{"id":3173,"date":"2008-12-08T21:20:33","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T04:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2008-12-08T21:34:46","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T04:34:46","slug":"we-will-miss-the-warm-glow-of-electric-sex-in-the-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/08\/we-will-miss-the-warm-glow-of-electric-sex-in-the-window\/","title":{"rendered":"No warm glow of electric sex in the window."},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a very distinct chance we will not have a Christmas tree this year.\u00c2\u00a0 And I am blaming it all on this:<\/p>\n

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The Man Palace that demanded attention and took away from the progress in the part of the house we actually live in.\u00c2\u00a0 (No, no, no bitterness here.\u00c2\u00a0 Just don’t get me talking about having to blow the rest of our savings on COBRA, then you’ll hear some bitterness.)<\/p>\n

But it sure is pretty.\u00c2\u00a0 Paul finished installing the windows this weekend and built the headers in the front of the roof.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s ready for hardie.\u00c2\u00a0 The sides have corrugated metal sheets along the fence(s) and then will have hardie in the areas that are open to the elements.\u00c2\u00a0 The center section will remain open — storage will be on either side.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ll get walls up in the center with big doors leading into each side.\u00c2\u00a0 The center will be a patio-like space for grilling, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 Paul really wants to put in a built-in grill here, and I admit, it would be pretty cool.<\/p>\n

See the windows in the back?\u00c2\u00a0 Those are to let in more natural light into the open space.\u00c2\u00a0 Neat, huh?<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Will’s bed sits in the front room where our tree should go.\u00c2\u00a0 His bed cannot be moved until the study is moved.\u00c2\u00a0 The study cannot be moved until the floor is installed in the back.\u00c2\u00a0 The floor can’t be installed in the back until the painting is done.\u00c2\u00a0 The painting can’t be done until the floor is cleaned and tools put away.\u00c2\u00a0 The tools can’t be put away until they can be locked in the outbuilding… and so, here we are.<\/p>\n

We talked about putting up a leg lamp<\/a> and decorating it, instead.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe the titillating joy of electric sex in our window would make us feel better?\u00c2\u00a0 But, no, I think it would just remind me of the beautiful tree sitting safely (?) contained outside.\u00c2\u00a0 Next to Paul’s fermenting hockey gear.<\/p>\n

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The picture above is the backroom that needs paint and flooring.\u00c2\u00a0 I wasn’t kidding about the massive amount that needs to happen back here.\u00c2\u00a0 All that wood?\u00c2\u00a0 That’s SOME of the trim that still needs to be installed in the bathroom (most of the places where we could see the dirt below the house are covered, now, though.)\u00c2\u00a0 Paul doesn’t want to put down the floor until all the trim is done.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m pretty sure I threatened bodily harm with one of those trim pieces when he suggested this.\u00c2\u00a0 Not that I’m feeling impatient; I maintain that I am the epitome of patience!<\/p>\n

Here is proof.<\/p>\n

This is some of Will’s homework from last week.\u00c2\u00a0 Patience and great sense of humor are imperative when doing three pages of this in one evening.\u00c2\u00a0 (Will doesn’t usually have that much homework, it’s just that Daddy missed it on the night he was suppose to do it with Will because Mommy was in a meeting.\u00c2\u00a0 And I wonder why the kids love Daddy more?)<\/p>\n

My favorite part of the homework is Will’s cake.\u00c2\u00a0 I also like how Will is writing his lower case “a,” with the little curly puppy tail.<\/p>\n

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There is a very distinct chance we will not have a Christmas tree this year.\u00c2\u00a0 And I am blaming it all on this: The Man Palace that demanded attention and took away from the progress in the part of the house we actually live in.\u00c2\u00a0 (No, no, no bitterness here.\u00c2\u00a0 Just don’t get me talking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78,119,86],"tags":[137,138,107],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3173"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3173"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3178,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3173\/revisions\/3178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}