SHADOWS REALM

It's not so hot in the city anymore (thankfully). Actually it's been rather chilly. The quick and sudden shift in temperature is rather eerie, yet appreciated. I can finally relish in my favourite season: Fall.

Nothing spectacular has been going on around here lately. What started as a redecorating project for my own room has now spread out through out the entire home. I feel really nifty and butch walking around with my trowel and spakle; filling in holes and cracks in the walls to prepare for painting. I bought a small tin of paint to test out in a shade called 'heavenly blue'. It's a true blue colour,;very faint and light, with a slight tinge of gray that complements my new colour scheme for my bedroom. I just need to settle on the right shade of chocolate brown for the doors and baseboards. Too dark will look stark against the blue... too light a brown would defeat the whole purpose.

Sis Lynn (thats what I call my mother) and I went to Bed Bath & Beyond (one of my favoroutie spots) and purchased a new dining table. Since the way our pat is set up, having a reserved area in the living room for dining, we figured it would be best to downgrade to a 3 piece pub set. where it lacks for girth and length, it makes up for with an appealing height. We decided on the 3 piece set below and made a purchase in store on the 15th of this month.



It turned out to be an epic FAIL. Not the table itself, but the whole ring around we had to do to get it proper in the 1st place. The table came 7 days later, with only 3 legs. After calling and requesting the missing piece, it took another 8 days to receive the 4th leg. Upon FINALLY setting up the 3 legged table that has been sitting in the house for a week, we realize the replacement leg set was off my an inch. Completely frustrated we disassembled it, packed the car and dropped it off to the store the same evening. But Bed Bath & Beyond customer service is superb from my experience with them and I knew everything was going to work out. Not only did they refund us all our money, but they gave us an extra $30 on to of that (I guess for our trouble). Along with the table, we had brought in the Shark steam mop that we purchased from them in May that stopped producing steam, and we were able to brand new replacement for it, and it was the deluxe model. Sis Lynn was impressed and happily went about shopping after we were done with our returns. We intend to go back this evening for some other misc items needed in the house.


Aside from our simple efforts in home 're-monstrating' (betcah don't know where I got that word from :-D), I need to get away from this place for a while and go see my family in FL. So I have booked a flight to be out in about a week and am taking my lil brother with me to Miami and Orlando because being homeschooled, I'm sure he can use some change of scenery too.


I guess my next post may be from FL.