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Weekend goodness.

We arrived home from work on Thursday to the best surprise ever. GRASS!

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Sure, it seems small, but living here for the past 8 weeks has made us long for the day when we might be able to walk across our property sans dragging mud and dirt into the house and into the cars.

And don’t even get me started on Humphrey. Dog ownership has just improved seven-fold because though Dan and I knew to avoid the muck on our way to and from the house – Humphrey did not. If there was a puddle, he would find it. And it would make him happy. Us, much less so.So. We are pleased that the days of dirt are over. Bring on the back yard BBQs…for a few more weeks anyway.

This weekend also brought about some work finishing up the house. Our mission was the last of the window coverings. Most rooms had been taken care of, but somehow our master bedroom missed out on all the love and attention.

Due to the non-standard size of the window, we were either going to have to special order something in or buy curtains. And during a weekend trip to Ikea, we found the solution. Lovely, dark chocolate drapes would not only fit into the colour scheme of our room, but they promised to keep the morning light out – something we had yet to experience in this house.

But here’s the kicker. Ikea curtains are freakin’ long. I’m not sure if the windows are that much bigger in Sweden, but seriously, how many homes actually need 24 feet long curtains for full coverage? Ok, I’m exaggerating, but just barely. Thankfully they come with this iron-on hemmer stuff, so after a couple of hours of measuring, pulling taut, folding, pinning, measuring again, cutting, and ironing, our new drapes were up and looking beautiful. Too bad we didn’t think to do it a day earlier so we could have all enjoyed the sleep in rather than be forced up before it’s light outside anyway…

Now onto our next project…the fence!

August 22, 2006 - 9:56 am

Kris - Home ownership definitely comes with never-ending projects. Our current project? New roof. Ugh. Unfortunately, it’s trumping all the fun, negotiable projects we had planned for fall. Boooooo.

August 22, 2006 - 11:36 am

Jen - I am also not a fan of the Ikea 40 ft long curtains. I got some last weekend for the little office room, but my solution was to just bunch up the extra behind whatever piece of furniture I could. So it doesn’t necessarily look bad until you see over the side of the couch. Or the computer tower & cords, which could just possibly be a fire hazard.

As for the iron-on hemmer stuff – I threw it out cause I thought you needed a sewing machine for that! Oops.

August 24, 2006 - 6:11 pm

mark - grass? so no more garage parties?

booooo!

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