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vanillafluffy ([personal profile] vanillafluffy) wrote2013-01-24 02:41 pm

Taking a break

I'm taking a break from the ongoing work on my bedroom. Today I'm excavating the south wall, which is largely headboard. God, what an accumulation! Still, I've found a book I've been wanting to reread, a box I'm going to stash greeting cards in (I keep running across them, and would like to corral them all in one place), and have revealed yet more floor. Floor is still exciting to me, as so much of it was covered for so long!

At some point, I will post pix---I need to send some to GK, who *knows* what a disaster it was---but right now, I'm just trying to get it to a certain point of liveability. I've done a lot of sorting and rearranging already, it seems like the more I do, the more I see to do. And this is only one room. *deep breath* But I can only do one room at a time, and the only way for it to get done is for me to do it.

I start training on Monday, so I'm trying to get as much done as I can before then, since I know it'll curtail my time and energy...it's been so long since I've had anything resembling a job, that even part-time is liable to hang my ass out to dry.

Was briefly interrupted by the mail carrier ringing my bell to drop off a box from GK, containing a snazzy beaded jacket. I just hope it cools down enough for me to wear it sometime this season!

Pic of jacket (snagged from eBay):


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Back to it....

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[identity profile] smtfhw.livejournal.com 2013-01-24 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooh! That jacket's lovely!

[identity profile] vanillafluffy.livejournal.com 2013-01-24 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't it? That blue it's trimmed in is my favorite color. I figure black skirt or pants and I've got about ten tops I could wear under it, so it's versatile in that respect. My only quibble is that it has NO shape---there isn't even a hint of a waist---but maybe once I have some cash flow I can find a tailor to nip it in a little.

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[identity profile] ruric.livejournal.com 2013-01-24 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Gorgeous jacket! Good luck with the cleaning and training!

[identity profile] vanillafluffy.livejournal.com 2013-01-24 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! My bed is still six inches deep in STUFF, but I've managed to get the window behind my headboard closed all the way for the first time in a while, which will certainly cut down on my heating costs.

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[identity profile] pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com 2013-01-24 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, very pretty! GK has such a great eye for stuff for you.

If you want cooler, I can waft the ice storm we're about to have down your way. :D Seriously, though, I sure hope we don't lose power. This is a total electric house, and we'll be freezing our buns off without electricity.

[identity profile] vanillafluffy.livejournal.com 2013-01-25 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Heck, I'm happy: I found what was wedging my big window open---I've been trying to close it since November; I couldn't get it down the last inch. Removed a jar of very expired vitamins: Problem solved.

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[identity profile] starhawk2005.livejournal.com 2013-01-25 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
But I can only do one room at a time, and the only way for it to get done is for me to do it.

*nods* That's the best way to approach it. Heck, go 1 box at a time, if you have to!

Nice jacket! *admires*

[identity profile] vanillafluffy.livejournal.com 2013-01-25 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Today I made progressin my hall. Cleared the clutter from in front of the so-called linen closet and actually delved into the closet itself. Wow. Found shit I didn't even know I *had*.

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[identity profile] starhawk2005.livejournal.com 2013-01-26 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL! Sadly, that is all too common in my place....especially since I only spring clean once every 4-5 years....if I'm LUCKY. XD

[identity profile] vanillafluffy.livejournal.com 2013-01-27 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, but you only moved in there a few years ago---I've been in this tip since 1974!

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[identity profile] starhawk2005.livejournal.com 2013-01-27 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL. That's the year I was born! (not to make you feel old or anything, sorry :S)

[identity profile] vanillafluffy.livejournal.com 2013-01-27 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
No worries. I knew I was "old" the first time I heard myself utter the words, "That's not music.".

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[identity profile] starhawk2005.livejournal.com 2013-01-28 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
*grins and hugs you*

[identity profile] thru-the-blinds.livejournal.com 2013-01-25 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
love, Love, LOVE that jacket!!

[identity profile] vanillafluffy.livejournal.com 2013-01-25 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Quacker Factory, by way of a thrift store. I got the pic by way of searching "Quacker Factory beaded jacket" on eBay, if you aspire to one.

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[identity profile] thru-the-blinds.livejournal.com 2013-01-25 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I adore Quacker Factory (should've recognized it) and have several pieces, myself -- all thrifted!

[identity profile] vanillafluffy.livejournal.com 2013-01-25 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Mb is a QVCaholic, so I know they're a QVC brand, but I never paid that much attention. I'm planning to include it in my ensemble for church this Sunday, although I'll probably shed it early on, as they tend to keep it about five degrees too warm in there year 'round.

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