February 1, 2010, 2:42 pm
Last year, we began remodeling the back room to move Gunner into that larger room. A long, long time ago, it was a roommate's room, then when the new baby (namely Gunner) came along, it became the "junk room" because there was no way I was putting a baby in that room with the nightmarish electric-puke-chartreuse walls. But as Gunner grew and accumulated more and more stuff, he quickly outgrew the smaller "baby" room and really needed more space. The decision was 100% cemented with the beginnings of baby number two, and months of procrastination was quickly becoming regrettable! But with the help of our wonderful families we were able to finish it up relatively quickly. Thank goodness! As you can see from the before photos in this archive entry and the after photos below, it turned out beautifully.
Gunner's new loft bed was crafted by his grandfather (my father-in-law) years ago, originally for our nephew but he outgrew it a few years ago and we inherited it when my sister-in-law cleaned out her storage garage. It was perfect timing, and it's such a cool bed! I was worried about him sleeping so high off the ground, but he's been doing just fine (settle down, mom) and it's nice to have the extra room underneath. I really like that the organization drawers for toys and his clothing worked out so well, and I got to sort and put labels on everything! I'm hoping that the labels will help him with some "sight" reading and he will be able to keep track of where everything is and clean up after himself more easily. He's also got a brand new bookcase so that all of his books are now in his room! I've been wanting to do this for a long time in order to clear out some space on the livingroom bookshelves for our growing collection of books.
Now it's just a matter of getting the new baby's room more settled and figured out. It shouldn't be too difficult, the crib and changing table/dresser and all the other good stuff is already set up. I'm just waiting on some Alphabet wall cards to spiff up the plain white walls. Then I'll throw some pink sheets and blankets on things and see where it needs to go from there. *sigh* Always a work in progress.
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January 27, 2010, 5:57 pm
After reading a blog entry over at Wise Craft about house music, I decided to make my own list of songs that I could listen to over and over again repeatedly. Which I have actually done with these songs on multiple occasions over the years. They're just that good!
To keep the list "short," and in the interest of "diversity," I've only chosen one song per band/artist, which was really hard to do, as seen in the footnotes for few songs (so I cheated a teensy bit). These are listed alphabetically by artist, because that's how they came out as I was sifting through Media Player; it seems to add a bit of organized randomness to the whole thing.
If you don't feel like clicking each individual link to the songs, I've put them all on a playlist available on YouTube: Infinite Repeat (click "Play All Videos" to start the awesomeness). Otherwise you can just read through the entire list below, which turned out to be longer than I expected. I trimmed it down twice but I cannot get it in under thirty, so lengthy it remains...
AC/DC "Squealer" Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Allman Brothers Band "Midnight Rider" The Devil's Rejects Soundtrack
Black Sabbath "Planet Caravan" Paranoid
Cake "Wheels" Pressure Chief
Clutch "Basket of Eggs" Jam Room
Danzig "Ashes" Danzig 5: Blackacidevil
Devildriver "I Dreamed I Died" Devildriver
Faith No More "Woodpecker from Mars" The Real Thing
Fiona Apple "Extraordinary Machine" Extraordinary Machine
George Michael "Freedom 90" Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Heart "Magic Man" Greatest Hits
INXS "Need You Tonight" Kick
Johnny Cash "God's Gonna Cut You Down" American V: A Hundred Highways
Led Zeppelin "When the Levee Breaks" Led Zeppelin IV
Les Claypool "Up On the Roof" Purple Onion
Medeski Martin & Wood "The Dropper" The Dropper
Mr. Bungle "Vanity Fair" California
Neil Young "Old Man" Harvest
Nine Inch Nails "Into the Void" The Fragile
Pantera "Shedding Skin" Far Beyond Driven
Pink Floyd "Childhood's End" Obscured by Clouds
Primus "Mrs. Blaileen" Tales from the Punchbowl *
Puscifer "Momma Sed" V is for Vagina
Rage Against the Machine "Testify" The Battle of Los Angeles
Slayer "Stain of Mind" Diabolus in Musica
System of a Down "Spiders" System of a Down
Ted Nugent "Stranglehold" Ted Nugent
Testament "John Doe" Demonic **
That 1 Guy "Buttmachine" The Moon Is Disgusting
Tool "Reflection" Lateralus
Whale "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" We Care
White Zombie "El Phantasmo and the Chicken Run Blast-o-rama" Astro-Creep: 2000 †
* or "The Toys Go Winding Down" Frizzle Fry
** or "3 Days in Darkness" The Gathering
† this whole album is ridiculously awesome.
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January 16, 2010, 9:17 pm
I decided it was time for a change of scenery around here. I haven't done a redesign of this website since July 2009. I incorporated some yellow, because I never use it much and I wanted a light, cheery feeling. I also wanted to majorly strip down the site for more easy maintenance and cleaner interface. It all worked out well and didn't take very long, so I'm happy! With the new baby on the way, this layout will be up for a while, so get used to it!
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January 9, 2010, 2:07 pm
Well, we're just over one week into 2010 and we've finally gotten plowed out after three days of being snowed-in from the most recent storm and blowing. I'm not sure if I should feel obligated to actually leave the house now that it is possible to do so? I suppose we could use some T.P. and milk... first I should probably clean up a little boy who's a kinda funky after his no-school-stay-home-days-xbox-brain-mush-Star-Wars-pajama-wearing marathon.
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