Kristel's Blog

We have a new cub joining us tonight! It’s his first time to cubs (in general), so he has two weeks to try it out before they decide to pay and he sticks around. But so far we’ve had 100% of our kids stay, so that’s a good sign. That puts us up to… um, well, there’s the original 2, and then 1 that came the start of popcorn… and now this kid so thats… 4! Oh yeah.

Made my two appointments today. My bank meeting is tomorrow, and the lawyer’s meeting is a week tomorrow. Pepper’s appointment’s on Friday, I have to give written notice to my super on Wednesday, I have to have my apartment cleaned by Tuesday night… Buying a house just makes everything way too busy!

I’m wondering what I should do with my textbooks. Some of them I have used, Java, etc., but some of them… not so much. Think I can ebay them? Or is there some textbook donation service thing? Would they still be any good? Certainly most have moved on to new editions. I just don’t want to have to pack them. If they come with me to the new house, they’re just getting put on a shelf in my office.

I’ve started picking out colours for my house — this can’ t be normal. But they all have such fun names! My living room I’m thinking “sisal”, it’s tan. The accent wall is going to be red, “covered bridge”. The hallway I’m thinking a beige, “hemp seed”. The kitchen, I’m thinking green. The one I like is called “bed of ferns”, it’s kind of a muted green, but it’s definitely a little dark. The downstairs bathroom we colour matched to one of my paintings, it’s ice blue/gray, “beacon gray”. Upstairs, in my bedroom, I’m thinking a medium gray, “escarpment” Mom says it’s way too dark, but it’s my house, and I don’t want to paint everything some shade of light beige or off/white. The one room that will be is the guest bed, and it’s called “inukshuk”. The office, well, I haven’t picked a colour yet. I’m not painting the upstairs bathroom or the basement, at least not yet. Maybe if it’s in my budget to put in a nice deep tub next year, then I’ll redo the tile in the bathroom and can repaint. The basement is also a next year project. The pub table will be down there though, and the stereo, and the bar fridge… and probably the games too.

Ok, just realizing the time and I have to be out of here in an hour, so I really should get moving.