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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Unidentified Glittery Blob
I'll give you a cookie if you can guess what it is!
I didn't have my glasses on, so I'm sitting there peering at it just waiting for it to sludge across the bathroom floor. I have an active imagination.
After realizing it wasn't going anywhere, I thought "Oh geez it must be poo! Who had glittery poo and what in heaven's name did they get in to?"
I'm sure you're thinking "Glittery poo? What exactly goes on in that house?!"
Honestly, glittery poo really isn't all that far fetched in my house. There is nothing that can't be licked, chewed, eaten, upchucked or pooped out around here. And in case you were wondering, I'm talking about the fur kids and not my husband. Har har.
The three of them are kind of infamous for getting into things. Between two cats that think they're dogs, and a Husky that thinks he's a cat/dog/human things stay pretty lively.
So I knelt down on the floor to have a closer inspection. Whoo, okay it's not poop. What the heck is that?? Poke poke. Yep, I poked it…bare finger and all.
It was then that I started laughing.
I realized it was my John Frieda foam dye. I had dyed my hair this afternoon and obviously had gotten a little crazy with the foam and a big blob went flying to the floor.
That was my excitement for the day! What was yours? Hopefully it didn't involve glittery poo.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Crafty Project
I love Pinterest! I find so many cute things there.
I came across this really neat fabric scrap wreath a few weeks ago.
Cute huh? I needed something Valentiny for my front door and thought this would be perfect. So last week I set off to find a foam heart mold and some fabric.
I searched, and searched and searched some more for a foam heart. No luck. Either they didn't sell them or they were out of stock. Rawr! So I opted for a round foam mold.
I started with some pretty fabric I found at Jo-Ann's.
I cut it down into 2 inch strips.
Then again into 2 inch squares.
My husband walked in and saw me tediously cutting squares and says "There's gotta be an easier way to do that. Why don't you use the paper cutter?"
Haha, so Mr. Genius went and got it for me and surprisingly it worked! That made the process go quite a bit faster. Not to mention straighter!
After all the squares are finished, you take a pencil and place it in the middle of your fabric square. Make sure the tip is against the finished side of the fabric.
Wrap your fabric snuggly around the pencil, and dip the tip in some glue. I used Tacky glue. In this case, a little goes a long way.
Next, poke your fabric covered pencil tip into the styrofoam mold, and withdraw the pencil. The fabric should stay put in the styrofoam. I did find that after a while my pencil got tacky and the fabric wanted to stick. I simply sharpened my pencil a bit and we were back in business.
Continue poking your squares into the mold until you completely cover it. I did leave the back bare, as I had planned to hang it and want it to lay flat.
The final look you get is completely up to you. I had a tendency to stick mine very close, and ended up with a very tight wreath. I do like the looser look better I think. I ripped some of mine out, but overall it is very full.
I still want to do a heart one. I'm thinking heart foam with some polka dot fabric would be adorable!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Photo Fun with Phoenix
Mommy and Phoenix had a little fun with the camera last night.
Photo ops are hard work!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
LUSH
This past Christmas my sister introduced me to LUSH.
Ever heard of it?
If no, you can check out their website here.
Lush makes fresh, handmade cosmetics using vegetarian ingredients and they use little or no preservative or packaging.
They make shampoo bars, bath bombs, salt cleansers, bubble bars, and a lot of other things.
After my first bath bomb I was hooked.
Rose Queen made my bathroom and bedroom smell divine. Their Golden Wonders has been my favorite so far. The smell was intoxicating and after it fizzled for a while, thousands of little biodegradable gold stars came bursting out. Ahhh! Major downside, it was only available during the holidays.
Sunny Side is my favorite bubble bar. It's citrusy and leaves your water and you all sparkly!
I've also been very impressed with their Ocean Salt cleanser found here. My skin is temperamental. The slightest change, or over oily product and it's pimple city up in here. I was a huge doubter as far as the ocean salt but gave it a try with one of their samples. My skin was happy.
