Whooooboy. Yes, I was home for two months from August to the end of September. No I did not write a post during that time period because I was busy. Busy looking at houses (although to be fair, this had been a constant thing every month I was home since last January) but also busy actually buying a house. The end of August saw me in Oklahoma for a cousin's wedding (awesome, by the way) and afterwards, I closed on the house.
My spare time after that was spent in moving and painting. Seriously.
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| Not sure why they had gone with red, but I made it my job to get rid of said red before I moved in. |
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| Trying to decide on paint colors by slathering the wall with paint by using my fingers because at this point (day one, actually) I had no paint brushes. |
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| That purple color is the color of the mudroom by the front door. I gave up on figuring out their color and renovation choices after finding the counter that wasn't bolted down in the bathroom. And the eight layers of wallpaper they put more wallpaper over in the study. |
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| Living room pre paint job. I like cozy living rooms, so a darker color is what I decided to go with. |
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| Two layers in the kitchen and two (at this point) in the dining room. It took four coats to completely cover the dining room. To be honest, both of my brothers stopped by to help paint which was a HUGE help. |
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| Kitchen after things got put away and cleaned. |
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| The bathroom I decided to do on my own because it's small and was pretty quick to do. |
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| Blue tub! Why the blue tub? |
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| Ah, well, tried to match the tub as best as possible. If you can't beat them, join them. |
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| Yes, I painted the octopus towel holders. |
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| The morning light in my living room is ridiculous. As in, can't see the TV for all the light ridiculous. |
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| A lot of the furniture I get I get second hand from estate sales or auctions. Mostly because I feel older stuff is made a lot better than newer stuff. |
As you can see, I have been busy. That, coupled with the fact that it is impossible for me to add photos with the internet on the boat has been why I haven't updated as well as I should have. I didn't even knit for the longest time because I was busy and I was frustrated with a pair of socks I had been working on.
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| Eowyn Socks by Claire Ellen made with yarn from Sheepy Time Knits (Grapes of Wrath). Totally finished these suckers off this last hitch. Amazing what using a set of circular needles and not using a cable needle can do for finishing a pair of socks. |
And, I was taking photos for the month of October. Awesome photos, I might add. Mostly of sunrises and, well, sunrises, because I got put on the midnight to noon watch this time. I did manage to snap a few horrible photos of this giant sea turtle I saw when it was flat calm enough for sea turtle sighting.
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| This is a turtle. Trust me. |
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| Flat calm and a full moon made for a weird couple of days. |
There's a good chance I'll be going to Connecticut with my mother this weekend for Stitches East even though I really, really don't need any more yarn. For a yarn addict like me to say that, you know I have a ton of yarn. Enough that I could probably clothe a small army if I could knit quick enough.
