When I say to someone, we bought a new house, what I really mean is that we bought an old house. Case in point: the stove.

This thing is ancient -- but it's so old, that the style is almost hip in a way. I love the typography on it. Typography? Wait a minute... a stove is much more about function than form. I should care about how it performs -- the heat it produces, cooking time, etc.

The stove works just fine, and I remember the realtor saying that it was made so long ago that it'll probably last another 50 years. Manufactured at a time perhaps before planned obsolescence.

I'm sure we'll replace it someday, but for now it's a matter of convincing ourselves that it's just fine.

Anyhow, warm wishes for a Happy Holiday Season from SimpleBits. I will be sipping eggnog while priming, painting and spackling my way to a New Year.