There goes the weekend

Remember the bathroom I was griping about redoing …

Yeah, I got a little sidetracked by battling near-death and, of course, vying for Cubs tickets and catching up on TV -- but the renovation is still on.

Kates and I finally picked a wall color today. Oh, the arguing … With the white trim and paneling settled long ago, I was pushing for a deep red or a chocolate brown on the walls. Kates wanted a lime green or a light blue. I thought my colors were warm and inviting; she claimed they were too dark. I thought her colors were cold and depressing; she disagreed. But I gave into a light blue. And today we went shopping -- with five different sample shades of blue -- for a shower curtain to pull it all together …

The first stop was Target. We found a quality curtain with vertical stripes in blues and greens and white. It went great with a couple of the blue samples we had … I wanted it, Kates wasn’t convinced.

So we went to Kohls. We spotted another quality curtain, very similar to the one we saw at Target, except the vertical stripes were thinner. And it was cheaper … I liked it, Kates still wasn’t convinced.

Pier I and Lowe’s didn't have it either. We’d been out for nearly two hours now, and I was fading fast.

But I aim to please. So I begrudgingly drove us to the shopping center in the next city 20 miles north. We stopped first at Bed, Bath & Beyond. And after passing by a few curtains, Kates suddenly pitched the idea of a chocolate brown curtain. “I could go for that,” I said.

A few more curtains and we found it. Thick brown stripes, contrasted with thinner blues and greens and white stripes. It was perfect. With that, we locked in our wall color: Blue Pearl. And we even got a piece of contemporary artwork to match it.

The paint goes on this week. I’ll let you know how it all works out …

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Kates and I went to see a college production on Friday night of “Cabaret” …

Neither of us had seen it before, but it’s supposed to be a really lively, great show, right? Plus, we’ve always heard good things about the shows this college puts on …

The set was spectacular. As good as Broadway.

But the music and singing was oh so flat. The acting was so-so. Overall, it wasn’t much better than a high school performance…

Good thing the tickets were free. It wasn’t worth the $32 we would’ve paid otherwise …

And that’s all I have to say about that.

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Watched the Wisconsin game yesterday …

And I didn’t fall asleep! Woo hoo!

Kammron Taylor (our Chris Rock look-alike … what a shot! When he put it up, I was thinking “dude, what’re you thinking!?! All we need is an easy two!” And then he nails the three!!!) is the man …

And Kansas squeaked out their game against Texas …

I’m feeling the madness, baby!