June 15, 2009
How the Other Half Lives
On my last trip to Door Co. with Billi and Terry, I saw some cocktails napkins that I almost bought for Heather. I think they were by Anne Taintor, and it was a picture of a woman lying in a very plush bed. The caption:
I love not camping!
But then I thought -- What the hell is Heather going to do with cocktail napkins? So I bought something for myself instead.
I know I've already blogged briefly about my last trip to The Door, but I don't think that post truly expressed my love of viewing nature from behind sturdy panes of glass.
Okay, I joke... a little. I like the outside... a little. But really, in my heart of hearts, I am a homebody. I love my house, I love being inside it's climate-controlled walls, and most of all, I love my home office and my huge-ass desk.
I love decorating my home. It's in a constant state of flux. I love rearranging the furniture. I even kind of like cleaning it because of how awesome it looks afterwards. Weird, I know.
Long story short -- I like being inside, and viewing nature from there. Which, in Terry's boss' summer home, was not hard.
All the beauty -- none of the weather. Or bugs. Or cruel, cruel sun that burns my skin and my retinas.
And if our government hadn't destroyed our economy, this is the sort of fireplace that Husband would be early-retiring in front of in three years.
Minus the red chair, of course. I have to admit, when inside someone else's house, I'm mostly picturing where I'd put my furniture. Some people snoop through bathroom cabinets; I mentally redecorate.
This place needs some color.
Oh, I'm just jealous. Bitterly, darkly, cravenly jealous.
Off to the Wisconsin Dells with Billi and her brood this week. Husband and Brad are coming along as well. It's not quite as picturesque as Door Co., and God knows, there will be no lack of running, screaming children that will need me to trip them while their parents aren't looking. But at least the waterpark is indoors.
Meanwhile, I leave you with this.
Jeebus' own waterpark.
See you on the flip side, my darlings!