I guess I haven’t been real talkative this week, but there hasn’t been a whole lot to talk about, either.
Last weekend was busy: After doing some work around the house and some shopping, takaza and I headed down to Naperville for emrldgirrl‘s birthday party. Much fun was had by all! I made a couple of roasted chickens with potatoes (arr num num num!), which were quickly demolished, along with the ton of other food that was there (see what happens when you suggest a potluck to this lot?). Sunday was the Midwest FurFest kickoff meeting, with a little bit of recap from the past year thrown in (I just cheated and summarized my Registration report). Afterwards, we had some nice pizza-and-socializing, and ideas for guests of honor and themes were kicked around.
Since the weekend we’ve been working a bit on the house. Of the four blinds that I ordered from JC Penney’s, I mismeasured/misordered two of them. One was easy to take back to the Penney’s at Gurnee Mills, the other we’re not quite sure about. It annoys the heck out of me that the window openings are 70.5 inches wide but the only off-the-shelf blinds you can get are 72″ wide. If I can locate our Dremel set, I intend to try to cut down the one for the guest bedroom. We hung the blind in the stairwell and it looks really nice – I’m happy with the faux-wood horizontal blinds. I have re-ordered the shoji panels for the kitchen (at the proper length this time), and the blind in Dan’s office is going to have to wait until the window is repaired. We still need to figure out what to do with the living room window, though.
Tonight I need to hit the grocery store, and I’ll probably stop by Homo Depot and see what blinds they have in stock that can be cut down. Projects for tonight include clearing away the boxes in the master bedroom, and possibly getting the bookcases up in the guest bedroom. We’re having a few folks over this weekend, and I’m really hoping we can get the place 100% into shape by then. We’ll see what happens, I guess.
Not to toot my own corporate horn, but you might want to look into getting blinds from Lowe’s, whether stock or special order. Not only do we guarantee our prices to be the lowest, but we also have the means to cut them down in minutes to the size you need.
Just sayin’. 😉
Well, the closest Lowes is in Kenosha, a good 45 minutes away, as opposed to Homo Depot which is 5 minutes away*. I did wind up getting some inexpensive cellular blinds that they cut to order; it’s not my favorite kind and they don’t block light very well, but they at least provide provide privacy and hey – it’s a rental. We’ll blow the money on the better (and more expensive) blinds when we actually buy a place.
* Plus, it’s more difficult to make juvenile innuendo out of a name like “Lowes”.
Well, the closest Lowes is in Kenosha, a good 45 minutes away, as opposed to Homo Depot which is 5 minutes away*. I did wind up getting some inexpensive cellular blinds that they cut to order; it’s not my favorite kind and they don’t block light very well, but they at least provide provide privacy and hey – it’s a rental. We’ll blow the money on the better (and more expensive) blinds when we actually buy a place.
* Plus, it’s more difficult to make juvenile innuendo out of a name like “Lowes”.
Not to toot my own corporate horn, but you might want to look into getting blinds from Lowe’s, whether stock or special order. Not only do we guarantee our prices to be the lowest, but we also have the means to cut them down in minutes to the size you need.
Just sayin’. 😉