{"id":887,"date":"2006-11-15T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-15T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wednesday-november-15-2006\/"},"modified":"2006-11-15T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-15T14:25:00","slug":"wednesday-november-15-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wednesday-november-15-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday November 15, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffd5\">Yesterday I went to Home Depot to choose and order a vanity top for the main bath upstairs.&nbsp; <em>Finally<\/em> we&#8217;re getting to the fun parts of building!&nbsp; I can hardly wait to go shopping for light fixtures, door knobs, and carpet.&nbsp; But why is it that when you walk in to look at a display of, well, anything, the most attractive is also <em>always<\/em> the most expensive?&nbsp; And who would ever have dreamed I would be bombarded by half a dozen decisions simply to order a vanity.&nbsp; Color and material &#8230; simple enough.&nbsp; But no, after the &#8220;simple enough&#8221; (which turned out to be not so simple and included a &#8220;need some support honey&#8221; phone call to my husband) decision was made and I smilingly announced I was ready to order, the questions came tumbling at me like a garden hose turned on jet stream.&nbsp; Would you like a standard dripless edge, or&nbsp;a raised edge or would you like to upgrade to one of these three beveled edges.&nbsp; Help us all.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve never even noticed different sorts of edges on vanities.&nbsp; Which side do you want the sink?&nbsp; (At least that one was easy.&nbsp; sigh.)&nbsp; Now how far exactly would you like the bowl from the side.&nbsp; &#8220;Um, about this much&#8221; I said spreading my fingers to what I suspected would be four inches.&nbsp; (Good thing my craftsman, trim carpenter, perfectionist husband didn&#8217;t see that one &#8230; he would have howled!&nbsp; It was probably, 3 and 15\/16th for all I know.&nbsp; I forgot all about the 3 foot tape measure I carry in my purse for occasions like this.&nbsp; Bummer.&nbsp; I could have at least looked professional).&nbsp; &#8220;Enough to put the soap on that side,&#8221; with head nods and as much confidence as I could muster.&nbsp; Barely had I gotten that out when she says, &#8220;Would you like the bowl straight or recessed?&#8221;&nbsp; Whatever does that mean?&nbsp; Pictures got worse b\/c then there were even more options.&nbsp; Think practically I muttered to myself.&nbsp; &#8220;Side splash on both sides?&#8221;&nbsp; whew.&nbsp; at least that one was simple.&nbsp; &#8220;Ship here for no charge or to your house for $70?&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;I finally emerged with a receipt in hand feeling gleefully accomplished.&nbsp; And that night when David Lee sat down at his desk I&nbsp;casually waved it under his nose and said, &#8220;oh and here&#8217;s the receipt for the vanity top.&#8221;&nbsp; <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I went to Home Depot to choose and order a vanity top for the main bath upstairs.&nbsp; 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