Wallpaper, begone!

The English tea-house wallpaper is all gone, and now my kitchen is a peachy-coral kind of color. It all turned out very well. At the risk of sounding like an ad for hair dye, the color has great dimension to it--in the shadows it's rosy pink, but in direct light it's almost orange. It keeps me guessing, and isn't that what life's all about?

So I spent yesterday cleaning the kitchen top to bottom. It was cleaner than it'd ever been in my few short months in the house. Then I immediately set about cooking, so now it's a little less clean. Oh well. My only complaint is that my feet are still tired from standing so long, and I pulled a muscle in my back, probably carrying the microwave hither and yon.

I rearranged the appliances for better counter space. I think it's working, but in my morning fog it was disconcerting to not have the coffee maker in the customary spot.

So, it'll be a short week b/c I'm taking off Friday. I might go wild and ask off for Thursday, too. The college will just be emerging from its Fall Break slumber, so I could probably slip away without getting too many frantic calls.