December 1st, 2008 by Chris Eng

I went with Carla to the Home Despot today, partially for something fun to look at (even though we aren’t really in the market to do any kind of home repair/upgrades) and partially because one of the only two Harvey’s in town is inside it (the other is at the Vancouver Airport). We got our burgers with extra pickles and hot peppers and then wandered around to see what interesting things we could glean. Here are some of them:

1) Electric heaters designed to look like fireplaces are, by and large, pretty ludicrous.
2) I do want a chainsaw at some point (probably when I have more reason to use one), though I don’t want one that’s on sale at HD.
3) I can never have too many Formica chip samples. Their Classic line blows my mind every time. It’s like a ’50s diner exploding all over your kitchen counters.
4) HD is a great pace to spend an hour or so, because I have no real desire to spend any money, but it gets me all excited about house stuff in general.

Now for an excitingly domestic afternoon. I’m going to write and purge a bunch of books from my collection (though not simultaneously). I think Carla is bakin’ cookies. Mmmmm… cookies.