Don't things ever get fixed?

I really wanted to get the front door fixed before the wedding. REALLY, really wanted to. But the stained glass guy was busy and the window was in much worse shape than I thought, so it makes a lot more sense to just replace it. It won't cost a whole lot more than fixing it anyway, and it'll look a lot newer. Now that we're back from the honeymoon of course now it's time for him to go on vacation. Oh well, it'll get done when it gets done... at least it'll be fixed the right way.

We've also trained Snowy to be more calm when the doorbell rings. This isn't going to happen again.

I got a lot of advice from my aunt who knows a lot about decorating and design while she was here. Apparently the shade of green that the entire downstairs is painted in has a lot more life left on it than I thought. She also said that a dark wood would go well downstairs in the living room and dining room, and that it'd be a good idea to think about doing something with the mantle. The floor will be easy because I've been looking into that for months now, but the fireplace... much more difficult. I'm hoping to break ground on this project sometime in late July. Until then I'll be busy planning and trying to integrate all the stuff Elle and I got for our wedding with everything.

Stupid breaks the door (May 26, 2009)

Stupid the dog (formerly known as Snowy) had a rough day today. Someone rang the doorbell today and he took off to go see what's going on but this time he's extra excited and decides it's a good idea to jump on the window. One of the glass panels breaks. No, the dog wasn't hurt.



Thanks, Snowy! The estimate:
$125 to fix the glass
$25 to repair the solder
$300-ish? to refinish the door. But they're taking it off to take somewhere and refinish and I'm really not that great at staining and finishing stuff with funny edges to it. I would've had to farm that out at some point anyway because I don't have the time and space to do a good job of it myself.

For the time being there's a band aid of tape covering the hole, and obedience training in store for the dog.