Feb 23 2008
Showin’ Off Saturday - 3
Dawn’s Showin’ Off Saturday challenge this week is “What makes your house a home?” Here’s my contribution. I could live pretty much anyplace as long as Mr. Hot and Shortman were around me. And these:
Pippin (the tabby) and Daphne (the torti). They’re brother and sister and love to torment Poopy the Puppy.
My second favorite spot to sit and blog (the first being my couch). The cross stitch pictures were part of an internet round robin. Seven other women from around the U.S. and Canada stitched a tulip (on the shelf) or a lily (on the wall). It was my first brush with the amazing sense of community that the web has brought together. These are treasured pieces.
and
Books. I couldn’t live without them. See how the shelfs sag? That would be because these are cheap, put them together yourself bookcases. My dream is to have real honest-to-gawd oak bookcases - floor to ceiling. (Ignore the vacuum cleaner handle - I AM going to actually run that thing today.) Mostly because of this:
My living room after 3 hours of American Idol and Rock Band last night. We started at 7 pm, and next thing I knew, it was after 11. Neither Mr. Hot nor I could speak this morning. I rocked Blondie’s “Heart of Glass”. Spending three solid hours laughing with my husband and teenage son - priceless memories being made.
—- Now, go check out Dawn and get yourself in the running for the next Showin’ off Saturday. —-
HOT LOVE
I’m glad I’m not the only one with sagging bookshelves!
Erin’s last blog post..Warning ? Photos of Man Panties!
Nice to see a bit more of the Hotatorium.
Housework will wait.
It always does for me.
witchypoo’s last blog post..Ask Witchypoo: Self Healing
OOOoooooooo, I am drooling over the HC Stephen King’s (I was certain that I was the only one on the planet that still LOVED him after all these years.) My shelves sag too (or they would if I ever unpacked my books LOL)
I’m glad to see the saggy bookshelves are a trend and for once, I’m not left out!
Vanessa’s last blog post..Go ahead, be reckless, its not like anyone could DIE…
The answer to the sagging shelves is to buy more books. Cram them in as tight as you can, and they support each other.
Solomon Broad’s last blog post..Things I’m Grateful For on Saturday 23 February
books, cats and cross stitch. It’s a lot like my house
Including the cheap ass bookcases.
Dawn’s last blog post..Showin’ off
I would swear you have been sneaking into my house taking pictures of MY living room that looks like that by Saturday or Sunday morning, depending on which night the *gangs* were over playing Guitar Hero and various other activities that wreck a nice clean room. And I have saggy bookcases too. And that floor lamp. So I think you have been in my house.
flutterby’s last blog post..Mayor Marty vs Governor Bill
I love peeking into other’s homes. I would do it, too, but…no. Not on a weekend. Not after all 3 children and I have been home sick. It would be a horror story to rival your Stephen Kings.
And I agree with Solomon Broad…more books to hold up the shelves is how I have my sagging shelf problems fixed.
i love your torti cat…so pretty!!!
zoe’s last blog post..Kiss Kiss!!
Cute cats!
Heidi
Heidi’s last blog post..Busy Hearts
My bookshelves don’t sag. Ner ner ner ner.
My Dad made them for me and they weigh a TON! Even when they don’t have any books on them.
Veronica’s last blog post..And it’s That Time of the Week Again.
I love that I have seen inside your home. Now I feel like a real life stalker from the comfort of my Aussie lounge room.
Wish I had of thought to join in. My bedroom is totally clutter free and CLEAN and OMG that makes me feel randy, I mean at home.
Kelley’s last blog post..What do you discuss at a 1 years old’s birthday party?
I see you’re more of a hardcover whore, than a paperback princess. are yours all first editions? First editions would make you really hard core.
Are you on goodreads.com?
Wow. I once had a cat named Pippin . . . was a calico. Also a cat named frodo and a dog named gimmly. Yeah, the nerd gene exists in monkeys.
The Super Bongo’s last blog post..Wordless: Oracle