
We canceled our season tickets right after the lock-out because I got a job too far south to be able to get to the arena on time. The Devils sent us so many letters about how sorry they were that the lock-out forced us to drop our tickets. We actually wrote them a letter back explaining that it wasn’t the lock-out at all. For some reason it was really important for us to know that they new it. I don’t think they listened. NJ Devils! If you’re reading this: It wasn’t the lock-out! Ah, I feel better now.
…you can still see a little bit where the water potentially discolored some of our cabinets. Plus our cabinets probably need to be refinished. I hate our countertops, our sink sucks because um, I kind of half melted it (long story), and our oven is possessed, I swear.
Ugh! That sounds AWFUL! And not unlike what our kitchen was like when we moved in here. Every surface was just sticky. We couldn’t get anything clean. And we’re hardly models of cleanliness ourselves, but it’s different when it’s someone else’s mess, you know? There was a little pantry cabinet that we had taken out to make room for our temporary installation of the nice oven and hood and all that; we called the pantry cabinet “the ham locker” because it smelled like the previous owner had been curing hams in it. We had a “five second rule” for the counters. It was just so gross!
God damn playoff tickets. My sis and I just bought rounds 1 and 2.
The total price: $666
The total price: $666
That’s both hilarious (In a “You know who Miro Satan should play for?” way) and sickening. That’s… a lot of money.
I was sure that the 666 meant the Devils were going to win the Stanley Cup, but after the last few games, I think it just means that everything cost six hundred sixty six dollars. It’s a good thing I collect my spare change in a jar!
I was sure that the 666 meant the Devils were going to win the Stanley Cup, but after the last few games, I think it just means that everything cost six hundred sixty six dollars.
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And… yeah. They don’t really look very Cuptastic lately, do they? :P
Hey IPB, good afternoon! -Ookies, Ithink I hate you a little for your kitchen. I walked into mine this morning and realised it could be photographed in a single shot. It was a very depressing moment.
And the Devils I just hate a lot. Pricks.
Pam, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Still, getting those playoff tickets in the mail is always exciting, even if you know the team is going to lose. I will always remember the time the UPS man stopped me in town because he’d seen the playoff tickets from the Devils in his truck. He was like, “I’m so glad I caught you! I wouldn’t want to leave these at your house if you weren’t home!” We then pommerdoodled over the package. And he was even a Flyers fan.
Anyway, sorry about the exorbiant price, but congrats on the tickets!
I’m off to lunch, where I will grumble vociferously about how much hockey sucks. Yay!
Ugh! That sounds AWFUL! And not unlike what our kitchen was like when we moved in here. Every surface was just sticky. We couldn’t get anything clean.
The worst part for me personally was opening the back door when I got home from work that day and seeing water trickle out my back door.
And then realizing our brand new laminate floor (that we had put down ourselves) was buckling so badly the laminate boards were popping themselves out of place; yeah, that was pretty bad, too.
God damn playoff tickets. My sis and I just bought rounds 1 and 2.
The total price: $666
This is why I’m frightened to buy playoff tickets. I’m scared to even ask my ticket guy for a quote for the cheap seats.
I’m off to lunch, where I will grumble vociferously about how much hockey sucks.
Hockey has exhausted me emotionally. I feel a little dead inside right now from the Stars. Devils fans, I’m sorry they’re not looking Cuptastic. I wish they were looking Cuptastic. :(
The worst part for me personally was opening the back door when I got home from work that day and seeing water trickle out my back door.
Omigod. That’s like something out of a movie. I can totally see it. The character has just had a horrible day at work and has spent the entire car ride at home musing that at least it can’t get much worse only to come home to that.
I wish they were looking Cuptastic. :(
I don’t. They don’t DESERVE to.
Omigod. That’s like something out of a movie.
That moment for me was walking through the kitchen into the dining room, stepping foot on our very nice carpet and feeling a squish from all the water in the carpet.
As far as I’m concerned, the four days we spent with enormous fans all over the house everything out was really just the icing on the cake. :D
They don’t DESERVE to.
