the pattyo

A man said it’s a tough way to learn a lesson but he’s a lot wiser. Someone made off with Mark Neary’s driver’s license and other items from his unlocked car early Wednesday, and left a message behind. Neary said he found a note telling him he had “amazing taste” in music.

The note said the thief had taken credit cards and his driver’s license and advised him to “lock your car in the future.”
Neary said it could have been worse. The keys were in the ignition and the thief could have driven off with his car.

I read it here.

I am nearly done priming the living room. My hands look as if I’ve painted the walls with bare hands rather than using the brush and roller. I sure am a mess when I paint! I really think the wallpaper needs to go, but I have no energy to dig into THAT project right now. (Dan, wanna help?!)

I could actually get the color on tomorrow. If not then, I’ll do it Monday. This is a good thing, because I really need to be focusing on Cosi fan tutte, which I begin on July 29.

Now I’m enjoying chips and a small portion of guacamole (I sent the container with the boys and Megan, as they are planning a picnic in San Francisco after they move some things to Jameson’s apartment) and a large glass of milk. I forgot to eat any meals today! OOPS!

… after I teach two students, that is.

I’m a bit bummed. I’m going to have to prime the living room before putting the color on. I always hate doing that; I want instant gratification. And I’m not even certain the color IS the color we’ll want. Guess I’ll find out, eh? I hate it when I paint something and immediately decide the color was wrong. Although I’ve painted several spots in the room to see if I like it I honestly don’t think I can tell until the room is done … and the room won’t truly be done yet because I’m leaving the wallpapered wall as is for now; I just don’t have the energy to remove wallpaper right now! (And yet I’m nearly 100% certain it’ll look awful on the wall after I change the paint color. Sigh.)

So now it’s about time to get ready to teach my two students of the day. Of course they boys (Brandon is here) are still asleep. But that’s not my problem! :-)

Our furniture is to arrive Saturday, August 1. I teach that morning, and then I play a wedding for a former student in the afternoon. I’m really hoping they will be delivering in the morning so I can at least be home. Otherwise I’ll have to get a “house sitter”. I’ll get a call a few days ahead of the date to get the 2 hour (?) window for the delivery.

Now I’m looking around this incredibly messy family room and hoping we can get some things out of here. Once we get the sofa and love seat to Jameson’s the room will be easier to clean up.

It’s weird to spend so much money and, at this point, have nothing to show for it.

I just purchased (I would write “bought” but purchased sounds so much more hoity toity or something, don’t you think?) a sofa, chair and leather ottoman/bench thing. How darn cool is that?

How darn poor am I?

No clothes. No buying fun “stuff”. No going out to dinner. No nothin’ for at least 6 months. BUT I’m SO excited to replace our family room furniture. WOO HOO!

… and now I’m going to figure out what color to paint the living room, I think. (I don’t pay for that, and of course paint is pretty darn cheap so it shouldn’t be a big deal.)

I can’t believe I saved enough to do this. Now of course I hope I like the stuff when it arrives. But if not? Well. It’s only money.

:-)

I guess I’m either really bad at the whole “dealing” thing, or Crate and Barrel isn’t at all willing to do that. And I spent MEGA BUCKS. Really. They wouldn’t even give me a free delivery. Then the salesperson who barely helped me at all called to ask if I wanted to spend MORE and get the things sprayed with some kind of stain resistant stuff. Um. Hello? You barely helped me and you got a great commission only because I mentioned your name and now you want me to spend more? How ’bout throwing that in for free because of how much I spent. Huh? Huh?