Lost desk parts, Chinese furniture, and a magical cordless TV

It's like magic. I leave at 7 am, put in another day's work saving the puppies and kittens of Greater West Houston, get home at 7 pm and something in the Ol' Fitz looks entirely different. Nancy has been hard at work this week finishing our office, painting the powder room, and painting the kitchen. That is all after a busy weekend of sewing and hanging curtains with her mom (Okay, she didn't do much of the sewing or hanging, but she is a damn good supervisor). I'm just afraid what she is going to do with her time off this summer once all our projects are done, when every room is painted, and every curtain is hung. I fear she may turn to drugs or even worse, Oprah, to fill the hours of the day. She's been very busy, and the house looks great...but I really haven't done a thing. Well, I did help her organize the garage, and I do water the grass on occasion, but all in all I have done about 1% of the work since we moved in.

Here is the "window treatment" (that is a new phrase I learned) in the master bedroom that I forgot to show you last time. Her and her mom used some pillow shams (I think) to make this.



Here is the powder room, complete with elongated toilet, that Nancy painted this week.



She also painted the kitchen today. No, the laundry detergent and trash on the island are not permanent decorations.





Here is a random picture of our formal dining room.

Oddly enough, I think the office is the thing Nancy is most excited about. The pride she exhibited when she first ordered this desk is something comparable only to the birth of one's children. The problem is, she hasn't been able to properly organize the office because the oh-so-critical corner piece was lost somewhere in UPS purgatory before it ever made it here. They never did find it, but they did send us another one. The original, according to the ever-so-accurate UPS tracking system website, is still pending delivery. Of course, it said that three weeks ago, too. The office is not quite finished yet, but the desk is finally complete. It is very versatile, too. It can be used for bookkeeping for a one doctor veterinary clinic, or it can be used to seat a meeting of the United Nations, with room to spare for a few rogue dictators. Why we needed a desk that big is anyone's guess...but we got a great deal on it, and as always, that is all that matters.

We are very proud of our bedroom tv, complete with pre-wiring so that no cords are visible hanging from the tv.

Never mind that our cable box is currently propped up on a cardboard box in the corner, next to all the folded clothes on our floor. At least we do not have those unsightly cords dangling in plain sight. Hopefully, the cardboard box and using the floor as our dresser is temporary, just until our dresser arrives. Our original was damaged at the warehouse, and apparently the only other one like it in the world had to be shipped from China on a rowboat, only after being assembled by hand in a Chinese sweatshop by underpaid 8 year olds using wood harvested from African jungles and carried to China by camels, one board at a time. What I'm trying to say is it is taking a really long time to get here. We are expecting it right about the time that we have all our furniture paid for. Late August of 2011. Until then, we will have to just be content with our magical, cordless TV.