For some reason, this gives me the mental image of the Devils being given the old classic “I’m not angry at you, I’m just disappointed in you” speech.
Can anyone else think of any teams outside of Montreal and Dallas that are looking Cuptastic these days?
this gives me the mental image of the Devils being given the old classic “I’m not angry at you, I’m just disappointed in you” speech.
Funny, that is totally the conversation I had in my head this morning with regards to the Devils.
Can anyone else think of any teams outside of Montreal and Dallas that are looking Cuptastic these days?
Nope. I don’t want to say Anaheim, because my brain might melt.
Nope. I don’t want to say Anaheim, because my brain might melt.
Oh good Lord, no. Starting March 19, all our games from then on are against divisional opponents. Damn! Damn, damn! I’m sick of these people already, nooooo!
Starting March 19, all our games from then on are against divisional opponents.
Starting now, the rest of the Sabres season is entirely EC opponents. This is going to be the month that broke the Sabres internet fans.
Starting March 19, all our games from then on are against divisional opponents.
The Devils still have a roadtrip coming up, which includes games against the likes of the Avs and the Wild. I’m not looking forward to those either.
I walked into mine this morning and realised it could be photographed in a single shot. It was a very depressing moment.
Awww… I’m such a glutton when it comes to kitchen space that I can’t even conceive of dealing with tiny kitchens. So you have my utmost sympathy, Mags!
Caitlin, we had some reverse-osmosis system problems in our house in AZ where we’d wake up in the morning and find an inch of water in the kitchen, creeping around the peninsula toward the breakfast nook/family room great room space beyond. But nothing like what you had to deal with. That’s so wretched! (We had our first basement flooding issue last Spring, though, as freezing-cold, dirty water oozed out from the foundation of the basement floor, across the nice checkerboard marmoleum we have down there, and started soaking all the stitching supplies we’d stupidly stored on the floor. Yeah, the storage situation in the basement changed dramatically that day, as everything got put into plastic bins and then was all elevated.)
As for the division-heavy schedule from here out, I’d been enjoying for the last few months that the scheduler put our first five Rangers games in the first, like, week of the season, which meant we went a good, long time without having to deal with them. Of course, now that means we still have three games left. Why doesn’t the NHL just kick me in the mouth or something? That would be considerably less painful.
Ooh, Mags, Amy, I’m sorry. We play the Avs soon too, Mags, with back to back games with the Avs no less.
At least we play the Coyotes again, which I only like because they have Bryz! Other than that, ugh.
Man, I am so “meh” about hockey right now that it’s not even funny. Is that wrong? It feels wrong.
Ick. We just played the Avs on Wednesday and now we have to play them again tomorrow. Then the Wild and Lames almost back to back. But the Canucks are never winning again so whatever.
I feel the same way, Caitlin. So…it’s not wrong.
Thanks Schnookie. What makes it all that much worse is the fact that my mother’s kitchens have always been huge. No, huge doesn’t describe it, CAVERNOUS. You could host a food drive in there (ok, slight exaggeration). I suppose that’s because she likes a live-in kitchen, and it is where we spend the most time when we’re home. Just sitting on one of the bar stools mucking around on the kitchen computer or something.
back to back games with the Avs no less.
*throws up* I’m so glad we don’t play the Avs more often. On the flipside, we’ve got the Rangers *grimace*
Of course, now that means we still have three games left. Why doesn’t the NHL just kick me in the mouth or something? That would be considerably less painful.
Starting March 19th, this is what the rest of the Stars’ opponents look like:
Ducks, Kings, Sharks, Kings, Ducks, Coyotes, Coyotes, Sharks
Wow, that doesn’t make me want to shoot myself at all.
Three games left against the Rangers is excruciatingly painful, Ookies, so I am SO sorry. :(
And Schnookie, that is weird regarding your house in AZ! And your basement! I personally don’t have to worry about the basement thing, thankfully. I have actually never lived in a house with a basement, honestly.
I walked into mine this morning and realised it could be photographed in a single shot. It was a very depressing moment.
