Yikes! Getting out of the Rough...

I think that good old Murphy, he of the 'Murphy's Law' fame, had something to do with bringing my glow from being in Naples, FL for the past week to a screeching halt this morning. Yes, that was me, oversized sunglasses and cold drink in hand by the pool just a scant 48 hours ago, and this is still me, freaking out because there is now a huge sewage pipe running across the wall where my High Definition Virtual Golf Simulator Screen is going to be mounted in the Green House.

Yes, I said sewage pipe.

And no, I can't believe I just typed this.

It's just like anything else, you think things are going just swimmingly, you head out on vacation, and then you're brought back to earth by a miserable length of PVC piping that was installed WHILE YOU WERE OUT OF TOWN and now is ensconced in lovely, sustainable wallboard so there's no changing it. For those of you who are just tuning into this blog, this is a diary of exactly what goes on behind "The Green Scenes" as I work valiantly toward creating a Virtual Golf Room in the Mid-Atlantic's first Carbon Neutral Decorator Showhouse. The screen is kind of key for my Virtual Golf Room, as I know the sewage pipe is for the rest of the house, but I digress. When I got an e-mail on my Blackberry from (the always adorable) Mark Turner of GreenSpur a few days ago letting me know that there were some "interesting bulkhead situations" in my room that I should "take a look at asap" I kind of blew it off. Because I was laying by the pool in Florida, you know?

A girl has to have priorities, right?

So, after a good night's sleep in my own bed after returning from FL last night, I cruised down to McLean, VA to check out the latest Green House progress this morning with Elyn Seaman, my trusty assistant, sidekick and friend. To say we were gobsmacked is the least of it. I mean, the house is looking AMAZING, and we're so excited about the progress and then we see it: The sewage pipe running through my room. I think the "let's pull a fast one on Lynni while she's out of town and can't throw a hissy fit about it" powers that be had a field day and are probably still laughing as I type this! I mean, how am I going to fix this one? A sewage pipe? Right behind my screen? Yikes! When I think of people hitting golf balls at my screen, and the soft spot that simply MUST exist in that piping...Good Grief! This is definitely one of those "keep your fingers crossed and tell no one" situations, huh?

So my first day back in town was spent measuring and remeasuring and then hunkered over my CAD program on my computer redrawing the room yet again so that Bob Beecroft from High Definition Golf and his team can create this product in Canada and make it fit perfectly in my room in Virginia. Without making the sewage pipe explode.

No pressure. At all.

It's funny, because when you're "Behind the Green Scenes" as I am, you have no idea how crazy it gets trying to pull every little last detail together, and usually the general public has no clue as to how many clumps of hair have been pulled out of my blonde head in the process. In addition to solving the sewage pipe issue today, my trusty Blackberry (that I have been ignoring for the past week) reminded me that our Final Design Proposal for the Green House, complete with color renderings of the room as well as why all of our products are green, was due. TODAY. Arrrrggghhhhh! So, poor Elyn's fingertips are stained purple and gray from her diligent artistic rendering skills, and I'm trying to wax poetic about the who, where, why and what of my room and why my products are acceptably green. In other words, vacation mode has come to a screeching HALT, but it's all part of being a Green Girl on the Go.

Is it wine time yet?

In my next update I'll share with you all of the great ideas my friend Jeff Hiller, president of the Sustainable Furnishings Council, shared with me when we both attended the ART Conference this past week in Naples, FL. Jeff was one of our featured speakers at the conference, and not only was he one of the nicest guys you'll meet, his humorous approach to Green Living made even me think twice about everything from bottled water to light bulbs. He assured me that smoking cigars with his pals Steve from Murray Feiss and Phil from the Las Vegas Market Center during our Pool Party at the Naples Grande Resort was a totally green activity, especially when coupled with a cold beer! Bada Bing! More on Jeff's insights in the next post, I promise!

For now, I'm signing off and going to head to Twitter and Facebook to let everyone know about this new "Behind the Green Scenes" post. Ain't social networking grand? I hope you'll continue to spread the word too.

Sustainable Luxury ROCKS...sewage pipe and all!

xoxoxo,

Lynni
Your "Still Mentally in Florida" Green Girl on the Go!