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January 29, 2013

Are You Going to Wear That?

With the craft show coming up on Saturday, I have been trying to crank out projects as fast as humanly possible. I have a lot left to do, and two nights this week we get to go watch the unnamed child cheer. During dinner tonight, she tells Topher and I that she would rather us not be there. I asked her if we embarrass her in some way. She said kids her age don’t really like to admit that they have parents. Well … too bad, we are coming anyway. Topher thinks we should bring an air horn and paint our faces.

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January 28, 2013

Top Ten Things I CAN Live Without (+An Awesome Nightstand Makeover)

So last week I went over the top 10 things in life that I cant live without. So that got me thinking about what things in a normal person’s life I could live without. So here it goes:

1. Coffee … or any form of caffeine for that matter. I have so many friends that can’t even lift an eyelid without at least a swallow of joe, but it just doesn’t do it for me. I have a high sensitivity to caffeine. If I have half a can of pop, I get all shaky, and I feel that my body needs to be in motion — and God forbid if I had a whole can of coke I would be up all night. A friend of mine drinks at least 4 cups of coffee before noon. You would have to pry me off the ceiling, and I would never be the same after that. My beverage of choice: water. I know, how boring is that?

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January 24, 2013

Kitten’s Story

By this time, you have heard Charlie, Gracie, and Lulu‘s stories, so I had to include the last member of the pack: Kitten.

Kitten has been with me through … well, everything. I rescued her from the Humane Society the summer after I graduated high school 19 years ago (yes, I know I just leaked how old I am). She was a 6 month old ball of fluff and was stretching her arm out of the cage trying to reach me. Her eyes were pleading, and I knew I had to take her home.

Now she hasn’t always been known as Kitten. Originally, she had one of my favorite girl names; and as it turns out, the same name we eventually gave our unnamed child a few years down the road. The cat obviously owned it first, and when the child was born, we agonized over naming her, and eventually settled with a name and we knew we liked — the one the cat had….

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January 23, 2013

Q and A Answer Day!!!

Forever ago, we had Q and A day, and Thank You to all of you who picked my brain. Sorry it took me forever to get back to you. Now I am not an expert in just about anything, but I will do my best to fill you with knowledge.

Nicole’s question was

What was your best furniture find? Do you have a before and after picture.

I actually have three favorites.

The desk I recently did. I liked the character this piece had and I really was happy with the paint color against the stained top. On the before picture the desk is upside down on the top.

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January 22, 2013

Just One Shade Of Gray

I was in the car the other day, waiting to pick up the unnamed child from school. I was looking at my iPhone and thinking about how much it helps me with my blog throughout the day. I get my comments from you awesome readers, no matter where I am. It also lets me know what my numbers are for the day and when I have new followers (thank you to all who have been spreading the word). I always have this amazing piece of technology with me.

That started me thinking about what things I could, and couldn’t, live without.

Here’s my top 10 couldn’t-live-without things in my life (besides my family — and yes there are days when I think I could live without some of them LOL)….

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January 21, 2013

Turquoise Antique Dresser (aka Thrift Store Gold)

I’m so glad it’s a new week! Last week … well frankly it sucked.

It started it out with me burning a big chunk of skin off my finger while hot gluing my book page wreath together. It got better when I had a massive migraine for 5 days — “thank you” to my great Facebook followers for your home remedy solutions! One afternoon while picking up the unnamed child, some punk in the school parking lot hit my car and drove off! Fantastic! Then some point in my adventures, I ran over a nail and popped a tire.

Lastly, after $200 in testing, I found out our 19 year old cat has hyperthyroidism. Now I have to spend another $200 testing to see if her kidneys are functioning well enough to tolerate the thyroid medication.

Yes last week suckity suck sucked.

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