I thought this Monday would be easier than last. I blamed last Monday’s angst on returning from a trip, trying to get my head back in the game. It’s not, though. My head in the game, I mean. And I’m not very good at hiding it.
So I’m going to distract myself, and maybe everyone else, by talking about something as inconsequential and unrevealing as this question that’s been rolling around in my head lately: Why do I live in a neutral color house?
Yes, the answer to this is that important.
Sometimes I think I should have turquoise shutters.
Or maybe orange.
Or maybe the entire house should be orange.
Or maybe all of the above.
At least if I came home to an orange house with turquoise shutters every day yes, nothing else could be going right, but I’d still be able to tell myself “you have an orange house with turquoise shutters.” That, well that would be something.
And that’s about as deep as I can go today. Or as deep as I’m willing to let myself.
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**Have I told you a new site design is coming? Because it is. Woo hoo!**
Danielle says:
Hmm….interesting…my house is pretty neutral too, and unfortuantely I can’t do anything about it as I have a condo…don’t think the association would approve turquoise shutters!
June 9th, 2008 at 5:28 am
brandy says:
I think if I lived in a house with turquoise shutters I would just have to be happier. I mean, I just would. It would be impossible not to be happy I think.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Dingo says:
The house with the orange shutters in the second pic is beautiful!
I’ve always wanted to live in a bright yellow house with green shutters and a long wrap around porch where I could drink myself into a Jack and Diet Coke stupor every night as I listen to the crickets chirp….oh, wait, I’m sorry. This is supposed to be about you, isn’t it?
June 9th, 2008 at 6:16 am
Jen says:
So what does your house look like now?
June 9th, 2008 at 6:45 am
anne says:
I want one of each. OKay thanks!
June 9th, 2008 at 6:49 am
AA says:
I’m not sure how I feel about those shutters. That being said, I live in a yellow house with green shutters. Not sure how you feel about that, but I like it. It’s a subtle yellow, though. Kinda likely a creme color, I suppose.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:54 am
sizzle says:
The shutters in either color are cute. I know what you mean about going deep. I’m considering just not blogging at all today. Also, I would like to go back to bed.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Mel Heth says:
I wouldn’t be able to help smiling if I drove up to that house every night. If you can’t paint your place, maybe you should just plant lots and lots of bright flowers around it.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Nicole says:
Orange all the way
June 9th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
jc says:
That house belongs on an island., but I bet you already knew that.
jc
June 9th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Essentially me says:
So are you giving us a sneak peak of your blog design with this post and these specific colours???
June 9th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
brookem says:
I LOVE that orange/teal combo!
Can’t wait for the new design. I can barely upload a new header, so a whole revamp is way beyond me.
I will live vicariously through you my dear!
June 10th, 2008 at 6:19 am
The Exception says:
A friend of mine painted her house purple. She loved it.
It is so hot here right now that I am thinking white… all white or sand colored with cool spashes of blue and green.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:51 am
MN Sunshine says:
We ran the last New Orleans Marathon before Katrina. I still remember a fabulous purple house that we ran by.
June 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
JACC says:
I live in a red house and my last house was supposed to be yellow, but really was more a chartreuse, think giant fishing lure.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
angie says:
i love orange!
June 14th, 2008 at 4:45 am