My biggest disappointment is that we don't have a Lush here in Jacksonville.
So hey Lush, if you're listening, come to Jacksonville!
Since I live so far away, I've only been in the store once. First impressions? Fantastic. There were multiple employees milling around in the Gardens Mall setup in Macy's. Every single one of them was friendly, informative, and super helpful. They even whipped up a sample for me on request. Whee!
I can't wait to get back and get my hands on some more Lush.
As always, here's my little disclaimer. I was in no way compensated by anyone for this write up. These are purely my own thoughts. Just think of it as my little public service announcement for a great company.
But hey, I wouldn't say no to a few bath bombs or shampoo bars if offered. Who could say no to that?
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
A Birthday, Bad Sushi, and Botched Travels
Ahhh, so I'm finally getting around to actually blogging about something.
It's been a while.
Phoenix and I were supposed to leave on the 25th and head down to my parents for a few days. My Mom had taken a couple of days off of work and we'd all made plans. I was going to help out with some things, go to Maggiano's (yum), stock up on Lush (more about that in another post) and whatever else fit our fancy.
So Tuesday found me cleaning, doing laundry, and making sure Richard was prepared for the next few days of roughing it out on his own.
We had run some errands and stopped off at Publix to grab a few things before heading home. I was in a sushi mood and grabbed a crunchy roll on my way out.
I ate 3 or 4 pieces later that night, and Richard even tried a piece.
Sometime during the night I woke up with major indigestion. I tried papaya and it did little to ease my belly ache. I ended up on the couch and only got a couple hours of sleep in between running back and forth to the bathroom.
Wednesday dawned and with it a quick realization that I had contracted food poisoning. I don't ever remember feeling so horrible. I seriously wanted to die. It was pure misery.
I'll spare you all the gory details, and just say it was bad and I am never eating sushi again. I lost 10 pounds in less than 4 days. I guess that's what happens when you're living on gatorade, sprite, and toast.
My sweet husband was a trooper. You know you've got a keeper when he holds your hair and rubs your back in the thick of it. Not to mention the clean up, a cold washcloth, and saltine runs.
So needless to say my trip got postponed.
Poor Phoenix had a birthday in the midst of all the craziness. At least I had grabbed a package of Frosty Paws for him at Publix. So he had something to enjoy! I was able to snap a few pics of him in his birthday hat. You can check those out at his blog.
It took about a week, but I'm finally back to normal and sitting here with a shaky Phi. Our neighbors were celebrating the Superbowl with fireworks, thus a very nervous dog. Poor thing, he gets so anxious.
He turned 9 this year! I seriously can't believe it has been so long. My little boy is getting old.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Photo A Day: Day 3
Hands
My husband has been doing this also. I included his pic this time around because I absolutely love it. He came up with the idea on his own. I was so impressed, and slightly jealous that he had the idea! I think it turned out beautifully.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
February Photo A Day
So I stumbled upon this really cool project from FatMumSlim
It's a Photo A Day during the month of February. She did one for January as well but I totally missed out on it.
She's made a list for you to use as inspiration to take a photo every single day.
Cool right?
I love taking photographs, but don't always know what to take them of, nor do I always remember to actually take them! This list makes it easy. I'm excited to carry out the process, and see all the photos at the end of the month.
So here's the list. I hope you'll join us!
Here's how to play:
1. Use the list above as inspiration and take a photo everyday. For example for number one on the list, 'your view today' you'd take a shot of whatever it is that you can see today. This would be a wider shot of your office space, where you went for a walk, or whatever it is that you can see!
2. Share on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, your blog or where ever it is you want to share. If you're sharing on Instagram or Twitter use the hashtag #FEBphotoaday so everyone can find them. There's a great community around the photo sharing, so do share!
3. Check out everyone else's pictures. I do it before I go to bed each night and it's so fun to see how different everyone's photos are. There are people from every corner of the world playing.
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