My kitchen’s like that too, Mags. I can stand by my apartment door and photograph part of the hall, my little galley kitchen, and eating area. It’s so strange for me because I grew up in a house where the kitchen was kind of the social center and now I live someplace where it’s strictly utilitarian. There are worse things though . . . I could live in a studio. I would be a horrible studio-liver.
Oh, I forgot
At least we play the Coyotes again, which I only like because they have Bryz!
And baby Mueller! I luff me some Mueller.
I can stand by my apartment door and photograph part of the hall, my little galley kitchen, and eating area.
I can’t quite do that, but it’s close. I can do the kitchen and my bathroom in one shot and the rest of my room in another one.
I walked into mine this morning and realised it could be photographed in a single shot. It was a very depressing moment.
I had that moment last night, and again this morning, when I realized my work desk is bigger than the amount of counter space in my kitchen.
My house could have a bigger kitchen, except I live in a two family house, and the bedrooms and the bathroom are located right off the kitchen. If I didn’t need to sleep or potty, I could have a bigger kitchen.
Our family is totally a gravitate-to-the-kitchen family. It was so bad with the old kitchen in this house because when KtG would visit, we’d all four of us wedge ourselves into that space and end up hating each other because it just didn’t work to have anyone hanging out in there. I love having a hanging-out kitchen. And Meg, I’m with you — studio living would be impossible. I can barely deal with “open floorplan” living in a house.
The Stars end-of-season schedule looks miserable! Our season-ending division-heavy run is broken up with a Bruins game, but it’s still pretty damn rough: Rangers, Islanders, Penguins, Penguins, Rangers, Flyers, Islanders, BRUINS (welcome respite!), Flyers, Rangers. I just… whose “brilliant” idea was this? Who thought this would be fun? (I know, I know. It was Lou’s brilliant idea, and Lou thought it would be fun. Well, he’s WRONG!)
I feel the same way, Caitlin. So…it’s not wrong.
Yay, alix! We can start the “Hockey is Meh” club.
My kitchen’s fairly roomy, but not enormous. It’s not big enough to have an island in it or anything, but we get by okay.
Mags, I don’t know anything much about Mueller except that he plays for the Coyotes. I just get excited for Breezy. I wish I could meet Bryz; that would be almost as exciting as meeting Ovechkin!
If I didn’t need to sleep or potty, I could have a bigger kitchen.
Well, sometimes you just have to make sacrifices, Amy. :P
Our old house had 8 windows in it. Total. It was an interior-unit townhouse, and it was like living in a cave. So when we bought stately IPB Manor, we vowed we would never take another window for granted ever again (our detached garage now has more windows than our old house), but there we were with the remodel, taking out two windows from the nook and a wall of windows from the sunroom. I am nothing if not willing to fold on my “convictions”. Heh.
Ugh. If the Bruins are a respite, your schedule sucks.
Our kitchen has one drawer. Yes, one.
Our kitchen has one drawer. Yes, one.
Congratulations, Heather, you win the crappy kitchen award. I wouldn’t know how to deal with that.
Schnookie, that end of season run is terrible! Ugh, that schedule hurts me.
Our kitchen has one drawer. Yes, one.
What? How is this even possible? What kind of human being designed this…”kitchen”?
I don’t know anything much about Mueller except that he plays for the Coyotes.
Well, he used to be a Silvertip, and he’s so damn nice I once nearly kissed him but settled for a hug.
Our old house had 8 windows in it. Total. It was an interior-unit townhouse, and it was like living in a cave.
That’s so depressing. I have two rather large Venetian doors that lead onto my balcony and a window in the kitchen. So 3 windows, yet somehow it is still remarkably light.
Our kitchen has one drawer. Yes, one.
So does mine. And 2.5 cupboards.
Wait, I’ll upload a picture.
Holy crap. ONE drawer? Heather, how do you LIVE?
Congratulations, Heather, you win the crappy kitchen award. I wouldn’t know how to deal with that.
I stick tons of stuff in little vases and containers along the counter which eats up the very minimal counter space we have. Yeah, it sucks. One of many reasons we’re finally thinking about buying a house.
