Gee, I wish they had...

I know I haven't posted to this title in awhile. I guess I haven't been missing too much besides people these past couple of weeks...until today.

Gee, I wish they had...apartment walls made out of drywall. Nope, instead, mine are made out of concrete. I found out this lovely bit of information while trying to a hammer a nail into my living room wall. I bent 3 different nails before I finally decided to concede to the strength of concrete. Holy cow does this create a bit of an issue when trying to hang pictures on the walls. On the flip side, Alan smartly pointed out that is quite a nice thing from a fire safety perspective.

I momentarily thought that I was going to give up and just not hang anything on the walls. But, I just can't do that. The walls are a stark white and without pictures on them it looks a bit sterile in here. Plus, I have all of these great framed pictures that Alan and I have taken on our travels around the world.

Alan sent me over here with a great tool kit (hence the hammer and nails). Included in it were picture hanging materials. Somehow, he had the foresight to include a package with some sticky 3M hooks. According to the packaging, they can hold up to 3 lbs & are fully removable. I decided to try them with two pictures before sticking them up all over the walls. I am pleased to say that they have been successfully holding pictures since about 4 pm this afternoon. I have since decided where to hang the remaining pictures and am waiting the hour for the sticky stuff to adhere properly to the wall.

Hopefully sometime in the next couple of days you'll see proper pictures of my apartment with furniture and wall hangings.