francophone

aka the phone.  and a frank.

the upholstery project

first, a little background on my family.  my sister and i love to clothes shop, and i'm a big fan of thrift stores for over-enthusiastic furniture remakes.  our parents, the mums specifically, abhor shopping of any kind that has to be done in person; i think internet shopping was invented for them.  my sister also stand at a towering 4'11.75"... or 5' according to her doctor.  but i digress.  needless to say, regular chairs dwarf her, and her little feet dont touch the ground. 

mums, of all people, found the tiniest chair ever at some kind of estate sale where they live, and brought me the chair to reupholster.  and then it sat in my living room from thanksgiving 2014.  over christmas, my sister and i perused fabric.com for the appropriate fabric, i ordered it, aaand it sat in my sewing room for the next 4 months. 

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do not let the cuteness beguile.  beneath that furry face lies a pure unadulterated evil.

feliz navidad a couple days early

welp the christmas tree has been up for... 2 weeks now.  pics are now finally as well.  i got a significantly smaller tree than the beastly one i had last year, and probably will shoot for a happy medium next year.  but damnit, it was cold and freezing rain in the christmas tree lot, and my christmas-tree-hauling-friend-with-a-truck was rather displeased at being present.

i bought some tacky tinsel garland this year, and i think it looks pretty friggin nice if i do say so.

franksgiving!

aka the best holiday of the year!

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gratuitous cat in sunshine pic

bathroom status: 89% done!

progress report on the longest bathroom remodel ever - top pic aug 13, bottom pic sept 18.  all i need now are for the sink faucets to be turned 90 degrees [should point outward so you turn the water toward yourself...rather than into the spout], the sink drain to stop leaking into a tupperware in the vanity, the flooring laid, window trimmed out, and the new radiator connected.

a brief respite

for a year now, ive assumed the hot water dripping in the bathtub was from the faucet not turning off fully, and spent countless minutes trying to crank it closed more.  however, after the tub was removed and the water turned off... it continued to drip out the hot side.  all over the floor.  solution? 

red solo cup.  sigh.

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frank likes suitcases.

frank looks sleek and sophisticated.

frank likes to sing along.

the end.

living room part deux

and by deux i really mean.. version 7.3.  or somewhere thereabouts.  its a work in progress.  but the new additions: pineapple shaped lamp that i repainted and added a black shade to.  pretty sure its made of solid metal and could easily kill a man.  also, a slightly garish mirror, to add to my mirror collection.

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one of these things is not like the other.

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new wave. not just for bad music

$60 used dresser at the salv army.  my shopping buddy convinced me not to buy it when i bought the brown dresser, but it was still there when i went to pick up the next day... and my mad tape measuring skills told me theyd both fit in the back of the truck.  and my artistic vision was not for naught.  it looks fucking awesome if i do say so myself.

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the various stages of sitting at a computer with a cat in your lap:

oh hai.  may i put my paw there?  you dont mind kitty gropes right?

gratuitous livingroom pics

chairs all done!

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aka gratuitous sleepy rudely awoken kitty pics.  he's so freakin cute when not out for my blood

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wheresakitty?

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displeased meatloaf kitty

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this may answer the frequently asked question as to why i'm single

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happy new year from the nuttiest mammal around!  [and happy new year from me as well]