Pommerdoodling!
SIGNS OF SPRING!
Heather, that sounds like you definitely win the worst kitchen award.
It was an interior-unit townhouse, and it was like living in a cave.
A while ago, my mother decided after watching a lot of HGTV and DIY Network that she wanted to paint the living area a neutral color. My mother opted for a nice “warm brown” as the paint salesman put it. We slapped it up on the walls only to realize that it’s not a “warm brown”.
….Unless your definition of “warm brown” is chocolate milk colored. So I kind of feel like I live in a big glass of chocolate milk, to say the very least.
Pommerdoodling!
SIGNS OF SPRING!
Woohoo! I have a few shoots outside my apartment building right now and it’s gorgeous today, but that picture still makes me super-happy. Spring is my very favorite season in NYC (in Buffalo it’s summer).
It’s like 50 degrees or something here today. I just opened the window.
It’s 65 today! I parked in the sun this morning, and when I drove to meet Pookie for lunch, my car was so warm I had to drive WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN! The only problem is that nothing’s really growing yet so it doesn’t smell like Spring. But MAN is it gorgeous in our neck of the woods today!
SIGNS OF SPRING!
!!!! JEALOUS
Spring is my very favorite season in NYC
Spring in NYC is the bomb. The perfect Spring day is meant for sitting on the steps of the Met watching everyone walk by, happy to not be wearing coats.
Unless your definition of “warm brown” is chocolate milk colored. So I kind of feel like I live in a big glass of chocolate milk, to say the very least.
Hee! My mother’s looking at shades of tan for the living room that can best be described as “paper grocery bag.”
It’s like 50 degrees or something here today.
Isn’t it great? But tomorrow’s supposed to be snowy, sleety and icky again.
I kind of feel like I live in a big glass of chocolate milk
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Unless your definition of “warm brown” is chocolate milk colored. So I kind of feel like I live in a big glass of chocolate milk, to say the very least.
Hee! Pookie tried to paint her bedroom in our last house a warm, rich brown color, too. She ended up with a kind of limp, cold mushroom color instead. It was… not good. (The front hallway of stately IPB Manor is dark chocolate brown now, though. We were like, “Screw this ’subtle’ color thing!”)
It’s like 50 degrees or something here today.
Isn’t it great? But tomorrow’s supposed to be snowy, sleety and icky again.
So are Holland and Buffalo like weather buddies lately? Whatever, I’m still moving.
My mother’s looking at shades of tan for the living room that can best be described as “paper grocery bag.”
OOF. That’s worse than limp, cold mushroom!
(And shut up, Amy, about the sleety and the snow and the impending ickiness! Let us all live with our fantasies of Spring! :P) (Boomer is currently relishing being our Sven, and this weekend she gleefully announced, “Monday and Tuesday Sven says don’t bundle up! But Wednesday? Sven says bundle up!” I’m looking forward to Sven not being able to tell me to bundle up.)
Isn’t it great? But tomorrow’s supposed to be snowy, sleety and icky again.
Ugh. I hate this time of year. I like winter but let’s just get on with it already. Spring weather makes it so much easier for me to get out of this apartment in my current condition.
Ok, here it is, the kitchen at Casa Mags.
My mother’s looking at shades of tan for the living room that can best be described as “paper grocery bag.”
Yes, I steered my mother clear of the really pink-brown and the paper grocery bag brown. I can’t tell if I actually really like the color or it’s grown on me, but living in the Chocolate Milk Fishbowl is actually pretty nice — I kind of like having a chocolate colored house. :D
The front hallway of stately IPB Manor is dark chocolate brown now, though. We were like, “Screw this ’subtle’ color thing!”)
I get so sick of muted colors and pastels. I’m buying a condo this year, hopefully, and I am going to paint that thing OUTRAGEOUS colors. (And then put back money to paint it stark white when I get ready to sell it. :D)
My mom has a habit of painting rooms and not telling anyone. Like the day I came home from high school and discovered my room was now cotton-candy purple, for some undiscernable reason. Or when I came home from college, and she had color matched my midnight blue bedsheets and gotten paint that matched and painted the entire room midnight blue. I was into that, for sure — not so much the cotton candy purple.
