So… what would the opposite of koumpounophobia be?

Why do I ask? No reason, really. Ahem.

Button, button who's got the button?

I’m really looking forward to Coraline hitting theaters!

(My weird obsession with buttons started when I was a little kid. The pillowcases my grandmother made had tiny button closures, and I would play when them while falling asleep. It’s a comfort thing.)

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Painting the Staircase Room

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Painting the staircase room. This room really needed a good paint job, but we haven’t had a chance yet in the 2 and 1/2 years we’ve been in the house. We decided to rearrange some furniture so the room is empty temporarily. So I got up the gumption to start covering up the very boring gray paint. The drabness of the color was compounded by previous residents touching up the gray with a color that was slightly off the original, so there are big sections that look blotchy. The sunny yellow we picked definitely lightens the room and the mood. I still have several walls to finish, and will do that over the next several weekends.

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