It's official. We're 100% moved in. Now it's time to unpack. You never realize how much shit you have until you have to pack and unpack it. Oh well...at least now I have a basement to store shit. Yup. I am a bit of a pack rat ( Read more... )

It looks like we'll finally be closing tomorrow afternoon!!! I can't wait.

It seemed like all hope was lost when the last decent mid-century house in Northcrest went under contract....and then the most gorgeous of them all got listed yesterday. Rick saw the listing only 30 minutes after is was posted. Needless to say, we rushed to see the house. Heck, they were still taking photos of it for the listing when we arrived ( Read more... )

Now that Rick is getting paychecks in and our Venice trip is over, we've started up our house hunt yet again. Sadly, all of the mid-century homes in Northcrest have all recently gone under contract. Boo! Two homes are supposed to go on the market soon, but they're in horrible condition ( Read more... )

Why does it seem like clothes at the stores keep on getting uglier and uglier. I've seen several of these hideous jumpers at stores. It doesn't even look good on the model. And since when did pleated, taper legged pants ever look good on anyone?

Somehome I managed to put down the knitting needles for a few nights, and created this awesomeness. It's the only thing that Rick wanted for his birthday.


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Someday my knitting skills will be good enough to make this amazing monstrosity.


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The good news is, Rick has finally managed to get a job after countless interviews. He's now an Consultant and will be doing lots of travel. His current assignment involves being in Jackson, MS, 4 days out of the week. I'm not too thrilled about that much travel. But the pay is right and he will be home every weekend ( Read more... )

Sadly, it looks as if I may have to retire my Vera Bradley mini-messenger bag. Even though her bags kind of resemble potholders, the prints are pretty. And the bags are made in America, which is sadly a rarity these days. Unfortunately the quilted cotton didn't seem to put up with my everyday abuse and has started to fray badly ( Read more... )

It's official. I'm a yarn junkie and my new addiction is sock yarn. I'm still high off of the yarn fumes from Stitches South. I ended up purchasing 7 skeins of gorgeous sock yarn.


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