A Surprise Delivery

I was still in the holding pattern waiting for my Murphy Bed, when I got a call on a Saturday morning, asking if they could delivery that very day.

They could!

While I waited, I took another round of photos.

Formerly the bed corner, this will soon be a corner with a cabinet.

The left side is the last view of some of the wall; the bed will block it.

A corner shot. I have hung two of my grandmother’s clothing creations as decoration.

And a view of this corner. It will soon have one more Billy bookcase in view.

And the bed is delivered and installed!

Doesn’t it look great?

I now have a big open space in the middle of my room.

I also learned that when you forget to put the feet down on the Murphy bed, the bed is rather heavy and will break your toenail.

I’m excited to sleep in my new bed!

Valance Update

I have attached the rod-grabbers to the lining of the valance, and hung it up to see how it looks. I am, at this point, regretting not getting a lining that was more in line with the color of the valance.

But things seem to be fine.

Laying out the official material and positioning the birds.

Then I got distracted by the bonus project, which is to take the additional birds and make decorative diamonds. I had enough material to add a matching diamond to each bird. These will eventually be wall decor.

Books Read in August 2025

*Book group selection | bolded means favorite

Middle Grade

*The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner
*Graciela in the Abyss by Meg Medina, Anna Balbusso, and Elena Balbusso

Young Adult

*All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis

Grownup Fiction

Beartown by Fredrik Backman and Neil Smith (Translator)
Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower

Crosstalk by Connie Willis

While I could see exactly where the romance was going, this book kept having other twists that surprised me. A very fun read, once I got over how overbearing Briddy’s family was.

Grownup Nonfiction

Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours by Noah Kagan
Not Your Gran’s Sewing Book: Easy Alterations for the Perfect Fit at Any Size by Allie Luecke
Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified by Cal Patch
How Not to Wear Black: Find your Style, Create your Forever Wardrobe by Anna Murphy
I’ve Got Your Back: The Indispensable Guide to Stopping Harassment When You See It by Jorge Arteaga and Emily May

SEW…The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge: Real-Life Lessons from a Serial Sewist by Barbara Emodi

As you might have noticed, I’ve been reading a lot of sewing books. They are all a little bit the same. But not this one. Emodi does have real-life lessons that were helpful to me. This one is on the list of books to buy.

Movie Quiz August 2025

We were without our quiz-show companions, and it showed with a measly 114 points. Still, it was a fun night. And, as the theme was “heroes” Matt was on fire identifying many obscure super heroes I had never encountered.

Favorite names:

The Rambo Connection
August: Multnomah County
Spaceballs: The Quiz Team: The Quest for More Points
Lowest 2 Lowest Movie Quiz Score (they ranked twelfth, five spaces above us)
Too Close for Missiles, I’m Switching to Puns

K-Pop Demon Hunters Sing Along

Matt was introduced to K-Pop Demon Hunters by his niece and nephew. Like all media children are into, he went into it with a good-uncle attitude and didn’t expect to like it.

But he really enjoyed it. When he returned from Indiana, he showed it to me, and I also greatly enjoyed it, far more than I expected.

When I noticed there was going to be an in-theater sing along for two nights, I told Matt and he wanted to go. So we went.

First of all, I was surprised at the turnout because anyone with a Netflix account can watch this movie with the captioning turned on and sign along. No need for a separate trip to the movie theater.

I didn’t hurry to buy tickets, because Cinemark had it playing hourly and their theaters are roomy. But when I checked at noon, the showing we planned to go to in the evening was nearly sold out. Thankfully, there were still two seats together.

What I hadn’t counted on was all the kids (and adults) dressed like various demon hunters. They were incredibly fun to see. On our way out, two women stopped to take a picture of their character-specific hair.

The sing along was fun, but muted by the stadium seating. Count K-Pop Demon Hunters as one of the happy surprises of 2025