Presently, my house is in a bit of a shambles.
We've decided on some long overdue projects, namely rebuilding our front porch before it rots and sinks into the ground, updating the design of our family room and replacing the ancient asbestos shake siding on our house.
I'm up to my eyeballs in contractors and subs. No more naked dashes from the shower to the bedroom in the morning, lest I come eye to eye with a very shocked, and possibly scarred-for-life worker.
But over the weekend, as I watched another episode of Showtime's Dexter, I had to laugh when I looked at the view from my own kitchen:
Yep. Are you thinking what I"m thinking, Dexter fans?
Great. Now who's going to come visit?
Here's a wider shot. They had to cordon off the family room while they are working. Ergo, a partial Dexter-style kill room.
No, I don't have any photos of victims, but I do have scrapbook pages.
Some would say I killed those pages.
Signed,
Clearly in possession of too much time
Rachel Greig says
Sooo funny!
Jill says
LOVE it!!!
Diane Herman says
Loooove Dexter!!!
Jaqui says
ROFL! Love it! Jaqui x
Sarah says
Ahh, but have you got your rubber gloves on?
jody says
It’s only creepy if you cook dinner in the plastic neck to knee apron and face mask…or scrapbook dressed like that LOL
Kristal Jones says
Ha, Ha! Too funny!
Janet says
Love it! lol.
Sandi D says
Only a Dexter fan could understand and appreciate the humor. I love the show and found this post very funny! Our family is going to be starting a remodeling project soon. I am going to be without a kitchen for about 5 weeks. Yikes! No dashing to the dryer half dressed looking for something to wear.
Kendra B says
Love it! Too funny!
Kris Van Allen says
Line up pages you’ve made about just one person. Wait for them to come home. Be wearing something all white or medical-looking when they get home.
Tell them you need to talk to them about some things….they need to pay for some wrongs.
what a great room for a haunted house!
~amy~ says
bahaha…tooo funny…
Sarah says
That is really funny, I have to say it made my day. 🙂
Sarah says
I love it. I laughed, out loud, at work…and got some looks. Just make sure you wear your apron. Things could get messy up in here.
allison says
I have never watched Dexter – and now I am strangely curious….
Cathy says
We just started watching Dexter and are halfway through season 2 and CAN’T STOP WATCHING. As a Dexter fan and a scrapbook fan I have one piece of advice….don’t dump your bodies in the same place every time at the bottom of the ocean. I’m just saying. What super smart serial killer does that?
Lizzie says
I’d say you are putting all that excess time to good use! I check out your posts before I crash for the night over here in Melbourne, Australia and a chuckle is just what’s needed to relax. Love it!
cathy says
no, but i should!
Leora says
Ok, this is a little spooky! Just this morning as I was getting ready to watch your sign off video for MeTav, I was thinking to myself, “I wonder how the construction is going. I would love to see pics”…and here they are. Once again, you read my mind. Thanks Cathy…and good luck with the dust…
Leora
Kelly Jo says
Love it! just started watching this series on Netflix and I’m so glad I did.
ale says
(lol) i love, love, love dexter, am a hugh fan of michael c.hall. who else could make us cheer for a serial killer? but please, please, please do not kill those pages – specially the bee one.
Katherine Bolinger says
I don’t watch Dexter, no cable, no interest. But from what you’ve said – I’d be a bit creeped out visiting. I would never say you killed a page but instead they are killer pages.
dan zielske says
Now how will I ever relax in that room?
Abby P says
Love that even Dan left a comment…
I’m feeling your construction-pain. We did a serious remodel/room addition on our house and decided to live in our motor home on sight for a year and a half. It was our family of 4 (including 2 teenage boys) + 1 three-yr. old dog and 2 new puppies. What an adventure! It will be SO worth the pain!
Joanna says
Totally off topic, but…cordon????
I’ve never even read/seen/heard the word in that way before. Somehow I only relate to chicken cordon blue (can you tell I’m a chubby girl 🙂
Thanks for teaching me something new.
jennifer mcguire says
hahahahahahaha!
Tanya Gilmartin says
too funny!!! love Dexter almost as much as I love scrapbooking! your counter is a perfect place to tape your victim!
