Last night, after I’d updated the blog at 1 a.m., I climbed into bed and flipped through the pages of the new edition of Domino, my favorite magazine. I was looking for the “restore” section and when I got there I thought to myself, “Josh Shear.” And then I did a double-take. It’s a strange moment when you are casually reading a magazine and see a picture of someone you used to date! Anyway, I am happy for Josh because there was a feature in the magazine about a business that he and his wife own, Straw, Sticks, and Bricks. It’s an environmental building and supply store–perfect for housebloggers! I haven’t seen Josh since about 1995, so it’s great to see he’s doing well!

In other news, we were busy busy busy today. Somehow, I managed to complete a paper for class before 10 a.m. and then I spent the rest of the day painting the window and procrastinating. I’ve now painted the trim around the front door and one window, and Eric is worried it looks too tan (although our friend Ellie thought it was greyish green, which is what I was going for). It’s one of those colors that looks different in different lights. Anyway, I had to talk Eric down and remind him that we’re painting the door red, the porch red, the garage a dark green/brown, and that we’re adding a lot of “funky” stuff as accents. He’s worried that it’s too boring. Well, we won’t know until it’s all finished. AND, just in case it is too boring, I pointed out the next-door neighbor’s house, which is all cream color with inside trim and sashes painted red. It looks great on his house, and if ours is too boring in the end, I’ll go back and paint the inside trim of the huge picture windows red…and the sashes on the double hung windows.