This was a weekend of inspiration and revelations. I have finally decided what the basement den should look like based upon a chance encounter with a beautiful rug at Lowe's. I've never built a room based upon an inspiration piece and this rug has the colors we want for the walls, floor, furniture, and accents. Now we just need to fix the leaky ( Read more... )

Nothing's been happening in the costuming department. All my grand plans have fallen to the wayside as I focus on improving my fitness level. Plus, I decided against putting a lot of work and decorating into two dresses which will swallow me whole with the loss of another thirty pounds and then another. No point, really. Maybe it's a little bit ( Read more... )

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There's something about Monday and Tuesday. They've been kicking me in the teeth for a few months now and I'm not entirely sure why that happens. My guess is the time difference and our comrades in Australasia have a day to find lots of things that have gone wrong over the weekend so by the time the Americans (I can't call myself a Yank, I just can ( Read more... )

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Friday was the perfect day for skulking through the woods and shooting paintballs at coworkers (and Hubbyfinks; we wound up on opposing teams, heh heh heh). I was much more aggressive tihs year and am now sporting some fairly spectacular bruises on my hip, collarbone, ribs and back. Yes, someone shot me in the back. And the worst part of that ( Read more... )