He said/she said, 'other' art, crochet rug, talking plants, TED talks, Air purifiers, Tiger Woods Masters

The lifeblood of the computer room ( ie the computer) was out of commission while we finished the room.  Jimmy was unimpressed with my  light handed trim ( I only trimmed the windows).  I said I only wanted the window trim painted since we were using a dark color. I also said that if we painted the door trim and floor trim it would shrink the room.  Jimmy said I was right  but he said it needed  ALL the trim painted the same color to bring it all together.  I said he might be right, but I'm done painting.  Then we stood there silently waiting for another round of  he said/ she said.  Finally he said... 'Guess I know what I'm doing for the rest of today'.  It does look nice in here but the room does look smaller.
Along with the talking palm I picked up a few other plants.  Specifically plants mentioned in the TED talks  last year.  High oxygen air purifiers.  3 peperomias, 1 china doll, another broadleaf which had no name on it but I liked it. Jimmy  brought in the  rubber tree from the studio.  When I told him about the talking palm he did indeed introduce himself to her and then came out and informed me that the china doll said her name is Ivy and the unidentified plant is Pepe'.  While I know he is laughing at me , he is doing it with a straight face.  So, Pepe' it is. One of the peperomias   is now Louise. The others haven't said much. Now I just need to get the art work for the room  matted and framed.  The computer room is the gallery for  'other'   Art. Art by friends and family and great items we picked up on the cheap from  'street artists' in our travels.  And 1 giclee  Tiki print  from Archie McPhees(Jimmys , of course). The rest of the house is my own personal gallery and usually reflects my emotional state. Vain?.... yes. But its my house and my art so I will put it where I please!
Anyway, we are almost done.  I have 5 weeks left of my printing class and then on to another project. The Mercury RX was good for my house, I got a lot of things organized and cleaned.  But its over now.  So now I have to find conscious motivation for other  home projects. Which I will...... as soon as I beat tigers woods Masters, paint a Masterpiece,  read a book recommended by a friend, Make pasta with my new KA pasta attachment, finish the crochet rug   ( This one is kind of cool.  Its no longer for the Kitchen, Its large enough for the living room and Jimmy wants to batik it.  Turning it  into yet another piece of art) and then I will.......................

Parfait!, Psychic Palm tree, Feng shui, tropical vacation revisted, Off the rails.

Parfait! Yep, that's the color Jimmy chose for the computer room.  With a rich hunter green trim and bamboo roll up blinds.  I can honestly say I rose an eyebrow when we were at the paint store and he chose the lightest  pink he could find. It wasn't until he revealed his other choices that I figured it out.  Jimmy is longing for a tropical vacation. It has been a long, dreary, dark winter.  He has  unconsciously re-created the  hotel room  in Mazatlan where we went on our first romantic trip (back in the days when we couldn't really  'afford' a vacation and the money would have been more practically spent on ...say....rent).  When I say computer room .... its what we call it. But its also the guest room  (with a very comfortable  hide-a-bed) and  just a general  hang-out spot. Very multi-purpose, so, it gets a lot of  use including being the collection point of   "just put it in the computer room for now".  This particular room is also the wealth/prosperity feng shui corner of the whole house.  All my research on Feng Shui last year  made it obvious that we  really needed to clean, declutter  and decorate this room accordingly. It has taken me  6 months to get around to it.But the results are worth the wait.  We have an added bonus as well...... I bought a beautiful but terrified palm tree for it yesterday (and a few other  houseplants to keep it fresh in here and help with the tropical ambiance)    Yes I said terrified.  Laugh at me if you want, but never before have I ever had,  for lack of a better term, a plant so psychically loud.  This poor thing was  throwing out the weirdest, frightened energy I have ever encountered in a plant.  I had to talk it down from the ledge through the whole transportation and  re potting process which included having to trim a sickly stem.  The cut stem even got  some reiki.  I also fed it some  'super thrive',  a high-powered plant vitamin that is supposed to help with plant  'stress'.   Jimmy rolled his eyes  and mocked me when I told him he needed to introduce himself to the new palm tree and reassure it that everything will be ok.  When he finally stopped laughing.... I asked him to go do it anyway. I don't know if he did it  or not but this morning I have a beautiful, calm, healing  palm tree sitting next me  as I write this.  And I think it wants to be named  Brenda.  No, I'm not a crazy plant lady.  I only have a handful of houseplants and I only have them for home decor.  But this one talks...... I swear!  Now go ahead and think to yourself  that I have finally gone off the rails.  Cuz I'm thinking it too!