Friday, May 16, 2014

Tight Hams

I have perpetually tight hamstrings. I think part of the problem is that I don't take very long strides in my house. If I planned well, I could take three long strides from the living room to the kitchen/back door, and that's only if there isn't a bunch of toys and other tripping hazards in the way. Otherwise, I take very few steps, and they aren't long. I was at my friend's five bedroom house the other day, and as I walked down the long hallway to the play room, I realized that I could really lengthen my stride, heh heh. Plus all the going up and down stairs. I guess I should start doing laps around house like my preschooler.




Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Towel Face, and other Bathroom Stories

So we have a small bathroom. It has the three most important things: place to clean your hands, place to relieve yourself, place to clean your body. That's really all you need. Well, those things and the accoutrements that go with those things. Like towels.

When we bought the house, we found some nice nickel-finished towel holders. That was nice. But turns out they were a bit large for the space. The hand towel holder, especially, has been awkward, for me anyway. With my 5'2" frame in front of the sink, the towel hits me more or less in the face. And it sticks out a lot from the wall.

Trying to show you, the towel is in my face. 

Side view--towel face.

Now that we have even smaller people trying to use the sink and the towel, I decided to just get the dang towel off the wall. So I got an over-the-cabinet-door-towel-holder-thingie.

Oh my goodness that towel looks really dirty but it isn't I promise!

So now the towel is out of the way. My face will be happy again when I finally get the old holder off the wall.
Stop trying to attack me stupid towel holder! 
Sometimes, I like to stand on my kid's stool to brush my teeth and wash my hands. Just to see what it would be like to be eight inches taller. You know, 5'10".

Oh look I'm so tall! 
In other towel-related news, we also replaced the other towel bar, which could only hold two towels. In Seattle, it's important to give towels room to breathe, so they don't get moldy. Also we don't have wall space for multiple towel bars. So I got a hook rack. Inspired by the hot pink nightlight and the hot pink in a small painting my grandma made, I decided to paint the hook rack hot pink, and then paint a shelf hot pink to put some knick-knacks on. Cutie cute. 
Get more towels into less space!