The Mayday Underground show is tomorrow, all day. I’ve decided to bring some trial products to the show to see what reactions they get before I sell them in my shops.
Bringing some unreleased stuff to the Mayday Underground Show.
This Saturday!
This Saturday is the Mayday Underground show in Rochester. We love doing this show and highly recommend that if you are in the Rochester area, come on down! Even if our shirts are just too cool for you, there are really great vendors at this show offering really great options for unique holiday gifts.
We Guessed Wrong.
Last night was the first Halloween for us living in the new house. We had no idea what to expect, in fact if I had to guess, I would have guessed that there were going to be few trick or treaters. We had gotten three bags of candy and 45 minutes later I was out the door scurrying to get more. We couldn’t believe it. The first Wilson Farms was out of candy, so I tried another that was about a mile away. Luckily there were bags of candy left at inflated prices. I figured three more bags should work and they did. Barely.
I realized one thing after this experience. I pretty much hate Halloween. The occasional little kid walking with their parents in a ridiculous costume sometimes made it all seem worth it, but not quite. I wonder if this is what it was like when I was little? Then I wonder how annoying it was for people when I reached that awkward age and was still trick or treating. I know that I was annoyed when the occasional 15 year old, 18 year old, and 40 year old (?) stopped by for a treat. Did I miss something? That’s right, a 40 year old women (she could have been mid 30’s) actually came to our house with her plastic bag asking for candy…and you have no choice really. I mean, you do…and then you risk becoming a target for later issues. The lack of costumes was also pretty amazing. It’s not worth it. Halloween is pretty terrible.
Happy Halloween!
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| Ric hates Halloween and horror movies. Ever since he watched “The Ring” he fears VCR tapes. |
Happy Halloween! I’m pretty excited as this is the first Halloween in our new house. We have no idea what to expect for Trick or Treaters in terms of how many we will see. This is a tough Holiday for me because I love candy, and I have been candy-free for over a month now. This year we tried to go the route of picking up candy that I don’t actually like. We picked up “Dots”, “Toostie Pops”, and “Marvel Comic Dips” (basically fun-dip). There will still be and urge for me to eat these things, I’m not going to lie. But I’ll stay strong. Its sort of like the equivalent of a smoker that has run out of cigarettes, and has no money to buy them, so he/she picks through the ash tray for some gross nub to suck out whatever nicotine that remains…but not as gross.
Over the weekend we managed to get our sun room (now declared a reading room) about 90% finished. I totally love the room so far. Its relaxing. Last night I spent the last two hours hanging out in there under a blanket, with a glass of wine, reading. I know that for some reason that description makes me sound like a woman, but try to look at it like I’m a man that enjoys wine, that was reading and was cold. The room is great. We have some things left that we still want to do in there like building a bookshelf, and some decorating tasks, but its pretty close to being finished.
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| We moved the rug from the guest room into this room. We now need a new rug for the guest room. |
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| This table needs trinkets. |
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| We found this 50’s couch a the thrift store for 50 bucks. It was in amazing shape. |
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| Nicole is going to sand down the wood and re-stain it darker. This couch is awesome. |
Tomorrow I will have a full report on the outcome of the Trick or Treaters!
I am hung.
The drywall is all hung in the dining room. Two days off of work and two full days working in the dining room. All the drywall is up and is partially taped. We are moving pretty fast on this room. Today after work I started pulling the wallpaper off the wall on the upper portion. I thought this would be a nightmare but I was totally wrong. Most of it came off in huge portions and the spots that were stubborn, I used a curtain steamer that Nicole had. It worked like a charm, even though sometimes it would spit boiling water on my hand causing me to cuss violently. Luckily I didn’t have to use it all that much. Saturday, Nicole is going over to her mom’s house to do some pumpkin related activities with her little nephew and I am going to get another full days work in there, taping and mudding, only this time (because it is Saturday) I will be consuming beer while doing it thus bringing a smile to my face.
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| Some of the seams aren’t lined up at the moment because of old house shifting, but with some trimming and mud tricks, I’ll get it looking like the bomb.com. |
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| Not much I can say about this one. Looks good to me! |
Tonight Nicole came home with a fall decoration that is amazing. An Anise Wreath. I love Anise. I keep sniffing it. I want to lick it. I love Anise. The Wreath was pretty expensive the first time we noticed it at Target. She found it on clearance for a fraction of the price. Now we own it and this weekend we will hang it up.
The Sun Room Redux.
Originally the sun room was the first room we re-did. We painted the room, restored the old windows to try and get another year out of them, and made it a living space that we could occupy during the heavy remodel period. Eventually when our contractor finished up in the kitchen, we realized that the sun room was just too small to be the main room to watch TV in. It couldn’t hold more than two people. I was unable to have friends over for football and even worse, I was unable to have friends over for wrestling pay per views. That was unacceptable. We moved the TV and sofa into the big living room leaving the sun room empty and once again, unfinished. This of course drove me nuts. During the week I primed the ceiling and then painted it the same off white, (almost beige) as the ceiling in the kitchen. It was starting to look like something again.
