adventure!

i had quite the adventure yesterday. i finally drove into austin to shop at somewhere other than walmart. i went to two goodwills, kohls, ana's linens (i think that's the name...), target, and linens and things. quite the adventure, let me remind you that my jeep doesn't have air conditioning in the traditional sense. also, my kind of air conditioning is broken too because one of my windows won't roll down. it was a hot day. i got lots of fun stuff for my house. it's coming together, but man, having a whole house to myself is expensive! i'll post pictures as soon as i feel i am completely done decorating, or at least mostly done.

i have a theory about texas heat. when you first walk outside, you're blown away by the heat and humidity and you feel as though you can't last 5 minutes outside. but right about the 5 minute mark, you're thinking 'man, i can handle this, it's not that hot.' and really, it's not bad...for a while. then, depending on how hot it actually is outside, including the heat index (which is the opposite of wind chill for you coloradoans), you hit another point where you say 'get me out of this stinkin' heat!' like i said, that point in time is directly proportionate to the heat index. i'm still working on the exact formula.

my kitchen is coming along nicely. there were two white chairs at the kitchen table that i decided needed to be red. one of them is red right now and the other will soon follow. i might need a different method of painting though, spray paint just doesn't look all that great. we'll see what my next trip to walmart brings. i also bought a red tea pot (i copied rachel, i know).

my room looks fab! i got a new comforter and bed skirt and shams. i ordered a blanket online (will i ever need a blanket in tx? i'm not sure, but people do say it gets 'cold' here. i'll let you know, don't you worry). with the poor lighting in my room, the mint/mineral/platnium/sage green on my white bedspread looks silvery, and i'm all for that. my walls are a medium purple, so the silver and white look quite nice. so, you'll either have to wait for me to continue decorating, or come visit me to see my new decorations.

oh! and they finally fixed my shower. the knob was super super hard to pull to turn the water on (ex. when the maintenance man tried, he broke the knob before getting the water to come on) so Gene (the maintenance guy) called the plumbers. well, they weren't the brightest bulbs (yeah, i know bright is a relative term and i should probably say they weren't the most luminous bulbs) and they ended up messing something up. so one day my shower worked but hardly had any water at all and the water was only luke warm at best. the next day my shower didn't work at all; i turned it on and cold water dribbled out of the faucet. so i showered at the retreat house. the plumbers came again on monday and finally fixed it. turned out they messed up my shower, but i was only getting cold water because my pilot light went out - which i didn't know because of course i checked the sink for hot water when the shower wasn't hot and it was still hot. that's my adventure with my shower.

ok time for work. hopefully my work computer turns on today. it didn't turn on sunday, and they were going to fix it while i was gone yesterday i think. here's hoping!