It was pretty awesome though. My bed was totally camoflauged!
The perfect Spring day is meant for sitting on the steps of the Met watching everyone walk by, happy to not be wearing coats.
That sounds lovely.
We were like, “Screw this ’subtle’ color thing!”
When I move out of here (in 5 years time…) I’m going to buy a condo or an apartment or whatever and paint the shit out of that place. I love my ice blue walls and shiny graphic wallpaper but I think I prefer bright colours more.
Mags, I think it’s safe to say that if I was house-hunting, a kitchen like yours would be a total deal-breaker for me! :P You are a better man than I, Gunga Din, for being able to cope with that!
Caitlin, outrageous colors are so much fun! When we were going through painting all the rooms at IPB Manor, the woman who works the counter at the hardware store we got our paint from was finally like, “You guys really like your saturated colors, don’t you?” after the third weekend of us buying the darkest color on one of those paint chip thingies. I think a midnight blue bedroom would be really cool!
the sleety and the snow and the impending ickiness! Let us all live with our fantasies of Spring!
I know, I know. Its a bright sunshiny day, we should be enjoying it instead of doom and glooming it away.
I get so sick of muted colors and pastels.
Same here. That’s why my bedroom is a deep red, with cream trim.
That’s why my bedroom is a deep red, with cream trim.
Ooooooohhhh! That sounds so nice!
Ok, here it is, the kitchen at Casa Mags.
I would just never, ever cook if my kitchen was that size. I’m totally impressed that you manage to bake as much as you do with that little counter space.
a kitchen like yours would be a total deal-breaker for me!
Believe it or not, the kitchen that was originally in there was smaller.
That’s why my bedroom is a deep red, with cream trim.
Niiiiiiice.
Ooooooohhhh! That sounds so nice!
It is. Though I wish the trim didn’t have to be painted. Our flat has beautiful dark wood trim in the kitchen, dining room and living room. But the previous owners painted the trim in the bedrooms, and that makes me sad.
Schnookie, I had Home Depot try and color match something for me. I think they thought I was a little weird, dragging a Tiffany’s box in there, asking them if they could color match it so I could paint a dresser and nightstand to match.
That’s about as muted as I like. :p I loved the midnight blue bedroom. I’m sad that it went away. (It’s now a cream color.)
We tried to get Sherwin Williams to match the color of Krusty the Klown’s pants for the kitchen but it didn’t work out.
We tried to color match something once, too — Krusty the Clown’s pants. Alas, we couldn’t find a sample of it that was big enough (and one solid color instead of pixillated color-blending), so we ended up going with the green tiles in our kitchen and a celery salt color on the wall instead of some kind of neutral tile and Krusty the Clown pants green on the wall. I think it turned out well. :D
Pookie, I think we just made the Krusty the Clown story doubly interesting by telling it at the same time.
We tried to get Sherwin Williams to match the color of Krusty the Klown’s pants for the kitchen but it didn’t work out.
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I think it turned out well.
I think it turned out fabulously!
We tried to get Sherwin Williams to match the color of Krusty the Klown’s pants for the kitchen but it didn’t work out.
The mental image this gives me is beyond hilarious. “Excuse me, I need some help…”
The guys at Home Depot were shaking my Tiffany’s box, trying to see if there was jewelry in it or not. :D
I can’t wait to have my own place to paint wacky colors.
One of the walls in my bedroom is currently a color called Mickey’s Pants.
“Yay, alix! We can start the “Hockey is Meh” club.”
Hooray! I’m so down with the “Hockey is Meh” club. The Canucks have already started the “Shots on net are for losers” club and the “Why skate hard when I can just take a dumbass penalty” club, so why shouldn’t I join “Hockey is Meh”?
“It’s like 50 degrees or something here today. I just opened the window.”
No fair! *Whines* It had gone up to a lovely -5 C on the weekend but now it’s back to -17 C. And all dirty and slushy.
