I bit the bullet and purchased a new smartphone. I didn’t want to spend the money, but my six year old Galaxy Note 3 was frustratingly slow to use. It served me well, though–I have no complaints about it.
I’m on a payment plan for just about the rest of my life with AT&T for the new phone (but at least it’s at 0% interest). I was able to negotiate a better rate with my internet provider recently, so that will pay for most of it. The new phone is really awesome, by the way.
I just wanted to show off my new bedroom. I still need to get some throw rugs (which were ordered tonight) and a bunch of artwork (which is a recurring theme throughout the house). The rugs I purchased have teal and gray flowers, so teal is going to be the room’s accent color. Eventually, I’d like to get some throw pillows, too. And, a smaller chair. Buster still refuses to sleep in the room. In his defense, he does have trouble getting around on the slippery floors, so I’m hoping the rugs work out for him.
I spent most of the weekend trying to get the house back in order. I’m close, but not quite there yet. The most important task, which did get done, was getting the bedroom together. It was nice to sleep in a bed again. Buster is not into the new bedroom, though. “It’s different,” he says.
But, I did get to have a little fun. Jake and I went to TJ Maxx on Saturday morning and then we met up with Judy afterward (she was in town for a baby shower). It was great seeing her and Avery! I definitely do not get to see them enough.
As for the cat situation, we’d been keeping them separated, but they accidentally spent a few unsupervised hours together on Sunday night and were no worse for the wear, so we’re now letting them hang out together while we’re home. Sylvia is still hissing at Sylvester a bit, but there haven’t been any major incidents. We’re going to keep them separated when we’re not home until the weekend. After that, they’ll be fully integrated, unless we run into any issues along the way.
I finished Orange is the New Black last week. Overall, it was a pretty great show. The first two seasons were definitely the best, but I pretty much enjoyed all of it (except maybe the riot season). The finale was ok, but not especially strong. I’m in the minority here, but I was kind of hoping that Alex and Piper were going to break up.
This show was produced by Jenji Kohan, who also produced Weeds, which was another show I really liked. I’m looking forward to seeing what she comes up with next.
My rating: 4/5
I decided to move my blog over to the WordPress platform in order to have more flexibility with it. There are a number of updates still pending, but things are working well enough, so I launched last week. One thing I want to do is post more photos and it will definitely be easier to do this in WordPress than blogger.