The DU Lounge

...a house from another Air Force family that was leaving for a new assignment. They had purchased the house when mortgage rates were 18%, and had not been able to do anything to update the then-18 yr old house. The kitchen had appliances in all 3 of the autumn colors - one harvest gold, one avocado green and one in whatever the coppery color was called. I no longer remember which appliance was which color, just how awful it was. We replaced them all with plain old white as soon as we could.

Our current next-door neighbors have been in their house for at least almost 3 years. They are the 3rd owners. They have a semicircular window in the first floor en suite bathroom, which we can see from the side window in our primary bedroom. It is covered with a bright orange and yellow afghan knitted in that common zigzag pattern. It's really ugly, and to make matters worse, it appears to be held up just by thumbtacks or the like, so it hangs in a very droopy, uneven, scalloped fashion that makes it look extra fugly. I see it every time I pull into our driveway, or go to the backyard to fill the bird feeder, or walk down the driveway to the mailbox. It's really annoying.

I've resisted the temptation to anonymously leave one of those fan-type paper window shades on their front door step, mostly because I'm sure they'd know it was me, seeing as it's only from our house that this tacky, makeshift window covering can be seen.