rain and big big MAJOR home improvement news!

is there ever like a teensy weensy trapped in the closet part of you that comes a bit unleashed when it is raining so hard you can't hear yourself think because it's just pouring out of the sky? it sounds like someone just dumped a warehouse of paint outside my window and i don't know if it will ever get cleaned up. it is kind of scary and soothing - a white noise maker and the end of the world all in one.

speaking of spilled paint, there is currently a show on HDTV called "DECORATING CENTS." maybe you know it. don't get confused, though, because the name of the program has nothing to do with the idea of the program, which is that a couple of home decorating "experts" are given $500 to refresh a room in someone's home.
the star of the show is a woman called joan steffend who i call stoffensive.

stoffensive & co. do it all, from nurseries to bedrooms and they do it with cheap stuff that they've found on the side of the road and then they use things like masking tape and staplers to put it all together and it adds up to $500 and they act surprised and really proud which is the best part. have you seen it? you would know if you have because they are very smart and stylish. especially when they walk into a room with white walls, a brown leather couch, and new hardwoord floors and go, "OH NO!!! this room needs A LOT of HELP!"

first they interview the people:

her: "what do you want to do?"
them: "well, anything as long as it's not pink!"
her: "okay great kathy. mike, any requests?"
them: "well, i like everything except this carpet."
her: "FANtastic! we've got tons of options to make this couple happy. let's get started!!"

and then they make the room bright pink and they conceal the carpet by leaving it in the middle of the floor. it's definitely a great show because sometimes at the end the people cry when they see the changes, but stoffensive thinks it's tears of joy, and quite possibly the producers, so i get to keep watching it like twice a day, because every time i turn on the DVR, there are about six to 12 episodes. it airs more than the news so it must be important! bye!