Posted by whiterabbit on June 6, 2003, at 17:34:05
In reply to Re: Gearing up for the single life » whiterabbit, posted by leeran on June 6, 2003, at 15:29:58
For someone with ADD, you've accomplished a great deal. What magazine was your last house in? I would love to see it.
The book I'm reading on ADD pointed out something I found to be hugely interesting...that we don't have the same mental buffers to our environment so we're more sensitive to light, sound, colors
and textures - the author said a lot of ADDers say they can "feel their clothes". I said ohmyGod
that's me!! I canNOT wear undergarments with lace, anything with wool, and I cut the tags out of my clothes because they bother me. I always shudder when I see a picture of a woman in thong
swimsuits or underwear...I don't care how sexy it's supposed to be, how could anyone STAND to wear such a thing! (Not that anybody would want to see my fat butt in a thong anyway.)So I guess that's the deal with the candles too...
I can't believe they make unscented candles, what fun is that? Same thing with laundry soap, fabric softener (I love my Downey ball)and dryer sheets-
I don't go by price or how clean it gets your clothes when I buy that stuff - I go by smell! (Another habit that drove my husband up the wall..."Why do you always buy these expensive brands?!") Well I guess I won't have to worry about THAT anymore, will I?I've never attempted to decorate in a particular style but I seem to be leaning more toward a country-type look, which surprises me because I never liked "country style"...it always made me think of cross-stitch samplers and lots of little crafty wooden things and pictures of ducks and geese painted on everything. I also don't like "cutesy" stuff like Mary Engelbreit, although I think she's very talented. I do have a favorite decorator, I haven't thought about her in awhile but I think her name is Nancy Braithwaite(sp?)from, I believe, Atlanta. She uses a lot of big pieces, oversized furniture, calm colors, not a lot of knick-knacks or patterns or delicate pieces. All of her rooms just look SO comfortable.
Well we're turning PSB into the decorating hour!
Dr. Bob probably won't mind as long as we don't fight over decorating styles. ("Well, Gracie, I happen to LIKE ceramic geese, so p*** off!")
LOL - Gracie
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