Life Without Toast - Sibling Rivalry

That looks lovely! That's a nice rusty color - should hide spills well. I like the high ceilings.
My teal carpet doesn't hide stains so well.

Good choice of colour; very inviting and warm. It reminds me of my own home... As such it's plain to see that you have impeccable taste. :-)

So geeks have impeccable taste as well as being fitness freaks?!?!?

Perhaps I should have married a geek...

Heee :-) That'll teach me.

My husband does have excellent taste...but he's not a geek. He's a musician.

That's true. I also think musicians are more specific geeks. My husband goes nuts over gear, amps, guitars, Protools, but can't/won't figure out how to operate the food processor, the stroller, or the car seat.

Are other kinds of geeks the same?

Do you read manuals instead of novels, too? He only reads one magazine called Blender. Everything else is a manual. He's even been known to take a manual to the restroom with him.

Yup - I am internet girl! I am a geek in the respect. I luff the internet.

I like photography magazines, and the occasional girly one, but I will not read Cosmo. Ever.

Calista, you are so right. Geeks of a certain type (the type to which Matt and I belong) have a certain 'something' for the impeccable.

However - I do think a 'mashed potato eating fitness freak' takes geekness to a whole new level; an uber-geek if you like. Most can only aspire to that level.

Funnily enough I read EDGE magazine (I have every issue printed) and I also do NOT read Cosmo.

No silly Atkins diet for us, no sir! We must have mashed spuds!

Too right, Matt. A meal is NOT a meal unless it has some form of spuds to accompany. Whether it be fries (for the non-fitness freaks), boiled, baked or mashed. There's nothing like starting your day with a bowl of bran flakes and a hearty helping of spuds. It sets you up for the day.

Matt - See my blog about Five Fave Dishes and about why I don't read Cosmo for a clue.

Thank you both for the inspiration!

As for the Irish blood, yes. My grandmother's maiden name was Eagan. Apparently her grandparents sailed over at some point. They would not talk about it. I think they wanted to forget it for some reason. Most of the women on that side of the family have a name consisting of two of any of the following: Mary, Margaret, or Agnes. Pick two and you've got a winner! Oh, yes...we can't forget the flaming red hair and the distinct inability to tan.

Ginge, is it? I hope that's not a derogatory term ;-)

At least I am not blue, like your neighbors to the northeast.

Mongolia sounds good, though I'm not sure if that's a good place of banishment. Are there potatoes in Mongolia? Perhaps we should send them to Idaho where potatoes abound.

Mongolia, allegedly, is great for barbeques. I'm sure I heard that somewehere...

I'm not entirely sure from where I got my love for spuds. I'm half Hungarian but Hungary is not known for it's potato farming. It's kind of more wine and ghoulash.

Apologies for going totally off-topic; I do really like your carpet, Matt. :-)

I remember when I first moved into my own house. Needing to decorate the bathroom, kitchen, bedrooms, lounge, dining room, hallways, landing, extension. That was almost 6 years ago. I still need to decorate the bathroom, kitchen, bedrooms, lounge, dining room... you get the picture! ;-) On a serious note I have actually managed to decorate the house. The only disaster area left is the kitchen, but that was due to a high pressure water pipe bursting upstairs; one that turned my kitchen walls into waterfalls and the kitchen floor into a lake.

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I LOVE your doors!