living room shades.

Desperately needed blinds for the 4 living room windows. They face the west (one faces south) & the sun sets so fiercely in the evenings. Also, we live on Main Street & are sick of people at the stop lights being able to see in the windows at night (we live in an upstairs apartment). I ordered a shade of red (after going through several samples) from Steve's that are top down/bottom up pleated. We still want to let light in from above, we just don't want the neighbors/every person driving by to be able to see in. We measured & double measured... but I made a mistake/didn't read the directions carefully enough. So we weren't able to hang them correctly. Rather than $364 going out the window, he jimmy rigged them. You can't really tell & they're doing well so far. We're hoping to see an improvement on the electric bill!

E T

using the Artful Delight March 2011 kit
posted online at Scrapbook Examiner 7/3/11

bathroom cabinet re-do.

When the boy asked me to move in with him [May 2011], I knew we needed to add some storage to the bathroom. I have a ton of beauty junk that was not going to fit in his bare minimum bachelor pad bathroom. I found a cabinet I liked (& brought him to peek at it too, he liked it almost as much as I did) at a local antique store. I paid under $200.

I brought it home & was determined to make this a quick, no sweat, no pain project. No sanding. No priming. Just find some grey paint to match the bathroom, a quick coat, & be done. Well, it took two coats. But then I was pretty much done.

We found some coordinating knobs at Menards. & here's what she looks like in the bathroom now [July 2011]!

first race.

May running stats

Total Distance: 5.9 miles


Total Time: 1:01:34 min

Run Distance: 5.9 miles

Run Time: 1:01:34 min

first step.

Published at Scrapbook Examiner 5/3/11

April stats

Total Distance: 18.7 miles


Total Time: 3:13:44 min

Run Distance: 18.7 miles

Run Time: 3:13:44 min

first 5 K

4/17/11

he loves me [card for bff's bridal shower]

L & T

3 Scrappy Boys Sept 2010 main kit

My mom & my aunt when they were little baby girls!

Gary.

Made using the Sept 2010 main kit from 3 Scrappy Boys
This was the 5th time I've seen Gary since 2008 & he was as awesome as ever.

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Published at Examiner 4/2/11
Made using the Sept 2010 main kit from 3 Scrappy Boys

March stats

Total Distance: 11 miles


Total Time: 1:59:00 min

Run Distance: 11 miles

Run Time: 1:59:00 min

have a nice day.

for the challenge at Scrap it with a Song

first date prep