I love your house, Eiseley! Wood floors! And some great woodwork and detailed shapes. A nice wooden wardrobe also--I'd love one of those one of these days. My 1976 house is just straight lines on a concrete slab. But a great big yard on a creek--that's what got me in here. It also has some wonderful paneling in the living room, and I'm thinking about painting it. All of my wood furniture competes with all of that wood on the walls. But so far it's just a thought--once you paint, you don't strip this stuff any too easily.

If you ever look at the houses in Realtor.com (I love to look in other people's houses!) you'll sometimes see the photos of houses where people still live. And clearly the realtor couldn't talk them into putting tons of stuff away. It's so difficult to get the feel for a place when it has way too much stuff to begin with, all spread around. Even though my kitchen is fairly tidy, all of the antiques on top of the cabinets make it look cluttered in a photo. It's like the pull your eyes to the stuff on top, but I barely notice it when I'm in the room normally. Funny how that works.

Finished shopping and stopped by the insurance agent. It was my signature on my "missing" check--but it was so long ago, and I thought that was for something else, that I didn't realize I had received the refund on the truck insurance. Thought it had to do with the house and flood insurance. So while I could have used another $125, at least I don't have to start fooling with bank accounts and worry about id theft right now.

SRS