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This is what I might talk about when the DIY is done
Friday, July 8, 2011 at 2:47PM July in Coastal South Texas is the perfect time to re-side and repaint the exterior of our house, right? RIGHT?!!!
Wait. Don’t answer that. As demolition, reconstruction, scraping, caulking (I love caulk), painting, cutting in, and such continues around here, my brain is swimming with ideas. Here are a few that might come along to the blog in the near future:
-I think I’ll give up pants for my 38th birthday.
-We recently completed Porching Tour 2011, which included several scenic stops throughout New Mexico. My feet were dirty the entire trip. I knit a lot, read a lot, and drank a fair bit. On the trip we saw many interesting things including some sort of NASA pod on a truck on the highway, a truck with spikes on its axles, a license plate that said “SMOOTER,” some barf, existential road signs, a giant pistachio, White Sands Missile Range, the New Mexico Museum of Space History, The Inn of the Mountain Goats, The Inn of the Mountain Gods, The Valley of Fires, Mama’s Minerals, Santa Fe, Zombie Fluxx, virga, a cool shade structure over a Japanese maple in the desert, The Railrunner to Santa Fe, smoke, smoke, smoke, The Rio Rancho Pork & Brew, aliens, and much more.
-I wonder what is the plural of ‘precipice.’
-I found four bobby pins at White Sands.
-We were in a parade. On a train.
-Books, books, books. Rudopho Anaya was the theme of this trip. We brought home several of his books, including some Chupacabra stories with deliciously lurid covers. I finished several books that I’ve already reviewed. Coming up will be comments on The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
-The entire family can knit now.
-My grandmother knew a thing or two about earth movers.
-In the continuing series on The Thermodynamics of Creativity, I am thinking about how to ritualize what’s important.
Time’s up. Work is waiting. What else should I think about while I scrape and caulk?
It Looks Like I'm Doing Nothing... in Words 
Reader Comments (2)
I just have to say it is probably a good thing this is a written blog and not a podcast.
And I love the idea of the porching tour!
Yes, Patrick. Both for the pants and the caulk, it's best I use the written word. Also, I think I might tend to ramble if someone put a microphone in front of me. Back to the caulk. ;)