With chocolate buttercream frosting. Mmmmm. It's not as hard as you think, and it tastes better than you remember. Why not bake one, and invite your neighbors over for a slice and a glass of milk?
Recent Posts
Spirit in the Sky
NBT and I are thinking about paint colors, and we have a bunch of options spread out on the kitchen counter. I gravitate to reddish browns, creams, and yellows, and have to fight to stay open minded to greens and blues. I'm trying, I really am.
What I've Been Up To
I've been spending a lot of time on my hands and knees, scraping the front hallway floor. It takes forever, is dusty and dirty and tiring, and is giving me callouses in new locations on my fingers. It's not as glamorous as it sounds. Turns out there's wood under that ugly linoleum that was there. Meanwhile, NBT has been tiling and painting the bathroom, and cleaning up all the ragged seams and cracks that I left from my installation of the shower a year and a half ago. The house is full of tools and displaced objects from these rooms. It's slow going.
I've also been reading Anna Karenina, watching Lost, advising undergraduates about career options, planning for the sailing season, skiing, trying to keep up with all the magazine subscriptions we get, and, I'm afraid, playing World of Warcraft.
What's For Breakfast
The island has lots of secrets. One that I learned quickly was that the postmistress's daughter raises chickens. If you ask nicely when you go to the post office, you'll be directed to the cooler, where you can leave some dollars and take some fresh eggs. The yolks are the color of orange juice, and they taste like magic. Come visit, and I'll share.
Still Life with Exhumer
There is a lot of grungey yuck under my bathroom floor, as it turns out. And I am acquiring more and more tools.
Exhumer at work.
Danger! Poison!
I have found something that dissolves the adhesive that's stuck to the floor where my linoleum used to be. It also gives me headaches, so I am taking frequent breaks, and the project is taking a long time.
Lila and I went out for fresh air, and how fresh indeed it was out there, sun sparkling on snow, dappled and melting quietly, trickly and blue and clear and bright.
Before
This isn't exactly "Before," but rather, "During." I'm on track to do one home improvement project each month. Last month was the kitchen floor. This month, the bathroom. Man, that old linoleum backing is tough to get up. Stay tuned for "After."
Glory Be To God For Dappled Things
This is how the world looks around here: blue and white, texture and brightness, cold and soft at the same time.
Here is a poem I had forgotten about until yesterday. Maybe you've forgotten it, too. It's worth remembering.
What I've Been Up To
Yesterday morning all I knew about refinishing floors was that it would be dusty. Today, I've done it. 
And yes, it was dusty. But not as bad as all that. Total cost $152.00, plus a day and a half of labor, and a sore back. 