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I now have a stack of paint color chips on my counter, but I am having a bit of trouble deciding which shade really says "vintage" and "Tiffany Blue" to me. My suggestion that John buy me something from Tiffany's so that I could have Home Depot just color match the box was not met with wild enthusiasm. ;-) But I may still do a mood board or two to help me out. I finally described my vision to John, involving red and white damask chair pads, milk glass, and a Vargas print or two. He's on board with the notion now, sort of.

Today I baked another batch of bread, stirred up some English muffin batter for tomorrow, and had to hold off on making cookies - John had used the rest of the Crisco and not gotten more. Thursday night, I'd made some bread, stirred up a Chocolate Bundy cake, and put it in the oven. 20 minutes later, it dawned on me that I'd forgotten to spray the pan with cooking spray. So, while that was baking, I stirred up a molasses spice cake. Sure 'nuff, the bundt stuck. So I peeled it out of the pan and into a bowl and baked the molasses cake. Maybe I'll use the cake bits for a trifle, instead. At least I had something to bring to work, since Leslie whined last week about finally working on "fun food Friday" - and nobody brought food. This week, she was about to send Janet out for doughnuts when I turned up - Molasses spice cake with cream cheese Frosting and brown sugar glaze.

The muffins are pretty much for Dad. We're meeting Mom and Dad tomorrow, so they can take Liesl for a few days. She's off school, and she'll be delighted to get more Grandma time. Plus, John won't have to juggle quite so hard to get Rori to her speech program on Monday. Getting the Audi in for an oil change and the van for new tie rods will take a bit more doing.
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Spring cleaning is held up a bit from being very sore from Thursday. But I intend to start anew next week.

I also picked up a book at the Bargain Book store - Terry Pratchett's "Wintersmith." Not bad, really. Pratchett's usual blend of whimsy and clever fantasy. I'll have to get the other two books in the series for Liesl, once she gets the knack of reading down. And for whatever reason, I grabbed an issue of Mother Earth News - which I object to less when they're not really getting any money for it - as in the $1 bin. They have some good stuff. But I cannot get around their downright religious support of Climate Change(TM). Sorry, but so far, 99.5% of what has been published on the topic is out and out bad science. And they have also now climbed onto the "populationist" bandwagon - i.e. while they've not come as far out on the topic, basically favors a worldwide "one child" policy. Cause it's worked so well for China, downcha know. *head desk*

Cruising for decorating ideas did also mean cruising Tiffany's site. ;-) Now, I've made an issue in the past of not being a big jewelry fan. In fact, I only really object to "mall" jewelry. Kay's. Osterman's. Whatever. They're all the same - and I'm just not impressed. However, I lust after some of the Chocolate diamond and strawberry Pearl pieces from Le vian. Their Deco and Estate collections are pretty fab, too. Cartier makes me drool. My problem is - I haz expensive tastes. ;-)

Bedtime soon... whenever I can shift the cats off my chest.

I lied.

I do want Christmas dishes.

Villeroy and Boch is bringing out a very vintage looking Christmas line on the same shapes as the Country Heritage plain white set I want:

http://www.villeroy-boch.com/en/us/home/products/tischkultur/dinnerware.html?artikel=1034503170&page=3

http://www.villeroy-boch.com/en/us/home/products/tischkultur/dinnerware.html?kollektion=3458&page=3

http://www.villeroy-boch.com/en/us/home/products/tischkultur/dinnerware.html?kollektion=3451&page=3

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No the living room isn't done yet. But I need to seize the opportunity of Mom taking Boo for an overnighter to paint her room.

So, which color combo?

Cool teals:



Or vibrant lavenders:



With a contrasting door and trim, natch.

Thoughts?