Penny Raile: The Transformation Begins

Unimportant Things About Me

•As a child, I did not like gathering eggs on the farm because the hens were mean.
• I played the Doris Day part in “Pillow Talk” in a high school play.
• I played defensive line woman on my girl’s football team in high school - real football, not powder puff.
• I ate dinner at a restaurant next to Vice President Bush’s table in Fort Smith, Arkansas surrounded by secret service agents.
• I played the French horn and the cymbals in my high school band – horribly.
• I was the Sports Editor of my high school paper.
• When I moved to California, I lived in Malibu. I now live near Skid Row.
• I did not finish kindergarten.

101 Things in 1001 Days

THE START OF MY LIST 1 Go to Paris and shop flea markets, thrift stores and garage sales 2 Go on a holiday trip with my entire family 3 Do stretching exercises five days a week for one month 4 Write the second edition of the Raile Family History 5 Finish the Harry Potter series 6 Create “gorilla art” 7 Make a map of every place I have been 8 Elaborately decorate my loft for Halloween 9 Invite at least four guests for dinner at the same time and everyone wears red 10 Go to Yosemite Park 11 Host a pajama party 12 Go on at least one date 13 Turn the big room into something whimsical 14 Change jobs 15 Keep a better diary 16 Set-up a trust fund 17 Write my life story 18 Create a web site to sell things 19 Make things that I am willing to sell 20 Send an admiration letter to RK 21 Visit New York 22 Attend Artfest in Seattle, Washington 23 Visit Watts Tower 24 Send out secret friend packages 25 Create a margarita bar and a coffee bar in loft 26 Read five books that I should have read in high school 27 Create five photo studies

March 2015

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"Team Raile" arrived on Wednesday. We wasted no time. After a quick survey of my loft, the four of us headed to IKEA in Burbank. Within a few hours, many major purchases were made including a huge storage system and two enormous tables for "The Play Area." A few other things were selected including a five drawer cabinet for the bathroom. The best part was the ability to have everything delivered the next day. IKEA is my friend!

We replenished our energy with a stop at California Pizza Kitchen. Then we headed back to the loft to start moving things out of the way in anticipation of the delivery the next day. The following morning, "the purge" part of the transformation began. We started in one corner and went through everything. The choices were keep, trash or donate. I did good! Lots of trash bags were taken to the dumpster and lots of boxes were taken to my SUV for a visit to Goodwill.

Unfortunately, I had to go to work for a few hours, but when I returned we went to Home Depot to buy a new vacuum cleaner and lots of misc. things. Oh my! The new Dyson vacuum is amazing. Of course, I had a lot of dust, fuzz, and cat hair to begin with, but the new vacuum finds it all. Tim entertained himself most of the night cleaning anything that had cat hair on it (which was about everything).

The place is a total mess right now. Everything is being pulled out and reorganized. Poor Robyn became very ill last night. I do hope it is the flu and not a reaction to all my stuff. Jessica and I took a break to watch Grey's Anatomy. One of the actors lives in my building - I won't say who, in case someone reading this is a stalker.

Tomorrow the Virgin of Guadalupe arrives from Mexico so I will be working at work while Team Raile works at the loft. I do hope when I return home, they haven't thrown "all my stuff" away.