are we there yet?

It’s Monday morning here at the Murphy-Lee-Sandness household, and the most common refrain around here is, “Are we there yet?” Our list of things to do to finish making the house beautiful is really pretty short now, but we are just all damned tired of it. The kitchen ceiling is done; the porches are painted; the bathroom is spackled and needs painting. Unfortunately the frelling toilet tank has sprung a hairline leak, so we are hoping to God that one can buy a rubber sealant for the inside of the…

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stats, 9/1

gawdamighty, how’d it get to be september already? honestly no clue what yesterday’s numbers were. i was down to about 6 points, +2 APs from walking, + v. close to 2 hours of jumping up and down and dancing, which the activity tracker suggests is between 4-6 points, so i’ll call it 5. we ate very rich food which i am quite sure blew my APs away, but as for actual points, no idea. all i know is i was hungry again a couple hours later, so i don’t think…

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soooo tired!

last night we went out to girdwood to watch the young dubs play again. the opening act was…remarkable. we’ll leave it at that. the dubs, however, as usual, rocked beyond belief. the sound was very good, and they did _two_ sets instead of the usual one, so i was _particularly_ glad that i’d been Sniky and had rented us a room overnight at the alyeska prince hotel. it was ridiculously expensive, but totally worth it. :) we had a total blast, got back to the hotel around 1:30 with ringing…

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wonderful boys

The wonderful boys have the back porch nearly all repainted. They’ll probably be done by the time I’m done with this entry, in fact. It looks all different and nice. :) They trimmed the lilacs, too, and even though I love crazy mad lilacs, it does look tidier. I talked my brain out of walking 5 miles today, and only did 2.5. That seems like enough, especially as there’s a Young Dubs concert tonight and I expect I’ll spend an hour or more jumping up and down. :) Looking forward…

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