Last night The Wife and I scored a solid cherry bedroom set. A sleigh bed and two nightstands for only $200. Used furniture is the only way to go (excluding mattress and sometimes couches). For some reason, the cherry was stained really dark though. My recollection of cherry is that it's somewhat blond in color, with a bit of a shimmer in the grain. This stuff looks almost mahogany. Might be time to break out the sandpaper.

We raked the front yard this morning too, which served two purposes. One, that I will never again own a home with a yard this big without having children (or some other form of legalized free labor) to do the work for me. And two, that shit is bullshit. Seriously, the previous owners were, to say the least, not big on the yard maintenance stuff. We raked up about a year or two's worth of pinestraw, only to discover that in the many places where the grass wasn't growing, it was either sand or moss.

But I'm done just in time for college football. My alma mater plays today at 4pm EST, hosting some sorry bunch of fools who think they're going to win the semifinal game at OUR house, in OUR conditions (about 25 degrees, not including any windchill). So if you're not doing anything this afternoon, you could always watch my team work on their second national championship. In a row.

Gotta run, apparently the bar ran out of cups and the papergoods delivery guy doesn't come until Thursday. I have just enough time to hit the store and be at the bar in time for kickoff.