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You know what today is, right?
Tuesday.
Youngest has his model building class after school so I plan to go look at materials for the long wall of storage in the sun room. I have this idea in my head and I just can't seem to find what I need to make it happen. After I pick up the kids, I'm leaving them with Tony and going to get the taxes done.
Tony: "What do you mean you're getting the taxes done?"
Me: "Um. What do you mean?"
Tony: "Why did you make the appointment to get them done then?"
Me: "Because they need to get done."
Tony: "On Valentine's Day?"
Me: "She said she'd buy me roses."
Know what else today is?
The day I give away the Scrap book software from MyMemories.com.
So Patty.... today's your lucky day! Now you can get the software yourself and dabble, design and make DVD's for FREE, you know... in your spare time...
Enjoy!
Our unseasonably warm weather has left me completely forgetting to winterize the house this year. Quite simply, I have five windows left that are still the original, string in the sash, single pane glass windows that were all the rage 75 years ago. So normally, when Jack Frost comes banging on the windows in early October and settles in for a nice long stay-cation, I do the only thing a respectable homeowner can do during the winter. I bust out the hairdryer and shrink wrap those babies with a seal so crisp and clean they'd make the bubble boy jealous.
This winter, it just wasn't a priority. That is, until yesterday when, sitting by the front door, I realized I was getting frostbite from the -10 degree windchill nipping at my toes through the crack just above the threshold. Thing is, with less than a month left to go, and 50 degree days coming this week, it seems like such a
Don't judge.
It was white duct tape and it matches the trim.
It feels warmer already.
I did't know duct tape came in white. I've seen the bright colors though. Sounds brilliant to me!
ReplyDeleteGood Luck with the taxes! :)
Brilliant in a Redneck kind of way. :)
DeleteYa gotta do what ya gotta do! My sister was furious with her husband for shrink-wrapping the windows while she was down here visiting our parents. Her house is like a museum so to her, it was simply butt ugly. After about a week she quietly commented to me that the house was warmer AND she got a new blow dryer out of it since her husband burned out the old one. I am not so concerned about how it looks, so we put styrofoam boards, the insulation boards, in our windows at night to keep the cold away. The sun generally warms up the house during the day.
ReplyDeleteIt really does work. This year I was going to do the heavier plastic that you get at joann's but then they closed the store by us and I just forgot. The boards are great for the attic for us because you can just push it out of the way when you need to get into the space. Sadly, I forgot that too. :)
DeleteYAY for Patty! :) [We want to see what you create, please!]
ReplyDeleteAnd I am laughing [with you] at the windows. So funny. I would do the same thing, but the only duct tape we have is psychidelic [sp?] so you can imagine my decorating scheme.
The weather has been sooooo weird - I don't know what to make of it. I do wish it would snow tho'.
Enjoy getting your taxes done. Ours are pretty simple so I will be doing ours myself. [Thank goodness for Turbotax.]
Have a good one!
I thought about using the purple and florescent pink I have on hand for taping mailboxes shut at work, but then I thought I should use up the white. :)
DeleteWe opted to go with someone this year since ours got exponentially harder this year. Next year, when we know what of all our stuff we can claim is legal (think 2 houses, GF food, kids exemptions, SS benefits, etc.), we will most likely do ourselves again. Although, it is nice just handing it off. :)
The redneck way usually is brilliant(cough, cough) in a temporary kinda way. Thing is once we tape it, coat hanger it, or WD 40 it, up we never get around to fixing it.
ReplyDeleteI would think a woman getting the taxes done would be awfully attractive to a man. ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm having ANOTHER woman do the taxes. A perverted mind could find that extremely sexy. :)
DeleteNo judging here. Middlest had to decorate her V-Day box last night (cause of course I forgot), and all I had to decorate with was pink gaff tape and some purple electrical tape.
ReplyDeleteIt looks (ghetto/electrical) fabulous.
And ditto on the 'meh'. BIG ditto.
And I'm stealing your candy heart for FB today...
DeleteDuct tape to the rescue...keep a roll on my desk if you can believe that :)
ReplyDeleteDeanO snatched the words right out of my mouth! I once made a dress out of duct tape. Only wore it once (for obvious reasons).
ReplyDeletePlease tell me you had a liner to that dress. :)
DeleteI used to think it was called Duck Tape.
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I think it always was duct tape, but then somewhere along the line someone marketed Duck tape, because I actually think that Duck tape exists as well. :)
DeleteWhat are you using Duck tape on a window for then? Where's your duck? Oh wait, you don't have a duck? Let me loan you mine.. QWACK!!!
DeleteREALLY?!?! ME??!?! I WIN?! You know, don't laugh... but last night I was thinking about your giveaway and thought, "Psht. Don't get excited. You never win anything."
ReplyDeleteThat's ALL changed now. What do I need to do?
AND! Stephanie D... I thought it was Duck tape clear up till I read this post. I mean, they put a picture of a Duck right on it. Talk about confusing.
I've got my cracks and crevices duck taped up too.
Quack. Quack.
I just need your email so I can have the company contact you for your code. You'll get the software for free and some additional money for papers and stuff.
DeleteEnjoy! :)
0F COURSE THEY MAKE DUCK TAPE!! What do you think has been holding me together these last few years?
ReplyDeleteLuved your post and the comments back and forth. ;0)
ReplyDeleteLong Live Duck Tape!
(((hugs)))Pat
My V Day was spent grocery shopping in a zoo called Wal-mart. How romantic that was...NOT. Just another day in paradise.
ReplyDeleteCheesy one liner: What do they call duct tape in Kentucky?
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haha
Happy Tuesday.
Duct tape is amazing stuff, I tell ya!
ReplyDeleteDuct tape can solve darn near any problem. Good job.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
So...was it a happy valentine's day from the tax lady?
ReplyDeleteYou are soooo creative! White duct tape was a great idea :)
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