Bunny’s TMI

More than you ever wanted to know about what goes on in my life and my brain.

Dimensions

So over the past few months when I wasn’t doing so well I’ve put on about 20 pounds. I discovered the other day that this takes me from a size 8 to a size 12. I’m actually not terribly unhappy with my body right now (though I’m not thrilled with it either), but what I am unhappy about is my clothes not fitting. I LIKE my clothes and don’t want to and can’t afford to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe. So I’m hoping that between biking to and from work, dance class, Salsa night at the Grad and the horseback riding lessons I can burn off some of that weight. That and with Pluto’s and Safeway so nearby, salads and such should become a larger part of my regular diet.

Also, speaking of bikes… I got a new one. The basket and mudguard I wanted for my old bike I couldn’t get since it’s a kids bike. So I started looking at the adult ones and tried out a cute pink cruiser with a rose motif, and it’s 1000% more comfortable than my old bike. I can’t wait to ride to work on it today!

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Garage sale!

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/gms/197823555.html

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Proof of Cardboard Furniture for Doubting Tom

box chairhttp://www.designboom.com/cardboard3.html It’s a box… no! It’s a folding chair!

cardboard furniture catalog - http://www.rd.se/catalog/ From Sweden.

cardboard furniture - http://www.cardboardchair.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv This is more what I’m used to seeing – put together like a cat scratcher.

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Color Code

Ok, I’m not 100% sure… but I think that antenna with the colors on it on I80 is actually the air quality (I thought it was temperatures):
http://www.kcra.com/weather/1010804/detail.html

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I hope they come out with the consumer version soon!

Mac Pro! One box for Windows and OS X! Plus a large screen for watching dvds.

Mac Pro:
Both Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and AirPort Extreme
Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple wireless Mighty Mouse
One 16x SuperDrive
Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
2GB (4 x 512MB)
250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (2 x dual-link DVI)
iPod nano 4GB – White
Apple Cinema HD Display (30″ flat panel)

Plus a 4G ipod if my house sells before they end the free ipod with purchase deal. Well, free if you get the small one, but a nice discount on the big one. :D

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Crazy Cats!

I moved the cats to the new place Saturday night. Surprisingly, Cookie was the first one to start exploring, Khalua hid in Mocha’s carrier until I brought back cat grass which she couldn’t resist, and Mocha hid first in the bathroom shelf above the litter box, and then in the bathroom cabinets under the sink. After a while and for most of Sunday morning, all three were crammed into that cabinet and cuddling up.

I had my riding lesson at five (which was fun!) and then went back to sac to grab more stuff and put out the trash & recycling. After that I swung by MM’s for anime and dinner. By the time I got home, the guys were out exploring, and Khalua has discovered that she can run and slide on the new flooring. So she spent a good long while after I got back, and again this morning just tearing around the house at a run, then sliding. Crazy cat!

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Flooring Disaster Averted!

Flooring supposed delivery date: 14th.
Day flooring guys went to Home Depot to get flooring: 16th
Day they were told the flooring would ACTUALLY arrive: 5pm the 18th
My moving day: 19th
Time to do flooring: 1-2 days

You see the dilemma here?

Thankfully, when I called to cancel and just go with some generic in stock stuff, they found out it HAD been shipped… and was sitting in Rancho Cordova at the shipping center and would continue to do so till Friday… but we could go pick it up if we wanted. My flooring guy is only going to charge me $45 to pick it up….. renting a truck for 2 hours to do so myself would have been $40. Flooring should still get done Thursday. Hence disaster averted. Yay!

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Moving along!

Bathrooms painted, ac installed, flooring going in 15-16th, moving the 19th-20th! /glee

In case the park won’t let me have an outdoor fire pit, I’ve been looking at indoor “fireplaces.”

fireplace 1These are way cool: http://www.ecosmartfire.com/
But… they’re $6-7k

fireplace 2 And this is less than $500:
http://www.csnfireplaces.com/Southern-Enterprises-FA5055-5583-9342UT1214.html

The eco ones Princess pointed out to me from this blog:
http://www.tranism.com/weblog/
which I’m now hooked on!

