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Hubby has thoughtfully designed a inset bookshelf in my kitchen, right above the small desk that will hold the phone and laptop. And, as fluke has it, a potlight is right above the shelf to add a homey and comfy glow. Love it!
I was thinking today, it would be cool to do some texture on the wall behind the desk and something creative with the inset shelf, to make it even more of a feature.
And somehow I found this link to doing wall stencils! I’m really loving on the look in the first video there. I think that might be the one.
And some cool brackets to finish off the shelf? Yep, I’m really loving this idea! I’m brilliant…
The dresses came in!!!
They’re two weeks early, which is fantastic! We couldnt’ believe it…And they fit perfectly, the quality is amazing. They are exactly what we thought they would be, which is really saying something when you’re ordering them from a web site and really have no idea what you’re getting.
But we’re so happy they’re in and that worry is off of our shoulders!
Don’t mind the green color in this photo, I think the olive background made it look “off”, but they’re really a deep forest green.
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Oh, and yes, they’re a bit long, but we’ll be getting them hemmed. We ordered them with more length just in case…longer is better than shorter!
And I’m asking for:
Fosterweld Belt (to go with my awesome belt buckle from last year!)
Napkins for my kitchen table when the kitchen is finally finished. This colour would be perrrrfect.
The spare room needs a color scheme, this might be it…LOVE this quilt!!
I’ve been Christmas shopping on Etsy! I’m so proud of myself for starting shopping already! I have some fun DVD’s for the younger siblings, a necklace, this super cute hat, and the odd toy for the nieces. I’m so ahead of the game…and that’s very unusual for me.
I love buying gifts that actually mean something to the recipients, but usually I’m so late in buying the gift it turns into a game of “What’s left in the stores that they might like”.
I was on Etsy the other day and found this seriously funky hat (they’re so in style right now, I love it!) for one of my younger sisters. Tiss would look so adorable in it, but her personality is more “I’m here but don’t want anyone to notice”, so I’m not sure if she would get good use out of it. But Sally would be able to pull it off too, so it’s a toss-up.
Orrrr….maybe I’ll keep it for myself! Nah, I will give it as a gift, but I’m totally going back to get one for myself!
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Aw, Asterix is 50! I loved reading these comics when I was little, and still love looking through them now. Great drawings and funny stories! I didn’t realize they were so old when I was reading them before…no wonder it’s been hard for me to buy some!
The Mystery of the Bridesmaid Dresses has been solved! We’ve found a super deal on bridesmaid dresses at Light In The Box.com. The reviews on the site seemed excellent and the dresses are exactly what my sister was looking for. Other than the color…we went with a dark green instead of the sage she was initially going for. But that’s ok! It’s going to go great with her decor and the winter feeling of the celebration.
I wish I could include a picture, but the photo isn’t saving properly. Click on the link to see the exact dress.
The dresses will arrive two weeks before my sisters wedding, so if there’s any issues hopefully that will be enough time to make everything right.
Problem solved. Weight lifted. Phewf.
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When I was little I read a quote from a Christian comedian that read:
“Normal” is just a setting on the dryer.
I remember my mom getting such a kick out of this saying, but I never understood it. The more I thought about it, the more confused I got.
Now that I’m all growed up, I get it. At least, I’m starting too.
No one…I repeat: NO ONE…is normal. I used to think that my family was at least “normal”. But that was before my mom started believing that the world was going to end soon, getting paranoid about world politics and how they’re taking our freedom away, and how even lighting candles in your home could symbolize “worshiping other idols”. Believing that my friends were “normal” also came before one of my friends left her husband after only 7 months of marriage, before I realized one of my friends is OCD and before another one of my friends told me she has an eating disorder.
Then I though, Ok, well at least the family I married into is normal. But that was right before my hubby’s uncle told us he was a closet alcoholic, we found out that his aunt was being abused, and I got sick to death of my hubby’s Grandma favoring him (if you think this is a good thing…it’s not). And who knows where Hubby and I fit into all this…
No one is normal. No one is plain jane. No one lives the straight and narrow, no matter how much they try. But that’s ok!
Last night Hubby and I talked. I asked him if he was happy with where we were, and he said he was. I’ve been struggling with “us” lately, I told him. And we chatted about why and what we could do to improve things. Life is always throwing us hoops to jump through, and you know what? That’s ok! It’s NORMAL to have problems, it’s NORMAL to struggle with life, it’s NORMAL to have life become a bumpy road!
I’ve discovered lately that life is not “normal”. Or at least, not what we have come to define “normal” as. The definition should be changed to
“Fights with spouse, yells at children, burns dinner, house is never clean, too busy to think, wrinkled laundry, late for soccer…”
And as much as I hate the “fights with spouse, yells at children” part, it’s part of how life goes and it’s after that point that makes life feel gooooood.
Wouldn’t it be just boring to be “normal“?
I love it that a blog with a picture of a girl in a skimpy t-shirt has sent me over 40 views today. Hmm. What is that saying about my blog? Sigh. Guess I need to cut down on the sexy posts. Dangit.
…if your blog and twitter account was blogged about on CNN. Yeah, how nutzo would you get?? I would flip. Like, jump in the air, literally FLIP.
Heather Armstrong was blogged about on CNN because of her twitter account, I’m sure that just because of that she has like ten million more followers on both her blog and her twitter. Lucky bum. She’s definitely one of my new favorite reads and I’ll be heading over there daily for her sense of humor and real-life writing. And I quote:
So I reach over, fumble around until I find the bedside lamp, and then all four of us wince at the sudden glaring light. Some of us wince more loudly and agonizingly than others. I won’t name that someone, other than to say that if there were a prize for best impersonation of a hyena being gutted with a chainsaw, we’d have a winner.
You’re going over there now aren’t you? You can’t resist her writing, can you? Told ya.
