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Picked out my carpet for the upstairs stairs, upstairs hallway, office & guest bed. I decided to go against the one I really liked, even though it was scotch guarded and softer, and prettier…. but the difference between the one I chose and the one I wanted would be a good $600 – $800; and with that kind of money I could replace a window or two that need to be done, or a new front door, or a new sliding door, maybe a water softener or furnace…. not to mention some various projects that’ll need to be done that I don’t know about yet. And the carpet I chose isn’t bad. It’s just not as nice. But if I clean up any messes on the carpet right away, I won’t have to worry about not scotch guarding it.

Speaking of the office & guest bed, thinking I’m going to paint them the same colour. I like the colour I chose, and it goes nice with the carpet, so that’s how that’s going to go. Haven’t settled on my kitchen or master colour yet. Getting so many different views on how I should go. Some are saying, take your living room colour and go down to the lightest shade for the hallway and up a shade for the kitchen. And then others are saying, you chose them from a book where they colour coordinated them for you, so pick one of the four colours for your kitchen. And then even more others are saying, pink!!! I told Dad the colour for the accent wall; he’s telling me it’s too bright, it’s going to look horrible, what are you doing?! Your house is going to look like a circus tent with all those colours! I told him, it’s red, it’s actually not a bright-red, but a little more muted. Plus, accent walls are supposed to be just that: accented!!! And he’s saying, no, they’re meant to contrast. Um… aren’t we saying the same thing here? And wouldn’t red contrast? I think though that this is one thing he isn’t going to talk me out of.

Made cookies on my pizza stone last night and oooooh are they good! I swear, same recipe, and they taste better than when done on a cookie sheet. Yeah, it takes a little longer in the oven. And yeah, taking the pan out to let the cookies cool on it (so they’re nice and crispy on the bottom) was more of a pain than on a cookie sheet, if only because you need two hands to do it. But so worth it.

I’ve been writing this post for almost three hours. Ok, so I’ve been doing a lot more than just writing this post, but still… it’s time to publish.