There was an old, unattractive, ceiling fan in the room that we took down. It was ugly brass with old fashioned, cheap looking glass globes. It was just plain ugly. Cool looking fans were proving to be difficult to find but with a little Nicole magic, she had this fakakta fan looking totally awesome. She painted the fan “Carbon Mist” which was a super dark gray. We then went to Lowes and bought 3 new globes for lights. This ended up looking brand new.
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| This is the original fan style that we had in the sun room. This fan in the picture is the fan in our living-room but its the same style. |
That same day, I had gone to the store to get some liquid nails. We have been keeping an eye on those electric stoves that give heat and display a fake fire. They are pretty awesome and the store that I was at had some pretty good deals on them. When I got home, I told Nicole about them and we drove back to look at them. They have all sorts to choose from, some built into bookshelves, some with elaborate wood mantels, and then a simple metal model that looked like an old wood stove. Nicole liked that one. I totally didn’t think that would be the model that she liked but it was, and we bought it. We are now one item away from completing this room. A sofa. This room is going to become a reading room, or a quiet place to go do some laptop work. I can’t wait to get it done. I want there to be two rooms for people to go sit and mingle in for the cocktail party at the end of November that we are having for our families and close friends.
So it begins again.
The break from house work has ended and Saturday my dad came down to help tear apart the dining room. Like every other project in this house, a simple idea turned into a huge pain in the ass. I needed help on the bay window. The plaster was crumbling and there were random sections of drywall that were heavily damaged. Another masterpiece created by the previous owners. We figured that if we were going to work on this project, we might as well do it right. We decided to tear everything down and insulate the entire wall. Of course when we started, we pulled down a section that had endured generations of water damage that was ignored. This section was rough, and there was serious rot. We pulled out some of the heavily rotted stuff and put in some 2×4’s so that we would have something to drill the drywall into. Plaster is awful and removing it is even worse. The dust and filth that spreads all over the house is brutal. It was clear that we were not going to finish this project that day, but I wanted to at least get help doing the upper portion of the bay window. I figured that if we could at least get that done, I could do the rest (or as much as possible) on Monday and Tuesday, because I took time off from work.
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| This was the area with heavy water damage and rot. Surprise!!! |
I have to admit, I was not in the mood for a project like this after a super busy week, but with an upcoming cocktail party that we are hosting, time is running short and we have to get this place as close to normal as we can before hand.
I am fatigued.
This whole week and weekend has been non-stop and I am beat. I could not keep up with updates but I kept taking pictures so I can catch up on here.
On Thursday we went to the Museum Night that they were doing here in Buffalo for preservation week. For $25.00 a ticket, you could get access to all of the Museums, plus a rare sneak peak of the first floor of the Richardson Complex. This building used to be an old mental hospital. Its architecturally stunning and extremely eerie. It is also closed to the public normally because it is slowly being restored. They promoted a free trolley that was running so that people wouldn’t have to drive to them with one of the stops right down the street from our house. It seemed like a great idea. The weather was pretty terrible. Cold, high winds and rain are a terrible combination. We roughed it and walked down to the stop with some friends of ours. The trolley was supposed to pick us up at 6:30pm. When we arrived, the sign at the stop said 7:00pm. Already slightly annoyed, we went for some coffee and killed some time, returning at seven. We then stood in the rain and wind for a half hour, and there was still no trolley. Now extremely annoyed, we walked back to our house to get the car totally soaked. By the time we arrived, there were like two hours left to enjoy all of the museums. I just wanted to get into a warm bed at this point. All I really wanted to see was the Richardson Complex. The art museum I have seen before. Like most museums, the paintings were impressive while the “modern art” was pure shit. Modern art is ridiculous. Even more ridiculous is people explaining modern art to other people. I could rant for days on this topic but I won’t. The trolley service was supposed to transfer people between museums also, but the rate at which it was coming to pick people up was awful. We decided to walk to the Richardson Complex.
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| Our friends Molly and Pat came along with us to enjoy the nice weather. |
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| Nicole and I standing in line at the Richardson Complex. They could only allow 150 people in at a time due to the fact that it is still not completely safe to be in. |
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| The woodwork in this building was incredible. Everything was larger than life. |
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| The doors where all like 12 feet tall, solid wood. |
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| This was inside one of the rooms in the ward. |
Getting to see the inside of this building almost made the trip worth it. But not quite. The trolley fiasco was obnoxious especially combined with the terrible weather. When we got home I passed right out.
New design just in time for the Holidays!
The finished product coming soon one the screen is made..stay tuned!
Totally Amazing Fashion for the Holidays
I know, I know. Why would I promote other clothing when I have my own shirts to sell? These things can’t be ignored. Some of them are simply breathtaking. I have a respect for clothing design and fashion. I’m not talking about Marc Jacobs. I’m talking about something that is truly cutting edge. I’m talking about something daring. I’m talking about these:
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| The Captain America Hoodie at thinkgeek.com is stunning. I don’t believe I’ve seen something this fantastic before. Actually no, I can think of one other thing that’s on par with being as amazing as this… |
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| Another hoodie because its that time of year. This Superman hoodie is more my style although not as cool of an idea as the Captain America hoodie. I love the art on the hood, although I don’t love it as much as this… |
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| Yellow Rat Bastard out of NYC has some great shirts, although can be a bit pricey. I’m a fan of this old school Action Comics Superman shirt. A lot of comic book shirts are tacky and loud but this shirt is pretty awesome. |
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