And here we are….. . . . . . . . . . . the final results are in….. . . . . . . . . . . now please make yourself comfortable….. . . . . . . . . . . now come on, stop complaining about wasted bandwidth….. . . . . . . . . . . its only a few dots….. . . . . . . . . . . why don’t you set your computer on auto-scroll ….. . . . . . . . . . . visit the bathroom . . . . . . . . . . get a glass of water . . . . . . . . . . come on….stop complaining!….. . . . . . . . . . . alright…. . . . . . . . . . . scroll down
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Ok folks…time for an update on that family room project. Here are some pictures… As you can see, the room is totally empty saved for a couple of pieces of furniture and the TV. The painting is progressing very nicely. The color you see is Benjamin Moore rattan in semi-gloss. We are using their Regal line of paints and have used it before with complete satisfaction. This particular product goes on very smoothly and shows very little brush strokes. And the rolled version almost looks like the paint was sprayed on. Two coats is what it will take and it cleans up very easily. The carpet is scheduled for installation Monday, July 26th. The furniture will arrive the following Saturday. And the ultimate creme de coope…a 46″ flat screen HDTV, 1080p, 120 hz complete with surround sound will arrive sometime the first two weeks in August.

After “I don’t remember how many” years, we have finally embarked on that long awaiting family room project. Ever since we moved here 14 years ago, the family room was the only one that we never touched. In fact, it has gotten so bad that Steph has challenged to me to take a look at what is “in” the couch and my barcolounger. “In” meaning….all of the bacteria and other mythical flesh eating microbes that could have survived 14 years of fat butts, pizza, Chinese food, potato chips, flatulence attacks, soda/beer, snot, coins, etc. So yesterday, we commenced our Shopping for Furniture tour of Buffalo visiting 5 stores. These ranged the gamut of luxury at Calvins to the upper middle class of Bassett, to the middle of the road La-Z-boy to the where the rejected used car salespeople work at I won’t name the chains for fear of reprisals. All
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