Magic Erasers

I have to put my two cents in for the magic eraser. Seriously, its one of my new favorite things. It cleans pretty much everything. It takes off scuffs. It cleans weird marks on your paint. And even dear Rachael used it to scrub the heart out the guest bathroom toilet and it cleaned it right up! I am seriously addicted to using them for cleaning. They're fairly inexpensive and last for several uses. I'd highly recommend looking into them!

Thanks, Andy!

Even though it was technically Monday here in the US, Roddick managed to wish me a Happy Birthday from down under--- where it was Tuesday and my birthday.

On my own editorial about Djokovic, #3 player in the world and loud mouth defending champion of the Aussie Open, this is all I have to say: If you're going to complain about everything, and bow out of almost every major you've been in due to "injury", then learn how to train and keep your mouth closed.

Thanks and that's all.

Wordfull Wednesday

My sister Meg does this thing about words on Wednesdays. I believe she got the idea or took the idea from another blogger, whom I don't know, but find her site very helpful. Anyway, the word for this Wednesday was wishes. She gives the definition on her site and then writes this beautiful description of her three wishes. Its delightful to read! I would recommend reading my wish list first, though, because her writing is so amazing you won't want to read mine afterwards! ;) So- thanks, Meg, for the idea of wishes and being fanciful!

1. My first wish would come in the form of a job. I DO love teaching, but I wish to be an interior decorator for the Church and decorate temples. Really and truly to be able to decorate the House of the Lord- what better way to spend a talent? To be able to travel the world over and find only the best of items to be placed in the most sacred of places. *sigh* I would find only the best and most delicate of items to grace those halls and rooms and pray, quite literally, that it was acceptable.

2. My second wish would be to travel to Wimbledon for the full two weeks. It would not rain so middle Sunday would be a day of rest. I would stay in a lovely hotel, not garish, but just about right and have a driver to take me to Centre Court every day where I would sit courtside and watch daily matches. Of course I would have strawberries and cream. I would have access to the club for meals and break times. The finals would be Federer and Roddick, at which point Roddick would win.

3. My third and final wish would be to find a pair of jeans that I loved and adored and looked amazing in and they never wore out. :) I hear women talk of jeans that they love and yet, just when I think I've found that pair, I wash them and they aren't that pair anymore. Perhaps its a matter of size on my part, but you never know. But wishing to look amazing in just one pair of jeans is definitely going to require the magic found in the definition of wish.

Adding one more thing...

If you saw the earlier post about the guest bedroom being done, add this to the video as you walk in the room. :) I had to fix the frame and didn't have it up. Its from when I was little. Mother- help me remember where it came from please? I think both Meg and I have one, correct?

Too funny NOT to post lol

Just me and my siblings...doing what we do :)

We can take a normal picture, we just prefer not to!

Before and After

I finally got around to painting the spare bedroom upstairs. Its been really nice to be able to just take my time and find paint that I liked and then make a mess and walk away from it because I wasn't done painting and didn't have time to clean it up. My upstairs has pretty much looked like a war zone. And while the craftroom STILL needs a lot of work, my "guest" room is back to normal. Now I just need to lovesac from my sister and it will be just about right. For now. :)

This is the bedroom BEFORE I painted. Pretty intense, as you can see.

This is the bedroom after. The color is called Warm Custard. You can't see it very well but its very calm. I really like it. I was planning on doing some brown and orange horizontal stripes- sounds odd but was going to look really cool. But I've decided that I really like the plain-ness of it for now. So that's how it will stay. The two quilt blocks at the end are from each side of my family. The bottom one is made from flour sacks that my great grandmother dyed to make a wedding quilt for my grandparents, if I remember the story correctly... Meg?

I have a new favorite movie :)

Have you seen this yet?! Australia with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman? I would highly recommend it. Has to be one of my all time favorite shows. And for those of you who know how I LOVE The Man From Snowy River, I would say this ranks right below it- pushing heavily on Jim Craig. The movie itself was beautiful- the cinematography. But I really enjoyed the storyline and the acting. The child in the movie is hilarious and so... pretty? Is that an appropriate word for a child? Anyway- go see it. One big 4-letter word, as a warning, for my sensitive ears friends.

Then I also went to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Again- have to say that I enjoyed it. Its a strange plot for a story, but I had read a book by Margaret Haddix called Turnabout based on a similar topic. So it was interesting to see it in film. Its a very touching love story, I thought. Two big 4-letter words. :)

I was creative!

You can't see it very well, but I've made my own magnetic board for my kitchen. I've always wanted one, but whenever I find one I like, its usually around $60+. Jenn and I have seen them at Swiss Days but they're too expensive for something I could make. So my sis and I finally went to Robert's for their NY day sale and got me the board for $15.99. Add 4 pages of scrapbook paper at $.70 each. Then a bottle of mod-podge for $4.99. WAY cuter than anything I've found yet and custom made to fit MY home and the colors in it! Totally easy project!

Happy New Year!

New Year's Eve. Nothing like celebrating with some of your bffs! lol My parents were sick so I didn't really want to hang out there...my boyfriends were busy...(oh wait- I don't even have ONE much less multiples...). So the girls and the chocolate fondue, along with Rabid Raving Rabbits had to suffice! We are professionals at the Wii and can fling cows far, dance with the best of them and plunger any deep sea diving rabbit. But our best is definitely using carrot juice as a weapon. As we drank our Martinelli's and made our first quarter goals, we brought in a New Year and made more memories. Its what we do best!