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October 19, 2012

Dancing Psychic Doctors

Well, Fall is here and all of the networks have started their new TV lineups. I want to start watching some new ones, but I don’t want to waste my time on sucky shows. I thought I would share with you some of my favorites, and you can see what my taste is and maybe you can share some of your favorites with me.

1. So You Think You Can Dance. I love this show! I want my body to do what some of these dancers can do. I also want my body to look like theirs do, but that’s probably not going to happen anytime soon. For my birthday I literally asked my husband, mom and daughter to not get me a gift but just watch the whole season with me (OK, that and some junk). What fun is watching a show if you don’t have anyone to discuss it with? I’m always a little sad after this season finale arrives.

2. Private Practice – The spin off of Grey’s Anatomy. Spin offs rarely work (Port Charles, Joni Loves Chachi, etc.), but this one is fantastic. But medical drama, mixed with personal drama, who could ask for more? Plus I would like Kate Walsh’s hair (nothing creepy, just saying I would like my hair to resemble hers).

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October 18, 2012

Sticky Situation

I would love to tell you that every project that I work on goes like clockwork. That I never have problems, and I always know what I’m doing.

I could tell you that … but that would make me a pants-on-fire, nose-growing liar.

On almost every project I do, something goes wrong, and I have to try to figure out how to fix it. Whether the paint comes out clumpy, or the color isn’t what I thought it would be, or the paint just won’t stick, something always goes wonky.

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October 16, 2012

Wallpaper Lined Chalkpainted Bookshelf

My client brought me this dingy, dirty bookshelf she found off of Craigslist.

I cleaned it up, and made my own DIY ivory chalkpaint. This is the recipe I used.

1 1/2 cups of paint
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 cup plaster of paris
Mix and let set 30 minutes.

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October 16, 2012

Easy as Pie Pumpkins!

Cute, festive pumpkins sit on every porch in my neighborhood, and I was having a little pumpkin envy.

I took care of that yesterday. I found two white pumpkins — one was a little scarred up, but it was the best I could do since all the others were lopsided, not white, or warty (who wants a warty pumpkin?) .

They seemed a bit boring, so I decided to spice them up a bit (get it? spicing up my pumpkins?). I dug out my leftover garage sale stickers and my daughter and I stuck them all over, making sure to get them on securely. On the other pumpkin we took our 3M painter’s tape and striped down the sides. …

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October 15, 2012

ALERT! ALERT!

OMG! Red Alert! Red Alert! We have caught the opossum!! After weeks of trying he (or I guess it could be a she) has been captured!

Here is the part where I’m freaking out, it’s been in the cage in my driveway all day! Topher only dragged the cage from the backyard to the front (so the dogs could go out without going insane when they saw it). He didn’t have time to rehome it before work.

I feel terrible that it hasn’t had any food or water since midnight. So I called our local Animal Control and asked them to come get this sucker. They said they only deal with domesticated animals. What the heck? If they won’t come and get it, who will? They said they could give me a man’s name, and he would dispose of it for a $100. WHAT? A $100 to get vermin off of my driveway? Now I really want this guy gone, but I am way too cheap to pay $100 to do it — and besides, I just want it relocated not “disposed of”.

So I have to wait until Topher gets home to get this opossum hauled off. Every time I have to leave the house, I have to see its beady little eyes staring at me. It is seriously creeping me out. It.has.to.go.now. So I call my brother, but he is busy. I call my cousin, but he is on his way out of town; plus, he makes me feel guilty about leaving it without food or water. What can I do? I can’t open the cage.

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October 11, 2012

Just Call Me Alice

My dear friend Casey (whom I couldn’t live without) has a term for my type of projects. She’s named my style “Alice in Wonderlandish”. She said my pieces were full of bright colors, and were a little quirky with interesting shapes and unique features. If grouped together they look Wonderlandish. Never thought of it that way. Lately though with the crazy things that have been happening around here, I do sort of feel like we fell down the rabbit hole. For example:

Let me tell you about last night (I swear I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried). So I’m in bed downstairs, notice I say “I’m in bed” not “I’m asleep”. I lay there, counting sheep, from 1:00 to 2:15. For those who have asked, I do take melatonin … no dice. So at 2:15 Charlie starts barking hysterically in the living room. Then it stops. 15 minutes later he’s doing it again, only this time it’s his “someone’s at the door” bark. I hear my hubby’s feet shuffle around upstairs and figure he’s got it under control. 3:00 same freaking thing. I’m done. I stumble up the stairs to find Charlie staring out the front door going nuts. I look out and what do I see? A HUGE FREAKING OPOSSUM! This sucker is bigger than 2 of my dogs combined, and it’s just looking right at me, eating Walter’s food.

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