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July 5, 2009

Accomplished

Things that I accomplished, Friday - Sunday:

• Removed mirrored shower doors from our bathroom, including the incredibly gross track that ran down each wall and across the tub. It took much more elbow grease than I expected to get the bottom track off, as it was glued down, and unfortunately the side tracks had been screwed in too tightly to the wall. I did a lot of caulking. This effort was part utilitarian (there was no real way to bathe a baby while the doors and track were there) and part aesthetic (if you recall, our bathroom is completely covered in hideous purple tiles- removing the mirrors at the very least reduced the number of times one sees said tiles in one bathroom sitting). Before & after. Little steps, people. Little steps.
• Hedge trimmer! If you were out and about in South Brooklyn on Sunday and saw some sweaty six month pregnant lady maniacally attacking her backyard tree with a hedge trimmer, that was me. I finally wore Alexis down and we bought a hedge trimmer so that I could even out our greenery. I can't tell you how happy this made my OCD side, though we did not have the energy to get out the ladder, so the bush kind of looks like it has a Kid 'n Play haircut. Next weekend I will even out the top.
• Part I of the office-nursery switcheroo. Actually, this was Alexis' accomplishment. He began moving his office into our spare room and together we moved his bookcase into the bedroom-- certainly not our first choice location, but a heck of a lot easier than humping it down two flights of stairs to the basement. Next steps- clear out the room completely, paint and...oh yeah...buy some baby furniture.

After reading this, I realize that it is a) extremely boring and b) a total explanation as to why I was completely exhausted each evening. I just wish I had enough energy to complete domestic tasks AND take long walks. Right now the 2.5 mile walk from our house to the park just about kills me. Those pregnancy books all say, "your energy will return in the 2nd trimester!" but fail to note that your ever increasing girth uses that energy at a much faster rate than usual. Pffft.

P.S. Our cucumbers are starting to grow funny. Now there are a whole bunch that are stubby and fat with little nubby reservoirs at the end, kind of like strangely shaped condoms.

P.P.S. My crazy summer class that has weekly 3.5 hour walking tours starts tomorrow. Wish me and my feet luck.

Posted by callalillie at July 5, 2009 7:02 PM | Home Improvement , Random

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Posted by: Cynthia at July 8, 2009 3:22 PM