Tied Up

 

This is what happens when a Compulsive Laundry Nerd gets stuck

 at Home with an injury.

 

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 YO!
I GET ALL MARTHA STEWART UP ON YA!

 

First I limped to the store for some Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day.

 Mrs. Meyer and I speak the same language.

 

 

Then I methodically Washed, Folded, Bundled with a Ribbon and Labeled All of our Bed Linens.

 

 

I was in Laundry Nerd Heaven.

 

 

A lot of these will be going to AmVets, like these Sweet Winnie the Pooh Sheets.

 

 

But I'm keeping King Top Sheet for Myself!!!!

 

What is your Nerd Talent?????

 

 

 

 

 

Little Birds

 

Well, I just packed my Youngest, my Son, off to College. Waaaaa...!!! And my Little Girl is already in her Senior Year at the University. Sob...!!!

We are officially empty nesters. How did this happen so fast??

This is especially monumental for me since I gave up a busy and lucrative career to say home with the kiddos. Since then I've taught a little Pilates and worked a series of low-paying, mind-numbing retail gigs in order to have more time at home making a comfy life for the family. Was is difficult? Heck yeah! Was it worth it? YES!!!!!!

So now my Little Birds are officially flying. I am soooooo sad.

 I hope that they are Strong and Brave and Kind and Happy. 

Off they go.

 

Even though they're pretty much all grown up, they'll aways look like this to me.

 

 

Caffeinated

Why does this happen?

This was supposed to be my Last Cup of Coffee.

I've been feeling a little jumpy lately so I decided to give up coffee. This is difficult for me because I really like coffee.

So as soon as I made this decision, suddenly everywhere I went, I was reminded of CCOOOOFFFFFEEEEE.

 

 

I could Smell it in the Air!

 

OKAY! I GIVE UP!!!

 

So under the Approving Gaze of the Surfing Madonna

 

I stopped for a little Surfy Surfy Coffee Coffee

at the Cafe Ipe

Note the Cute Little Bunny Ears.

Ahhhh...I feel like myself again. Besides according to energyfiend

Coffee is Healthy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Herb Angels

I took these two Little Cherubs off of an old broken bird feeder and gave them a New Home in our Little Kitchen Herb Garden.

This is what they looked like at the Beginning of the Summer.

Kinda Sad.

 

And this is what they look like Now.

 

 

 

MUCH HAPPIER!

 

Liebster Part III

This is the Beautiful Blue-Eyed Melanie from Bag and a Beret.

And this is One of Melanie's Brilliant Turnip Head Drawings.

Melanie is an ARTIST Through and Through...Up and Down...Inside and Outside.. Forever and Ever....All the Time. She Lives Her Art.
Melanie is one busy girl. She has at least two blogs that I know of and contributes to others. She is always Out and About (pronounced with a Canadian Accent) and leads the Most Interesting Life.
Plus, she is Fall-Down-On-The-Floor-Laughing FUNNY! You MUST visit her blog.
She makes Me Laugh and She makes Me Think. I'm pretty sure She's a Genius.
She is also very Sweet because she has nominated me for my Third Liebster Award.

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These Liebster Awards come with a lot of Rules:
1. The new nominee must post 11 things about him/herself.
2. Answer the 11 questions from the person who gave you the award.
3. Choose 11 new nominees and link them in your post.
4. Create 11 questions for the bloggers you've nominated.
5. Go and tell them that they've been nominated.
6. No tag back!

Wheh!!!  Lots of Rules!!

Okay. Here we go:

 

1. The new nominee must post 11 things about him/herself.

 

1. I LIKE TO BREAK THE RULES!

2. I don't like chocolate. Nobody ever believes this but it's true.

3. I have an unusually strong sense of smell. It is a blessing and a curse.

4. I used to work as an extra in soap operas.

5. I often dream about Woody Allen.

6. I speak franglais almost tous le temps. It drives ma famille crazy but je ne m'en fous.

7. I am just a few classes short of a degree in pastry making from a prestigious cooking school.

8. I think avocados are the best thing ever.

9. Christie Brinkley and I are like TWINS.

10. I believe that in a former life I worked as a maid in a huge mansion. I looked adorable in my maid's uniform.

11. Sweden is calling me....

 

2. Answer the 11 questions from the person who gave you the award.

 

1. On a desert island, which would you choose, a pocket knife or a solar-powered e-reader?

     A pocket knife...and some sunscreen, please.

2.  As one of 27 island castaways, what would be your job: hut-builder, chef, caregiver, tailor, banker, other?

     I would be the laundress. I am a laundry nerd.

3. Would you like some fries with that?

     Yes, please.

4.  What's the meaning of life (in tens words or less)?

      You're asking me? I was going to ask YOU!

5.  Zip-lining in a rain forest, deep sea fishing in the Bahamas, or spelunking in Brunei?

     I have zip-lined in the Costa Rican rain forest and I would do it again and again.

6.  What's the scariest movie you've ever seen?

      Oh, I can't watch scary movies or sad movies about animals.

7.  One night of guilt-free lust, who with: Prince Charles, Steve Buscemi, Mister Ed (a talking palimino horse from a 1960's American sitcom by the same name), Portia de Rossi?

     Well, I really like Mister Ed..but lust with a horse? Ewww. I don't think so. I'll take the next best thing, Prince Charles.

8.  What's your favorite flower?

     White tulips.

9.  Do you ever dream that your teeth are falling out?

     Yes!! It's like a scary movie!

10. Which is your favourite: mice, spiders or snakes?

      Spiders. I actually really love spiders.

11.  Which way is north?

      Up where Melanie lives.

 

3. Choose 11 nominees....okay, I'll have to get back to you on this one because if you remember:

 

I LIKE TO BREAK THE RULES!!

 

DOMO ARIGATO, MELANIE!!!!

 

     

     







Every Day Is A Holiday

Maybe it is because I just Love a Celebration. Or maybe it is because I am just too Lazy to put it all away. But I have a tendency to leave Holiday Decorations in the House All Year Round.

This Snowflake Candle lives on the Mantel even in Summer.
 

Halloween is my Favorite Holiday so it's Surprising that I only have a few remnants of that Day around.  A Raven on the Windowsill and a Spider on a Mirror Frame.

 

  St. Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day Tea Towels are in use Twelve Months out of the Year.

 

 

Twinkle Lights ALWAYS. Every Evening We Light Up the Hallway.

 

Somehow these Bunny Ears found their way onto this Topiary.

 

One can only Imagine how this New Year's Necklace ended up on the Headboard of the Bed.

 

Flowers Make Every Day A Holiday!

 

There are actually a lot more Holiday Decorations around the House but it was starting to get Ridiculous!

Meanwhile, if you're feeling Celebratory, here's a little Weezer to sing out the End of the Summer (or the Beginning! depending upon Where you are and When you're reading this.)

Happy Holidays!