Martha and Eggs

Some time ago, in a burst of domestic ambition and probably a high fever, I read a Martha Stewart book on decorating your house. I learned that you should have green steel science-lab cabinets in the kitchen, and it's ok to spend all summer travelling across the country collecting antique glassware at flea markets, and you don't need curtains, and a few glass bottles on the windowsill are all the decor you need in the bedroom, but in the kitchen you need custom-built shelves in every corner and on every vertical surface for all that glassware you bought on your summer travels. I kid you not.

Anyway. I remember that Martha said that you shouldn't just pick a random color of paint for your walls. The colors need to be subtle, and blended, and have many different layered tones in a single color of paint. It seems the Martha Stewart brand of paint was best for all this, strangely enough.

We came back from Florida last week to find that Steven's 8 chickens had all of a sudden started laying like crazy. I get such a rush out of those eggs. Besides the fact that they make the most delicious breakfast you ever ate, they are just so pretty. I think the subtle colors and blended tones have Martha Stewart and her paint beat all to shreds.

Quote of the Day:
"Jenny, don't barf in that bucket! There's headphones in there!"

--Ben, during a recent flu attack at our house (where else?)