Facts!
Dance Off
I think I walk sexier when I’m listening to music. There I said it! Get a slice of this!
Summer
Bakery Summer
RWB
Red white and blue fantasy
Growth
It’s almost impossible to tell from the photos, but the garage is attached to the house and connects to the kitchen. The part where it attaches is circled in this photo. There’s also another entrance door there. It’s so overgrown with vines and weeds, it’s hard to see. This is also kinda what the back and other side of the house looks like also.
Birdie
The birds outside are riotous this morning at dawn. Lort! I can’t wait to have a yard with a bird feeder. In related news, I need to turn off all my zillow alerts. I don’t want to second guess as more houses come on the market. We have an accepted purchase offer and that is that. I can turn them back on in a few months when I want to armchair monitor the real estate market. Oh, for the record, Mr. K said that I can use the back rooms of the upstairs – that I suspect used to be a small (mother-in-law?) apartment – to run my #BookmarkEmpire.
Gadget
Home inspection is Thursday.
Disco
Let me know when it’s ok to flip out about buying a house and moving. I’m too busy to focus on it right now. I’ll wait for your signal. Danki!
Thousand Words
Here are the HARRIBLE pictures from the listing. Click below for more. I swear these pics are taken with a cricket flip phone. The home is honestly so much nicer and solid than these pics convey. Things to note. The original columns and molding in the parlor and dining room are stunning. The kitchen is gigantic and almost feels like a waste of space. I think I’ll put a large island with seating in the middle of the kitchen. #PuzzleStation Off the back living room, is the seasonal sun room overlooking the private fenced yard. The back yard is so overgrown with weeds that they are obscuring the view out the windows. And there are no pics of the back yard in the listing. Perhaps I’ll do a video to show you how jungle-like it is. I am cautiously optimistic that there are original hardwoods under the carpeting upstairs. If so, wee! If not, meh. I can live with carpet in bedrooms and am fine with it. The two car garage is a rock-solid cinderblock building that could withstand a hurricane. It’s also strangely all tiled on the inside walls? Not sure why. The home used to have an above-ground pool (I’m guessing), and there’s a small space in the back of the garage that I assume was their pool house of sorts. The garge is connected to the house by a small walkway / addition that strangely has a crystal chandelier. The driveway could fit 8 cars, it’s so huge. Which is nice but will be a bear in winter. We will definitely need a snowblower. The house is vinyl sided and/or brick. All the windows are vinyl replacement windows except for the gigantic picture window overlooking the front porch which is original. But it doesn’t look too drafty because it’s all painted shut forever. The electric, plumbing, and heating have all been modernized and updated. It does not have central air, but it seems like that would be easy to fix since it’s forced air. Or even with minisplits. Meh? I can live without AC for 99% of the year, so that doesn’t bother me. The neighborhood is super cute and all the houses nearby are cute, well-maintained historic homes. The house is only 3 blocks from Nappy Knolls, so an easy walk to everything downtown.
Hud
Alert! We got a house! I’m not sharing the link because the pictures are terrible. Like “taken by Mother with her flip phone” terrible. This is honestly one of the pics from the listing. But it’s a real gem with good bones, huge space, and lots of original molding and pillars. Most importantly it has an amazing private yard with a seasonal sun room that is fantastic. I can’t wait to hang out with a book in that room. Plus! An attached two car garage which is almost unheard of in the city. We are excited! But also fried. Because this is great news at a bad time. I’m headed into audit week and need to be in Syracuse every day. Luckily, I have Mr. K here in town if I need feet on the ground.
Antiques
Things I almost bought at the antique festival. A gilded triptych that looked like it had been looted right out of a cathedral during World War Two. A five foot tall statue of Ganesh that looked like it had been the masthead on a ship or something and was kinda attached to a column base. I ended up only buying a pineapple lemonade.
Fact
This classic is still a fact!
Antique
At the Bouckville Antique Festival.
Mark
Making bookmarks. #ForTheHoard #BookmarkEmpire
Regina
Mr. K doesn’t appreciate my random Ai image prompt generation tool. #DivorceCourt
Sun
No sunset. Too cloudy. But an otherwise beautiful night.
Happening
It’s legit the best part
Riot
There is some hardcore 90s riot grrl picking the musaq at this resto! I’m all over it. Fiona, Sarah, the whole shebang!
Made
The duck was a mistake. I ate half of Mr. K’s steak.
Duck
At Rainbow Shores
Home
Some ninety year old homeless dude said, “That’s a pretty ass shirt!” So I guess there is some sense of style left in the world. #FashionIcon
Pull
Because no one is around today, I created a database tool to generate image prompts based on randomly selected criteria for colors, genders, moods, head positions, gazes, and objects. Click a button and voila! Random new fun creature. It’s kinda wild! I’m having a lot of fun playing with it. #BookmarkEmpire
Summer
Things Mr. K needs to let me do this summer that I’ve never done before. Visit Boldt Castle. Go to the Bouckville Antique Festival. Make it happen, Universe! #BusySummer #BookIt
Dope
Hospital Fantasy
Demo
The matte acrylic arrived today, and I thus now have a fully functional demo! It looks fantastic. I’d love to share it with you. If you need a bookmark, drop your addy in a message, and I’ll send you one. It’ll help me get the kinks out of my production process. Danki! #BookmarkEmpire