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Thursday, January 20, 2005

A bright spot in the darkness

This is CHOICE!! I laughed and laughed!! Cheered and hooted!!

And I didn't think I would find a thing to laugh about today.

HAH!!

5:37:36 PM

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The new house project -- Paint, paint, paint.

Sorry, light blogging this morning. It's all about the paint.

The crew can't get in the house for some reason (probably locked themselves out).

I have to pick a color and not p*ss off my hubby at the same time; he's out of pocket today so I'm flying blind on his choice.

I think it's going to be white.

You know what that means...there's a jillion shades of white.

Gah.

Back, whenever I'm done picking out the whiter shade of pale.

At least this takes my mind off Black Thursday. You are wearing blue and not spending a dime, aren't you?

Not to worry. The paint's already bought.

10:48:13 AM

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