Tanya Gilmartin says
Dan- I think you are safe, as long as the plastic does not stay up AFTER the renos are done!
heidig says
How exciting! Hope you’re planning to post pictures after the renovation is completed. As far as the Dexter thing goes – no idea what you’re talking about. Very little TV watching is done at my house. Sorry.
cathy says
You posted on my blog? Weird.
Erika B says
LMAO! Cathy that was too funny. Hope the remodel goes quickly and smooth. Please share pix once everything to complete.
C says
I tune in to your show (blog) everyday – you are my therapy. Guess I’m going to have to Netflix Dexter. My husband is in construction so any projects around here involved all of us lending a hand. It would be nice to turn over a project or two to someone else and just sit back and watch an area transform. Keep the pics coming….
Diane says
Hellooo Cathy Zielske. Haha…you’ve nailed the Kill Room! I might have to show your post to my 16 year old son…he’s a Dexter fanatic. Maybe he’ll become a Cathy fanatic. heh heh…
rebecca keppel says
LOL. we just finished watching season 3 of Dexter. I am hooked.
alesum says
Keep up the good job.
Alesum:summarizing the world.
Jeanne Pellerin says
Also to my ears in plumbers, electricians, painters, etc.
Suzie P. says
LOVE these pictures, and LOVE this post! This is too funny! It IS the Kill Room – you’ve killed those pages! 😉
margie scherschligt says
favorite post of yours EVER!
Karen keiper says
haha, too funny. but i want to see him lying on a table!!
Maegan says
You make me laugh. 🙂
cathy says
you LOVE Dex!
2hounds says
good luck with the destruction, er construction! We love Dexter!
Sara-Jane Bunting says
loooove it!
Jana says
Love your Dexter/plastic reference!! Just shot a pic of my husband under a tent of plastic in the kitchen yesterday… we’re in the midst of a total plumbing pipe replacement. Sadly, it’s a going on day 4 of NO WATER or plumbing anywhere here!! Problem is it’s a do-it-yourself project, my husband is slooooowwwwlllly doing it all by himself, except for the occasional holler for me to bring him something… He was cutting holes in our kitchen wall under the plastic tent – thinking he was keeping things clean by using the tent, but I walked out & saw the escaping dust & smoke… Photo op. I’m just gritting my teeth through this latest home remodel… trying to be patient, but hello? The neighbors are only going to tolerate so much water borrowing!! Here’s wishing you speedy changes with your remodel!
quinna says
Lessons learned…when they start the sheet rock….put towels in the heater vents …. otherwise you have fine dust everywhere!!!! It is terrible! Q
cathy says
oh man, day 4 of no water? I had mine off for 5 hours and i thought i was in the dark ages. GOOD LUCK!
Megan says
seriously.
Bea Medwecky says
Hilarious! Your photo of the kill room is dead on! Thanks for the good laugh. I will have to show this to my husband, another Dexter fan.
rsheedy says
Best. post. ever.
Deena (honugurl16) says
Hilarious. Seriously. As a big Dexter fan, I totally appreciate the pictures.
Janice S says
Perfect! *LOVE* this post!!
cathy says
good to know!
Jodi says
I’m a HUGE Dexter Fan! This is hysterical!!
Anna Aspnes says
You crack me up CZ.
lee i. says
this is just too funny, and i had to read it while drinking water. you can imagine what happened next. i’m sharing this with my husband. he’ll love it, too. 🙂
Sandy says
Too funny! Just caught Dexter on TV the other night. It hasn’t aired in my part of the world (BC, Canada) for over a year but has lately turned up again. (OR maybe I just missed it which is definitely possible) Anyhoo, you are SO right that your view looks like THE KILL ROOM! Good luck on the renos. We are about to embark on an addition, an ensuite!!! So perhaps I too will have a ‘KILL ROOM”. I may have to start a blog:)
Chastity says
Too funny! A guy I went to school with (Shawn Hatosy) was Dexter’s most recent victim. And…Dan’s post…made it even more fun!
Chiot's Run says
Too funny – LOVED it (although I quit Dexter this season).
daxina says
Hey, Crazy pics.
I am also the big fan of dexter.
I got lots of custom homepages of Dexter. Just click on http://www.sleeksearch.com
Gabrielle Jeromy says
Hahaha, good thing your house is not as scary as Dexter’s. 🙂 Anyway, I guess your asbestos siding has been replaced so just maintain it well. Here’s a friendly reminder: don’t inhaled the dust if it gets broken again.