I have to tell you, between moving my clothes into my closet and moving damn near everything else into the office this weekend, it kinda felt like 'moving in' all over again. It was so worth it though.
I finished the second coat "cinnamon stick" (I never tier of telling people it's name) in the office in record time on Saturday evening. I decided, mostly because it was late, that we deserved a treat and proposed a trip to the Sahara restaurant. MB had been chipping away on the digging out of the patio (he unearthed what he called his 'manhood rock', I call it a boulder, but still, Scottish men and their rights of passage). By the time I was done and showered it was 8pm and so we called ahead to make sure we weren't too late. There was NO ONE there. This seems to be a trend with this place. We can't understand it. It's this fairly large, dark and soothing Lebanese restaurant in the heart of Worcester with a ceiling painted with clouds and baby angles and big chandeliers with very dim lights attached. It's a cool place but there were literally only two other people there that night. Really, it doesn't make sense. Perhaps it's because there is a very 'fancy' and expensive seafood restaurant right across the street, or because the college hangout is right down the street. We'll never know but I can tell you this, the food is damn good! We got the feeling the waiter was also the chef and bar tender. We are still trying to figure out how exactly this place survives when it is always empty but who knows. After a meal of pita with oil (they use this herb blend of mint and oregano in the oil and on the salad and on the veggies and its soooo good!), salad, the BEST stuffed grape leaves and some kibbee for me, lamb skewers for MB, we were stuffed and on our way home. I know this seemingly has nothing to do with my office but to me it does. Plus, I find it valuable info on some level. When we got home I was so beyond tired I sat in my 'Lindsey chair' and struggled to stay awake while MB cracked the bottle of Glenfitich whiskey I bought him for Christmas. He told me it was excellent. We had both found it in an issue of Bon Apette and I had studiously purchased it as a Christmas present. Glad he enjoyed it. Me? I had a perfectly good bottle of spumantie champagne (my favorite) in the fridge and yet was too full and lazy to drink it. Such a pity.
Moving on, Sunday I hit the ground running as usual and after finishing my closet, decided we were moving things into the office. We had stopped at Home Depot on our TV shopping excursion and purchased the brushed nickle switch plates that we now have for all of the bedrooms. I should have taken a picture they look so nice. We installed them (I started, MB finished as I couldn't line them up and then MB pointed out how I had gotten red paint on EVERY SINGLE plug in the room. Oh well). Then we transferred up the desk from the basement and I set about moving and arranging the rest of it. This is more my thing than MB's. I LOVE to organize and I LOVE having my 'office'. Do I need an office? Not necessarily but it makes me feel better and it's easier to keep everything organized. I've already written one book that needs to be sent out to publishers (I have someone else working on editing it), am working on another, and run a little cookie business on the side so yeah, I do need an office darnit!
I think it looks so great and I can't wait to sit down and do things! MB says he has a large black and white picture of, Mt. Kilimanjaro perhaps? that would look good in there and I concur. Slowly but surly we are actually 'moving in' to the rest of our house. We just take it one room at a time! Next is the spare bedroom which has somehow turned into the cats' playroom. They wont be happy when we move stuff in there but really, we don't have anything to move in there yet! Unless you count a blow up mattress and mirror. The end result to this of course is that we now have ROOM in the basement! I can't tell you how much of a difference just moving the desk upstairs made. There are no longer ANY moving boxes left in the basement as I have emptied them all. Well, that's a lie there is a box filled with our paintings and pictures but that's about it. Whats left are our large rubber bins which actually BELONG in the basement...and my shoes..still not sure where those are going to go. Full shoe closet in the spare bedroom anyone? ;D
I finished the second coat "cinnamon stick" (I never tier of telling people it's name) in the office in record time on Saturday evening. I decided, mostly because it was late, that we deserved a treat and proposed a trip to the Sahara restaurant. MB had been chipping away on the digging out of the patio (he unearthed what he called his 'manhood rock', I call it a boulder, but still, Scottish men and their rights of passage). By the time I was done and showered it was 8pm and so we called ahead to make sure we weren't too late. There was NO ONE there. This seems to be a trend with this place. We can't understand it. It's this fairly large, dark and soothing Lebanese restaurant in the heart of Worcester with a ceiling painted with clouds and baby angles and big chandeliers with very dim lights attached. It's a cool place but there were literally only two other people there that night. Really, it doesn't make sense. Perhaps it's because there is a very 'fancy' and expensive seafood restaurant right across the street, or because the college hangout is right down the street. We'll never know but I can tell you this, the food is damn good! We got the feeling the waiter was also the chef and bar tender. We are still trying to figure out how exactly this place survives when it is always empty but who knows. After a meal of pita with oil (they use this herb blend of mint and oregano in the oil and on the salad and on the veggies and its soooo good!), salad, the BEST stuffed grape leaves and some kibbee for me, lamb skewers for MB, we were stuffed and on our way home. I know this seemingly has nothing to do with my office but to me it does. Plus, I find it valuable info on some level. When we got home I was so beyond tired I sat in my 'Lindsey chair' and struggled to stay awake while MB cracked the bottle of Glenfitich whiskey I bought him for Christmas. He told me it was excellent. We had both found it in an issue of Bon Apette and I had studiously purchased it as a Christmas present. Glad he enjoyed it. Me? I had a perfectly good bottle of spumantie champagne (my favorite) in the fridge and yet was too full and lazy to drink it. Such a pity.
Moving on, Sunday I hit the ground running as usual and after finishing my closet, decided we were moving things into the office. We had stopped at Home Depot on our TV shopping excursion and purchased the brushed nickle switch plates that we now have for all of the bedrooms. I should have taken a picture they look so nice. We installed them (I started, MB finished as I couldn't line them up and then MB pointed out how I had gotten red paint on EVERY SINGLE plug in the room. Oh well). Then we transferred up the desk from the basement and I set about moving and arranging the rest of it. This is more my thing than MB's. I LOVE to organize and I LOVE having my 'office'. Do I need an office? Not necessarily but it makes me feel better and it's easier to keep everything organized. I've already written one book that needs to be sent out to publishers (I have someone else working on editing it), am working on another, and run a little cookie business on the side so yeah, I do need an office darnit!
I think it looks so great and I can't wait to sit down and do things! MB says he has a large black and white picture of, Mt. Kilimanjaro perhaps? that would look good in there and I concur. Slowly but surly we are actually 'moving in' to the rest of our house. We just take it one room at a time! Next is the spare bedroom which has somehow turned into the cats' playroom. They wont be happy when we move stuff in there but really, we don't have anything to move in there yet! Unless you count a blow up mattress and mirror. The end result to this of course is that we now have ROOM in the basement! I can't tell you how much of a difference just moving the desk upstairs made. There are no longer ANY moving boxes left in the basement as I have emptied them all. Well, that's a lie there is a box filled with our paintings and pictures but that's about it. Whats left are our large rubber bins which actually BELONG in the basement...and my shoes..still not sure where those are going to go. Full shoe closet in the spare bedroom anyone? ;D
Please note the "mooses". I collect them and I had to have space for two of my favorites! The others come out only at Christmas and there is a purple one "Penelope" that sits on my desk at work :)
ReplyDeleteLooks good lindsey! Love the color! How do you upload pics onto a blog? Help! lol Im a rookie!! =)
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