On Painting

I spent the entire weeknd painting what will become our bedroom once we get a few more things done in there. For the last six months, it’s served as a storage room. We just need to lay the new flooring, move some stuff out and we’ll be good to go.
I chose a very light blue [...]

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Meh.

 
 The Orange Peel Social and Pleasure Club, Asheville, NC
No, that’s not the word of the day. That’s how life’s been around Casa Seering this week. Mainly, I succombed to some weird flu/cold/allergy thing while also having to go out of town for a board meeting. So, meh. I am feeling better now however and do [...]

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Ooh, ooh, this is fun!

Talk about indulgent.
The Name Game
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) -
Andy Saturn
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) -
Superman Snickerdoodle
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) -
E-See
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) -
Red Dog
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA [...]

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Noisome

 
noisome \NOY-sum\, adjective:
1. Noxious; harmful; unwholesome.
2. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting.
The body politic produces noisome and unseemly substances, among which are politicians.
– P. J. O’Rourke, “No Apparent Motive”, The Atlantic, November 2002
Noisome is from Middle English noysome, from noy, “harm,” short for anoy, from Old French, from anoier, “to annoy.”
I like this [...]

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Dusk

Dusk has always been my favorite part of the day, particularly in the fall. It’s like time reverts back to a time that was more- quiet. I’ve had these strings of globe lights hanging around the shed for awhile now and finally got around to using them last night. I also added a red glass [...]

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Black Mountain

Whew! Life is returning to semi-normality around here. Still very busy. I think that I will just have to accept that now through Christmas will be one thing after another. I suppose that will help me appreciate my leisurely pace at the beginning of the year.
While I was away from the blogosphere over the last [...]

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How Arrrrrrre ya’ doin’?

 
Today is the annual Talk Like a Pirate Day and since Matthew and I grew up as Pinckney Pirates, it’s certainly a day to celebrate- by talking like pirates of course! After seeing the last Pirates of the Caribbean film, Matthew spent the next week talking like a pirate. We teach a 3 and 4 year old [...]

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Impassible.

impassible \im-PASS-uh-buhl\, adjective:
1. Incapable of suffering; not subject to harm or pain.
2. Unfeeling or not showing feeling.
Impassible is from Late Latin impassibilis, from Latin in-, “not” + Late Latin passibilis, “passible; capable of feeling or suffering” from Latin passus, past participle of pati, “to suffer.” It is related to passion, which originally meant “suffering” but [...]

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Yen, y’all

yen \YEN\, noun:
1. A strong desire or inclination; a longing.
intransitive verb:
1. To have a strong desire or inclination; to long.
I like this word, yen. I just got back from a baby shower. I also just got back from a weekend with our three week old niece. So what do I have a yen for? Pizza. [...]

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9.8

Today is this lady’s birthday:

 
She is a fabulous lady and one thoroughly deserving of a very happy birthday. And this one, it’s a big one, but I won’t say what number it is, which means you can think all the kind things you want to about how mature she looks for a 21 year old.
Love [...]

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