for those of you who don't know, my family lives in my parent's guest house. it's a 1000 square foot townhouse. my dad pimped it out with wood floors and crown molding. it looks amazing except the kitchen is still left to do. well, my mom FINALLY just decided to paint the countertops until they can afford the real thing.....


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should i buy this for $55?


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i'm gonna start something on etsy. not sure what yet, but something. i tried once to sell cookie gift packages, but failed. maybe i will start with vintage stuff. anyone know the rules about selling vintage instead of homemade?

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i can't believe how extremely tired i am and have been. it's so depressing!

we did manage to make it to our "informal" interview at creative spark (art preschool). i loved it and it looks as though brewer will be accepted, but we will know for sure on wednesday. i think he will do wonderfully and that the time apart during the school year will do us ( Read more... )

wow, i have been quite the little f*ck today. we have been suffering from a severe cold for a solid week now. we are all miserable and i just want it to end. i honestly dont think i have ever been so irritable in all my life. a piece of dust would hit the floor wrong and i wanted to throw a chair through the window. i'm sure lee was thinking, "good ( Read more... )

Can somebody tell me the point of all these "tea party" rallies that happened yesterday?

i just bought these 3 things from oriental trading  for brewer's birthday


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this is only the 2nd year we have dyed eggs. i didn't plan anything fancy. we just dyed 6 eggs with a basic kit. we did it yesterday before lee left for work. brewer was so excited and kept begging for hours to do it!


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when i said i was helping my mom make pizzas for a dinner party, well that was an understatement. last night turned out to be a mad house for me!

the dough was easy. i made 2 batches which makes 8 good sized individual pies. well, then i was asked to make cobblers. which involves making simple syrup for the blueberries. THEN on top of a coconut cake ( Read more... )