Archive for May 12th, 2011

May 12 2011

Countrified

Published by under Country Life


Burn, baby, burn

Well, I’m afraid that I have officially gone to (hay)seed.

First, I lost my ability to talk on a cellphone in traffic or deal with the sights and sounds of homeless people (how did I ever take all that sadness in stride, all those years I lived in the city?). Last night, I was woken by crashing and thudding noises. I lay in bed and listened for a while, and eventually decided that it was the kittens chasing a mouse. Instead of being horrified by a rodent hunt in my house, I just turned over, thought, “At least it’s not a bear in the garbage”, and went back to sleep.

When I got up, the boys were still on mouse patrol. Before I finished my coffee, they had caught the poor little beast and were running around with it. I just shooed them outside. The only squeaking was the mouse’s. Can you believe it?

Later, Mark came by and took away some things and stuff which were hanging around outside my house, including old hunks of wood and the former buffet from Rose’s funeral fiesta. Removing the wood revealed slugs, termites, a couple of scorpions, and a baby snake, none of which made me squeal in horror. Even the spiders in the house have ceased to dismay me, though their webs have not. I’ve come a long way, baby!

I found this table a few weeks ago. After sanding and varathaning, it looks pretty good. The outside living space is slowly coming together:

I’m multi-tasking today by burning miscellaneous junk (see above), a very country pursuit, while listening to the Giants game and doing some research for a couple of stories I’m writing. We’re running out of burn days, so it seemed like a good time to do it.

But don’t worry. I still have my Vogue subscription and do my modest best to keep Sephora happy and healthy. I’m also planning to go to the city next week and see the Balenciaga exhibit, so I haven’t completely lost my glamor-loving side. Can I be country chic instead of city fabulous?

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