O l d o l d fa s h i o n e d

On my mind lately. . .

I'll turn off the TV
It's killing us, we never speak
There's a radio in the corner
It's dying to make a scene
So give me soft, soft static
With a human voice underneath
And we can both get old fashioned
Put the brakes on these fast, fast wheels
Oh let's get old fashioned
Back to how things used to be
If I get old, old fashioned
Would you get old, old fashioned with me?

Put the wall clock in the top drawer
Turn off the lights so we can see
We will waltz across the carpet
1-2-3-2-2-3
So give me the soft, soft static
Of the open fire and the shuffle of our feet
We can both get old fashioned
Do it like they did in '43
Oh let's get old fashioned
Back to how things used to be
If I get old, old fashioned
Would you get old, old fashioned with me?

So give me soft, soft static
We won't need no electricity
If we both get old fashioned
We won't have to rely on our memories
Oh let's get old fashioned
Back to how things used to be
If I get old, old fashioned
Would you get old, old fashioned with me?

D O N G L E

Well, I just browsed the 2011 Ikea catalog while Kyle was recording his podcast. It really made me realize how much more we need to do to our house/stuff we need (ok, stuff I want).

I have decided to compile a list of everything we need to do and also a list of stuff I want to buy/replace.

House projects (I'm sure I will think of more later):

-Kitchen backsplash (anyone want to help?!)

-Kitchen ceiling

-Paint hideous railing on the front porch/carport. We already bought the paint...just haven't gotten around to it.

-Repaint pretty much all of the ceilings (want to hire someone to do this!)

-Paint bright blue room in basement

-Paint ping pong room in basement and possibly cover wood paneling with bead board (or something else)

-Repaint/remove paint from front porch floor. It's cement- not wood.

-Paint Kyle's desk

-Finish painting the old metal crib that was turned into a love seat that my mom gave my sister who gave it to me. Just need to touch up the paint and make seat/back cushions and side pillows.

-Make the last curtain for our room (2 down, 1 to go)

-Fix the coffee table where Maggie chewed it up or get a new one (Kyle's grandfather made this one, so probably repairing this one)

-Landscaping the yard- fix the weed whacker & plant pretty things.

-Organize closet by dining room.

Edit- I remembered more:

-Replace/fix faucet in bathroom

-Paint cabinets in bathroom under sink

-Get ugly tiles glazed

Things we need to replace/buy:

-Replace couches. NO MORE SLIP COVERS

-Replace chair that's currently covered with a tapestry (uglyyyyyyyy)

-New side lamps by our bed. I want the kind that are attached to the wall

-Make/buy a headboard for bed

-Somehow make Kyle's dresser not as ugly (heh)

-New rug for under Kyle's desk

-Some sort of storage for our office supplies. The plastic storage drawers just are not cutting it for me anymore. We also need a small fireproof case of some sort to store our important papers. Maybe this for the office supplies:


-Get this for the dining room (or something similar)


-Get me a wardrobe. Our closet is TINY and we have to share it. The guest closet is already full of my dresses. There are lots of good ones at Ikea.

-New desk chair for Kyle

-New light fixtures pretty much everywhere. Goodbye ugly fans.

-New sheets & sheet to cover our bare box spring. I couldn't handle the bed skirt one more second so I took it off.

-KitchenAid mixer. Preferably imperial gray or Martha Stewart blue with the bigger glass bowl. I'm picky. I couldn't keep that off the list :)

Wow, that was long. (twss)

PS: Kyle just said something about a "dongle" on his podcast. It's his favorite word :)