Or so I thought. Today’s post is about cars. HEY!!! DON’T GO AWAY JUST YET! I get it: I am NOT. AT. ALL. a car person either. I’m a “drive it to the store and …
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I spent $35 on a Milk Moustache
I have a VERY big birthday this month…according to some. According to me, however, I’m only one year older than last year. AND, I’m still one year younger than next year. So NBD. I don’t …
Continue readingThe Song Butcher
It’s one of my favorite dreams: There I am, backstage in a packed concert arena. Thousands of excited fans ready for me to take the stage. The music starts, the crowd goes wild. The announcer …
Continue readingThe living room, the poem, the bag and the bench
Welcome to the time travel post. Today, we’re hopping into the Way Back Machine…to revisit our first home, We’re headed back to a time when the amazingly crafty Carol Duvall was the queen of HGTV… …
Continue readingHow I spent a few weeks in the bathroom
Wow, what a crappy title for a bathroom makeover post. (Although the jokes do just write themselves.) Remember back in June when I whined about working my tookus off (and showed proof that I had)? …
Continue readingA (former) English major’s dirty little secret
Here I go again, sharing secrets in the safest place ever… (you know, the Internet). Also, this post is a few hours late. Sorry. The dog did NOT eat my homework, but this DID actually …
Continue readingSay hello to my little friend
There are several good reasons why I have a collection of vacuum cleaners: cordless, robotic, heavy duty plug-in, a second cordless…and a carpet cleaner, too. Each of the reasons comes with four legs. In general, …
Continue readingThe Post that Jumped the Shark
You came here for some DIY, right? I promised over there -> ….. in the sidebar… that I would share my DIY adventures. This past month, I have DIYed my, um, butt off. Don’t believe …
Continue readingThe ONE THING you should know before stripping detailed furniture…
Let’s play two truths and a lie: I completely freaking hate this table. 2. I completely freaking love this table. 3. I must have been out of my freaking mind to try to refinish this …
Continue readingGoodnight, sweet Bean.
I hate this post already. I don’t want to write it…and I’ve put it off for almost a month now. A sad, no good awful month with a big fat hole in it. A hole …
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