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  • Hotness and a vintage layout

    At my birthday party a few of us were talking about the dorm I was in my sophomore year. It was a cool old dorm with huge bathrooms that had separate toilet/sink & locker/shower & bath rooms. In the main area of the bathroom, the sink & locker area my friend and I started a wall of hotness. I made a layout from some of the guys I kept:
    HOT
    Journaling “I do not think these really hot guys need much of an explanation, but I will humor my future generations, besides what if I have all boys? My sophomore year the girls in my hall decided to deck out our bathroom. Anyone could put up a new picture, bu tthe ones on the door required consensus. It constantly evolved and in June we all took home our favorites.”
    I made this years ago but had to scan it in for you Erin and Carmen! Mmm door worthy guys. 🙂 I love the pictures of the bathroom. It reminds me of my friend Ceara’s bedroom in high school, though she had a bit more George Clooney in there 🙂
    In other scrap related news I decided to go through my stuff and make myself a kit. I have been oohing and ahhing over Studio Calico’s site for some time now, but I have too much stuff already so I though making a kit of my own things would be best. Here is what I came up with (with some editing from Sciarrino):
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    Kit-2
    Some yummy goodies. I’ve already made five layouts with it, crazy! They are pretty simple, but I love them just the same. I’ll share a few tomorrow. For now I’ll leave you with one NOT made with the kit:
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    An older picture of Tutu napping with journaling about what it takes to get her down for the night. Sweet little baby.
     

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  • Turning the focus in

    Ok I have to admit to a little chill in the air, despite my reluctance to let summer go. Of course when this happens and more time is spent inside I start thinking about tweaking things here and there. My living room is the next on my list.
    Living room-5
    It looks pretty good here with lots of light coming in. The rug is newish and we love it, it’s from Amy Butler updated: we’re having serious problems with this rug. I do not recommend it, we are still working with the company to get our issues resolved. I was waiting for the rug before figuring out the color for the table and other things, like curtains. I think I want to have the table painted that lighter blue color and do curtains in a similar shade, but I’m having trouble finding some dark enough blue that don’t look too heavy. I want them to be full length (the ones I have now were made with something I had on hand, hence the short size). Ideas? Thoughts?
    To the right of this picture is the little phone cabinet:
    Living room-4
    I have the table moved into my craftroom right now so Tuesday and I can work on projects together. I think I’m going to leave it as is, but I need to clear coat it so it’s easier to clean.
    I did already do one little thing:
    Living room-1
    I re-did the nook above the fireplace to make a little art gallery.
    Living room-2
    When I was thrifting with the girls I said I thought a little collection of glass candlestick holders would be fun. They said I could find a whole collection in the one Goodwill we were at, and they were right.
    Are you starting to turn the focus inside? Any little projects around the house you want to share?

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  • 30

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    1. I went to the fair and hit up the photobooth like I do every year (2003-2005, 2006, 2008, 2009).
    2. I chopped off my hair.
    3. I am with in 1 pound of my pre-pregnancy weight (124 lbs).
    4. I have been working out at least 4 times a week.
    5. I actually like it.
    6. I even worked out today, ON MY BIRTHDAY.
    7. I also ate more of my birthday pie so I made up for it.
    8. I haven’t had a diet coke in 24 days.
    9. I don’t miss it…
    10. much.
    11. I’m drinking this instead (diluted 1/2 with water) when I need something besides plain water.
    12. Last weekend Sciarrino helped me make a scrapbooking kit with my own stuff and I’ve been having a blast playing with it.
    13. I like Twitter more than Facebook.
    14. This resulted in a take no prisoners “friend” cut.
    15. I need to take more pictures
    16. and video.
    17. Especially of my ever-changing wonder named Tuesday Lee.
    18. I really want to sleep through the night again.
    19. But not more than I want to comfort Tuesday… ah motherhood.
    20. I’m so excited to be in my 30s.
    21. I feel more like me than I ever have before
    22. and I like me.
    23. I love that I’m watching less TV and don’t miss cable at all.
    24. Now the few things I watch seem even better and more special.
    25. I’m glad we don’t have pets… the dogs on the corner are so annoying.
    26. But fresh eggs from a chicken would be nice…
    27. Wait, when’s the last time I used an egg?
    28. I love summer, but a snuggly winter is calling my name.
    29. After staring at this screen for a while the whole room seems darker and I start thinking about new lights.
    30. Wow thirty is a lot.

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