home depot must die

i can't write much, because i think it might be 600 degrees upstairs in our house and i'm pretty sure thats not healthy.

but today i had a moment of anger. i have been soooo excited about putting new flooring and a countertop in our kitchen. (i love you mom, but that purple is uuugly.) we got some money from the taxman (yeah for the taxman!) and decided to go ahead with it. we went to home depot last week and they quoted a price. it was decent so we went ahead with having everything measured and an official quote done up and it came in at twice what they said it would.

i was tres, tres unhappy. (still am, come to think of it.) a lot of the stuff the first lady said was included is, indeed, not included. which isn't a big deal because we can do it ourselves or ask someone for help. and removing those things from the quote does take a good chunk off the price (not as much as it should, but still a lot). but, seriously, how do you screw it up THAT badly?

tim offered to boycott "the depot" and i appreciate the sentiment. but i'm pretty sure he didn't really mean it. he holds a deep love for building materials that goes beyond brotherly love.

dilemma

it has been a while since i posted and i'll tell you why. i've been pondering.

i like to have the blog. i have friends all over the country now, from one side to the other. and i like that they can get a real glimpse of my life from time to time. but as of late (and don't ask me how i know this, because i wish i didn't) my blog has gotten a lot of attention from someone who i don't want having that look into my life. a really lot of attention. more attention than people who know me and like me (i know there are many!)

i didn't want to stop writing, because (as i've already said) i like doing it. but i also felt creeped out whenever i sat down to type. like i couldn't be myself knowing that there's someone out there intruding. on the other hand, i'm not unrealistic. i know this is cyberspace. and you have to let it go into the world and be free of it. but this was too much over a line for me. so i've relocated. same blog. same everything, just new address.

please bear with me. we'll see how it goes.