My room back home is Gryffindor colours. And one of the walls is a barn wall. My mum wanted to add a bale of hay in the corner as well, but I told her that might be taking it too far.
My mum wanted to add a bale of hay in the corner as well, but I told her that might be taking it too far.
Ya think? Good call :D
Hee. My mum is slighty crazy.
I think most mums are like that. We kids have the rein them in some times :D
Definitely :D
It had gone up to a lovely -5 C on the weekend but now it’s back to -17 C. And all dirty and slushy.
Oh lord, and here I am all depressive because it’s very gloomy and grey outside. This is Texas, for goodness sake! Shouldn’t it be all sunny and warm with nary a cloud in the sky?
Hmph.
alix, I think that is SO CUTE that you have a barn wall painted on your bedroom wall! I think a hay bale would have been a hoot. (Does that mean I just proved myself to be more at the “needs to be reined in” end of the maturity spectrum? :P)
Does that mean I just proved myself to be more at the “needs to be reined in” end of the maturity spectrum? :P
Possibly :D But I don’t think so.
Nobody needs to be reined in more than you, Schnookie :p Kidding!
My mum wanted to add a bale of hay in the corner as well, but I told her that might be taking it too far.
That’s a really cool idea, but I’d be worried about bugs.
Nobody needs to be reined in more than you, Schnookie
No, you’re right! I’m out of control!!! :P
Well, I was at work CRAZY early today (read: the ungodly hour of 8:30), so I get to leave crazy early. See you all later!
See you later Schnookie!
See ya, Schnookie!
“That’s a really cool idea, but I’d be worried about bugs.”
Yeah, I was terrified about spiders.
We have a straw bale in our garage. Being that the garage is mousie heaven, I’m terrified every time I have to grab handfuls of straw (we use it quite frequently for covering the garden beds and for adding to the compost bin) that I’m going to reach it and get a handful of mice and no straw.
(I’m totally leaving in a minute here, but I thought, alix, that your mother was talking about a trompe l’oeil hay bale. No, a real hay bale is definitely a bit much. Even I’m not that crazy. :P)
Pookie, from personal experience I can tell you grabbing a handful out mice is very difficult.
No, you’re right! I’m out of control!!! :P
Have you been doodling on people’s pictures again, Schnookie? (I certainly have. Except on my own players pictures. Let me tell you, a gold markered mustache improves Matty Norstrom none.)
Pookie, that is terrifying about the straw bale, I don’t blame you! All kinds of stuff gets into hay bales, and I certainly wouldn’t want one in my house, that’s for sure.
Hee! Glad to hear it, Schnookie!
Speaking of mice, my little house guest is back. He is so dying this time.
Speaking of mice, my little house guest is back. He is so dying this time.
Mags, I thought you got the little bugger.
I thought so too. I let him go at the school caf. So either I have more than one, or the little shit got back in.
Get a cat, Mags. They’re the best mouse prevention there is! I know your mom’s allergic, but she doesn’t live with you, right?
Yeah, I am definitely getting a cat now. Thanks Pookie. (I’m allergic too, but I’ll live. Asthma meds go a long way)
Get a cat, Mags.
Um, have you tried mousetraps? It sounds totally yucky, but sometimes it can be the only way to discourage the mouse-y hoardes.
I am so sorry that stupid mouse is back, Mags. It’s like a bad children’s book or something!
Um, have you tried mousetraps?
I thought about it, but I have no idea where to get them here.
Nevermind, found some and ordered them. God bless the internet.
God bless the internet.
Indeed, indeed!
Ugh, I’m very ready to go home..
Someone that finds my blog is convinced that giraffes can skate. Hee. “Giraffes skating games” has shown up three times this week.
I also had sports fan, paper bag, too.
Well, it is “sports fan, paper bag” season, isn’t it? I mean, if we’re all saying we hate our teams, it’s definitely time to start showing up to games in paper bags.
Hee! Good call. It will set trends. Designers on Project Runway will be clamouring to use paper bags for everything.