Mindless Monday

[vanillafluffy]

We're getting rain, which is welcome after several consecutive weeks of sunshine. I'm not complaining about sunshine, since the temps have been mostly in the 70s. But it's been very dry, and they're talking about the danger from wildfires, so...rain is good.

I'm trying to get my sleep schedule somewhat normal---I'm still not over my interrupted sleep on Saturday---didn't sleep at all last night. Went to the food bank early, came home, caught five hours and still feel like refried shit. Hopefully, though, I'll be out for the count by midnight tonight.

I've been lusting after a tablecloth I saw on eBay. Granted, it's not everybody's cup of tea, but I like orange. And I think it would look great centered on my round dining table over a solid green cloth I have. (Of course, it would help if said table wasn't a foot deep with stuff....) What do you think?

I need to get cracking on my CAYN WIP...that's less than a week away. My neurons aren't firing, though, and I know I'd only frustrate myself with Fried Brain Syndrome if I attempted it.

Must not nap...must not nap....

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What does it say about me when the dropdown for tags beginning with "eb" are ebay and ebola?!

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Comments

[foreverhermit.livejournal.com]

Love the retro tablecloth!

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so many of the vintage ones are pastels, pink and blue, mostly. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with that, I like that kind, too. But orange? Flashback orange and green? Love! I've got things to display in proximity, like an old enalmed orange coffee pot, an ice buck, a big pillar candle, etc., but really, with my living/dining area the way it is, it's like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

That is a cool tablecloth. If you can afford it and getting it would result in you quickly restoring the dining room, I'd say go for it. :)

Our current dining room decor scheme is sort of neo-retro. I've got a dark bittersweet orange tablecloth with flowers in harvest gold, olive, brown and cream (Martha Stewart, $22 at Kmart -- a rare instance of me paying full price for anything), a brown stoneware fruit bowl snagged on season's end clearance from Big Lots for three bucks, some brass candlesticks that were a gift about 25 years ago, and some dark bittersweet candles from Dollar Tree. It makes me happy every time I look in the room.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

It just ended...I didn't buy it, money being a little tight (What else is new?!), but no one bid on it, so I'll keep an eye on it and hopefully it'll be relisted when I have a little more discretionary cash.

Somewhere, I have an orange and brown tablecloth that I used for a while when I had my mid-century modern thing going...the barkcloth atomic print drapes got stained when water came under the sliding glass doors during a storm. They never recovered, but there's still the tablecloth...not the same, but still a nod to orange.

Your dining room sounds awesome. Broown stoneware rocks!

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

It looks really nice with tangerines or oranges in it. I stalked that thing all winter waiting for it to go on clearance when Big Lots got the summer stuff in. :)

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Your persistance paid off. Of course, I'm picturing that and thinking of orange slices dipped in dark chocolate.

And I've *got* to stop cruising eBay. Cute as this (http://cgi.ebay.com/1970S-WEST-BEND-ALUMINUM-CANISTERS-SET-4-NICE-/250693035768?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a5e7826f8) is, I've got nowhere to put it/them.