From there I found all these:
http://www.aarikka.fi/
Finnish stuff! IKEA fans should like it.

http://overdrawn.net/mario/#
Mario wallpaper – interactive! Even works on the mac with a small program. Who doesn’t love Mario?

iconhttp://www.au-my.com/english/Drivemocion.htm
I’ve been wanting something like this for ages! That or a gun with suction cup arrows with messages on flags you could shoot at passing cars… stuff like “DON’T PASS ON THE RIGHT!!!” and “Hello? Turn signal?” :P I don’t like driving… but what I really hate are other drivers. /sets her drivemocion to :(
icon 2
http://web.media.mit.edu/~kimiko/iobrush/
I. Want.

http://mocoloco.com/
Interesting site, but just too much to look at and can’t just browse the stuff.

http://wii.nintendo.com/
Ok, so dumb name aside this looks cool… thought I don’t know if I could get used to that controller. But really all I want is a version of Super Mario All Stars, Tetris (the original with those end animations!), Doctor Mario, and Yoshi’s Cookie. They never seem to come out with “classic” discs that play on the new players… and the old ones die and aren’t made anymore. I need to find some emulators and those games for it. And a controller for my computer.

carpethttp://www.emilianadesign.com/
The flying carpet is awesome… I should just get that and give in to my pillow fetish and get rid of chairs/sofas!

napshellhttp://www.napshell.com/aktuell/en/
I want one for the office during lunch….

paperhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/richardsweeney/sets/72057594105588057/
amazing an beautiful.. and just paper!

egg plantshttp://www.branchhome.com/
I was looking for the bansai in a can (flavor of the month seems to be cactus in a can) but I like the “egg plants” better.

bunny thinghttp://www.conranshop.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=297103&cid=TechnoBoy
I blogged about this when a friend first found it and showed me. I still want one. Maybe after I sell the house!

bike povhttp://www.ladyada.net/make/spokepov/
I’m soon going to be a bike commuter… these look fun! Bunny on back wheel chasing a carrot on the front? :D

http://sprouthome.stores.yahoo.net/egglings.html
Actually… I think this is the same as the “egg plants” only cheaper…

eggling 2http://www.wrapables.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=C53013
frog, chick and panda! cuuuute! I bet Khalua would love to munch on their “hair”

aerogarden http://www.aerogrow.com/home.htm
fresh salad minus dirt, worms, and various bugs, yum!

http://milano.interaction-ivrea.it/mattel/projects/bubo/
This looks fun. I want a bunny one!

folding bowlhttp://www.orikaso.com/bowl.html
Other than not being microwaveable really (other than the plate) these are spiffy! They come in blue too. Great for the office or picnics or camping, etc.

blowfly http://www.tranism.com/weblog/archives/2005/12/blowfly_blow.html
An alarm that might actually work… to bad they’re not in production/for sale.

jacket http://www.no-contact.com/
I could so see Meow wearing that to avoid hugs….

paper art http://www.photocabi.net/yukonishimura/
More amazing stuff with paper.

small homehttp://www.microcompacthome.com/index.php
I bet Meow could live in one of these too. No you can’t put one in my yard. Or living room.

soap holder http://www.noveletti.com/petal.html
These are neato, but considering the price tag I’m glad I prefer liquid soap.

giant bunny http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1541732.html
Giant. Pink. Bunny.
I soo want to go cuddle with it!

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Article:

Artists erect giant pink bunny on mountain

An enormous pink bunny has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years.

A 200ft pink bunny has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years /Europics

The 200-foot-long toy rabbit lies on the side of the 5,000 foot high Colletto Fava mountain in northern Italy’s Piedmont region.

Viennese art group Gelatin designed the giant soft toy and say it was “knitted by dozens of grannies out of pink wool”.

Group member Wolfgang Gantner said: “It’s supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it and you can’t help but smile.”

And Gelatin members say the bunny is not just for walking around – they are expecting hikers to climb its 20 foot sides and relax on its belly.

The giant rabbit is expected to remain on the mountain side until 2025.

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Wish list

Stuff to buy or save for once my old place sells:

Ikea-
malm bed and headboard shelves (already have the table to go with)
Billy bookcases with glass doors
Benno tv stand on casters to match
Fjelldal loft bed and a mattress for it
Lack shelves
Detolf glass display cabinet
Mikael desk x 2 maybe
Mikael add on unit maybe
Mikael drawer unit x 2 maybe

Tempurpedic mattress and pillows :D

A singer sewing machine and serger, they have cheap refurbished ones.

A Weber Q 220 with cart and stuff

A mac pro or the consumer version once it comes out with the 30″lcd
ipod nano

laser hair removal – no more shaving!

overhangs for the porch/patio
landscaping for the yard

a hammock and stand, bistro set and fire pit if it’s allowed

some fountains for inside and out

Nabaztag wi-fi bunny!!!

then it’s on to light fixtures and bathroom mirrors after that I think

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House stuff

Painting this weekend, flooring next week, IKEA this weekend also, next weekend moving bedroom/kitchen/bathroom/cats/me in, weekend after that moving everything and cleaning the old place to get it ready to sell!

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