You know what the best diet ever is ( Read more... )

I started receiving these emails from this company called Martin+Osa. I was trying to figure out who they were, but then I realized that I had been on the mailing list for a related retailer, American Eagle Outfitters, and that somehow, they must have figured out I have now "aged out" of their targeted market of 18- to 25-year-olds and now they ( Read more... )

Living in this house is like living in a house constructed out of only single-pane glass. The air from outside comes through pretty easily, and I don't have any window coverings on them right now ( Read more... )

Here's Sophie, laying on my bed...and even though I'd like to believe she's watching television...she's not. She's asleep on top of the red blanket, which is made of wool and very warm (and why I have a hard time getting out of bed these days). It's cute that she's not only sleeping on top of a very warm blanket, but also that she's basking in ( Read more... )

Since moving, I have decided I love the following inventions (aside from cable/satellite television and Internet, because those are a given). This is just a partial list, of course, but I had to list them anyway because I've been raving about them for the last few days.  I've probably driven a couple of my friends crazy by now, I've been going on ( Read more... )

Moving into a dilapidated house is like my mother's version of planning my wedding. Betty has pointed this out to me, and at first I didn't want to believe it, but...when I think about it, my mother has helped me with several things, like finding a new box spring (the platform to my bed broke in the process of moving it), various kitchen items, ( Read more... )

This house is exceedingly dry. I don't know what it is, because I am just a little over 9 miles from the beach now and the air should be more humidified (I was about 15 miles from the ocean before) or something...but it's not. And paying for it is my skin, which is all flaky and slightly breaking out. It's gruesome. I feel like I'm sixteen and ( Read more... )

I moved this past weekend ( Read more... )

This morning when I woke up, I bought these because I've been looking at them for weeks now, and there was only ONE pair in my size left in stock on Zappos:


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Who else would spend an HOUR perusing the different bath mats at Target ( Read more... )