I just had a fun conversation with my next door neighbor, Mary (and hubby Mike), whom I'd only met briefly before. (Yeah, I'm a hermit that way.) She wanted to show me her pool, since I saw her in the driveway and stepped over to warn her beware the noise from jackhammering ours over the next few weeks ( Read more... )

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I'm going nuts this week trying to decide on a paint color, etc. for the living room. I'm running around slapping paint color samples on posterboard on the walls, and obsessing over the perfect soft grayed green that is not too blue, not too yellow. It exists! I know it does, dammit! *eyes cross from the billion shades of green on my wall ( Read more... )

I am toooo excited! We got the plans for the pool today - done to scale with the existing trees in the backyard (except the palms - those get added later ( Read more... )

BOUNCY CASTLE!!!


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Some of you may remember my entry "Marilyn's Girls", where I talked a bit about growing up with a brilliant and loving but severely bi-polar mom, and the fierce closeness it engendered between my 2 sisters and I ( Read more... )

I know, I know, it's been there all along - but I just noticed it today. It can do effects. MrP likes the "tunnel" effect, and wonders what body parts we could wave in front of the lens to make it look like rays or lasers are shooting forth. Do not ask - I'm NOT telling ( Read more... )

So I found this website today whilst surfing some home decor blogs (I'm still in the midst of getting this humongous house somewhat decorated and accessorized), and immediately thought to myself: "This is something Madame U would greatly appreciate."

It's called Badder Homes and Gardens: the bad girl's guide to good housekeeping, and it's a ( Read more... )

I just noticed that my remodeler featured my kitchen remodel and floors on his site with a youtube video. Cool! I'm still loving my new kitchen. :)

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So I went yesterday to get a baseline eye exam done, because it's recommended that one do so when starting the drug Plaquenil, as it can (rarely) have some long term eye effects. It was supposed to be just a routine deal, BUT ( Read more... )