Rub A Way

This little stainless steel bar of "soap" is the best thing ever invented for the kitchen. As I covered in a previous post I have a bionic nose, so the thought of having stinky garlic or onions on my hands just doesn't work for me at all.

My mom put it in my stocking last year and I have loved it ever since! You can use it with or without soap, and you just rub it around the same as a bar of soap. It magically makes stinky smells disappear! Now I can make my favorite French Onion Soup without having "onion hands" for a week! This think definitely works for me. (no I haven't been paid for this but if the manufacturer would like to make me the spokesperson I'm available!)

Rub A Way

Apron Love...

I love my apron collection. I wear them all the time. Not only do they keep my clothes a little less messy, but I have one to match any outfit! My boys love it less when I forget I'm wearing it and pick them up from school.

Apron Love...

My Newest Project

When we bought our house the builder thought , "who needs window casing?" (Hi Missy! Good thing we have great neighbors when you can see in each others windows!)
So, 10 years later I decided that our master bedroom sitting room needed it. I have no idea why our bedroom has a sitting area. I've only sat in there twice, but now I will.
(Yeah right)
Now my husband is a very talented person, however his talents do not include power tools, so I enlisted the help of our friend "Keys". (He had the "keys" to the gym when they were kids, and the name stuck.)
I got to use the power nail gun!! Yes, Mom I was careful!
Ohhh much better! Here is the bad news: Now I've decided that ALL of my windows need casing. That is a BIG project, but I am quite confident that a large Chick-Fil-A iced tea and a couple hundred trips to the Home Depot and I can do it!!

My Newest Project

I might need AA

Do you think they have Argyle Anonymous? Would that intail giving up argyle for good or just cutting back? The first step is admitting I have a problem right? I'll think about that later. I'm starting a NEW project today! Can't wait to show you next week!!

I might need AA

Our Internet Twins...

I apologize to this family...I can't remember the website they came from. Sorry!!
Here is my Internet twin. I found her on some photography website. I have twins everywhere. I saw one in Lake Tahoe, and I have an identical twin in San Francisco. When we lived there, complete strangers would come and chat with me until I looked completely lost, then they would say, Sorry! You look EXACTLY like (whatever her name was). My friend Maria actually ran into her at a party, and thought she was me. Crazy.

This is my husband's Internet twin. Gene Kelley and my husband are identical twins. Weird!

Have you found yours?

Our Internet Twins...

The Bionic Nose

I have a bionic nose. I can smell old-lady purfume four isles over in the grocery store, and I always seem to be sitting next to the guy that ate cigars and cat food for breakfast. Once I had to change treadmills at the gym because the lady next to me was doing some sort of garlic cleanse from the smell of things. Which brings me to the photo above. While on vacation we ate at this cowboy themed steak house with a very large steer living in front. He looked very lonely and to be quite honest, I don't want to view my steak before I eat it. Just sayin'. I smelled him before I actually saw the poor guy. I still enjoyed my steak, don't get me wrong.

So here is the cute cowgirl hat the restaurant gave me while singing "Happy Birthday" and giving me a (sort of) tasty eclair of some sort.

They charged us $15.00 for the song and the hat. No I'm not kidding.

The Bionic Nose

Goodwill Glamour

When you buy things at the Goodwill, you need to throw those things in the dishwasher, or boil them in Purell, whichever you have time for.

You bought them at the Goodwill, go ahead take the risk....there are plenty more where that came from. Ohhh Anthropologie has new little latte bowl colors! (see above)

Ok now try to figure out which glass candlestick looks the best with the new white dish....hmmmmmm....

Get some of this miracle glue.....
Start gluing ladies! (Is gluing a word?)

OOOoohhhh.....ahhhhh can't wait to fill it with goodies! Did you ever notice how once you get started you want to glue everything to a .99 cent candle stick....oh...okay, me neither.

Goodwill Glamour