Did you read that post title and think I was going to go all Deep Thoughts on you? Like, as I shuffle toward the autumn of my existence, I have to take a breath every once in a while, inhaling the sweet aroma of experience and maturity.

More like, my back hurts, my knees lock up in the winter and I have to pee in the middle of the night – sometimes twice. 35 is fuckin’ GREAT!

Anyway, I was really just thinking about windows. I have always liked reflective surfaces, mirrors and windows, as literary devices or narrative elements. I really wanted to use a quote from one of my songs as the title, but that would make about as much sense for the title of this post as “reflections.”

Window treatments as a general catch all concept has been Carol’s pet project of late. We’ve got these beige curtains on every window in the house. They were her parent’s from a house they used to live in, and they are very nice, but a little bland. We hung them when we moved in a few years ago, but…well, I think Carol has determined it is time.

And we have moved beyond Cheap Blinds and homemade pinned up fabric swatch concoctions…at least for the living room. At least, that was the thinking until we turned up a cute valance at Christmas Tree Shops for $1.50. Not bad, but they only had one. We were hoping to find two, but we have a little dining room with a single window that it will work on. We’ve done some quick looking online and such, and Carol found a bunch of this same valance on eBay…for like 8 bucks!

Dude, if they are buying them for a buck and a half at CTS and selling them for 8, that’s a pretty serious margin. I mean, I doubt they can do much volume, but what a business. Buy shit from somebody and sell it for 4 times as much. Nifty.

Anyway, I’m just rambling today. But if we come up with anything good, I’m sure somebody will post pics.

Probably not me…but somebody.