Wednesday

[nightdog_barks]

Sort of a topsy-turvy morning -- Mr. Nightdog had a business call at 7:30, and I fell back to sleep, then he woke me up when he left ... bzuh.

Mostly sunny and warm, supposed to be about 98 today and 100 tomorrow before settling back down and cooling off again. This morning there were robins, wrens, cardinals and chickadees in the backyard, along with someone new -- a hummingbird! Couldn't tell what kind it was; at first I thought it was a baby wren but then I saw its beak. It seemed to have a pretty distinctive white stripe down its back.

Have to go to grocery store today. All for now.

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[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

I'm about to head out the door to take care of more errands (read: buying stuff) because deciding what to put on this bed -- you know, other than my tired body -- is proving quite difficult. And potentially very expensive, which of course is Not Good.

Also, LOVE my new paint color up here, even though it's barelly a color, because it's so much brighter and more welcoming than the dirty-sock-white primer. Except I ran out before I finished the stairwell and the area directly above said stairwell, so I must buy a third gallon of paint today.

[perspi.livejournal.com]

Yay new bed!! Is it a queen size? Double? Triple? :)

I have had good luck at Bed Bath & Beyond for sheet sets--but then we really splurged on our mattress set when we bought this new bed (it was so easy to spend money during that time when we were refurbishing the house), and we have an 18-inch pillowtop mattress that is very picky about sheet sets, so I found some nice 400-thread-count sheets with the sooper-deep pockets for...$80? I think? Which isn't bad for the sooper-deep pocket sheet sets.

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

It's a queen. I was going to get a full size to save a little space and money, but then I learned that basically nobody buys full size beds these days. As a result, it's hard to get nice full-size linens. It's also hard to find a decent full size headboard, and while I don't have room for a headboard now, I know I'll want one when I move to my next place.

I decided to spend the extra money and make my life easier for years to come.

And this thing is a Sealy, a very nice high-end mattress, all wonderfully springy with a thick pillow top. I got it for about $580 total, with the box spring, because I went to a place that sells slight scratch/dent items and showroom samples. Otherwise I'd be looking at over $1000 for it.