things we bought on ebay, Florence Knoll T Angle Coffee Table

Visual evidence The one that got away I had bookmarked a Jens Risom floating coffee table a month or so ago after I bid on and won the Florence Knoll sofa (which arrived yesterday). I forgot about the auction and was bummed when I remembered ... I let something beautiful slip away. I spent the next night searching for another. Cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 20:14:53

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RL Redneck Wedding Update…The Saga Continues

This was originally written back in July. I am reposting it with the latest updates for all of the people (OK…1 person) who have inquired about “Lacie” aka Mrs. Drake. This is rather long so run to the bathroom and pee. Then, grab a cup of coffee/soda/beer/vodka, etc. and make yourself comfy.I cross my fingers…hope to die… [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 03:04:17

Curbly Recession Busters: How To Spruce Up Your Own Digs For The Holidays

It's the time of year you turn a critical eye to the interior to see what needs to be spruced ... everything a thorough cleaning from top to bottom. You'll get an instant boost of feeling in control. 2. Get down and clean that disgusting carpet. Clean carpet is really a necessity. 3. Nothing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 20:35:31

The Leader of the Opposition

Recently our two-year-old has been showing what the child development professionals euphemistically call “oppositional behaviour”. I’ve been wiping his spit off my face all week. In the well-ordered solar system that is childhood, our happy and charming youngest boy has entered the asteroid belt known as the Terrible Twos [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:01:43

Pause, stop and rewind

I traveled back in time this week; it was a good reminder of how much I’ve forgotten. During my recent cleaning/organizing frenzy, I found an old VCR in the attic. I brought it down thinking I would pop in an old Barney or Donut Man video for Lucy. Poor child is lacking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:30:53

Because you asked...and a winner!

photo: Canadian Home and CountryIt's still raining, and I think I am starting to get mouldy...However, I did manage to deadhead all of my flowers and vacuum my (unused) pool. It seems the best place to be is indoors, and this lack of sunlight is clouding my imagination and creativity. You will likely pay the price for this dullness.. [more...]

Date: 2008-08-10 23:48:00

Should a poor sewer who hates to even try, attempt a Magnolia Pearl inspired slip cover on a RECLINER? While taking muscle relaxers for a strained back??

  Have you read the Magnolia Pearl book? Beth gave it to me for Christmas and I have been obsessed with the photos ... at this sofa. I was inspired by the opulence of it all, and have always loved the crazy quilt layering of fabrics when I make slipcovers. Chair redo 016   My sofa could use a bit of the embellishments [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:22:04

Cat Obesity - Causes and Treatment

At least 25 percent of cats are overweight. Obesity is defined as the accumulation of body fat in excess of not only what the cat needs to maintain ... need help cleaning themselves. Cats get so fat that they can’t reach parts of their body to keep it clean. Imagine being told you have the dubious honor of cleaning your not-so-frisky feline’s bottom [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 02:30:23

I'm not quite sure, since it's not a state of being I'm used to, ... futon sofa bed. I don't know why, but somehow I had wildly imagined that two cans of spray paint would ... to put in my RoboFrog alarm clock, which I found during one of the recent cleaning frenzies. Annoying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:53:29

A Tale of Two Kitties

The other day I was flipping through the channels when the I came across “Best In Show: Cats” on the Animal Planet. I did what any dad would do: I immediately called the cats, gave them spare change, and sent them to the liquor store to buy me some beer so I could at least enjoy the second half of the show while intoxicated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:22:15

Dradin Outtake

I found a deleted scene from City of Saints & Madmen’s “Dradin, In Love” while cleaning out my electronic file folders…it’s a bit bathotic, ... no sound. The air is chill, but by the fire it is nicely warm. A sofa stands in front of the fireplace, orange and licked by soundless flames, and on the sofa sits a woman, facing the fireplace [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 13:45:42

2009 Could Be My LUCKY YEAR!!!

Bella and BabyOh...aren't they precious?! They're two of the kittens I adopted from the park because they lost their moms ... and wake everyone up. It was around 1 am I was laying on the sofa trying to get back to sleep with Sweet ... Sweet Pea, landed on my eye then proceeded to use it as a trampoline to jump over the back of the sofa [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 10:25:00

Removing Cigarette Smoke Odor From Couches

Dear Home Ec 101, I recently purchased a sofa and loveseat from a lovely couple who listed the furniture on a popular online auction site ... , but you can’t Kilz a couch, sadly. With a couch, it’s going to take some work. If you have a carpet and upholstery cleaner, good deal. Use it to clean the couch with a mixture of about half vinegar and half [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 15:07:14

How to Take Care of Leather Furniture

Leather furniture is among the most stylish, cool and elegant of all furnishing that you can pit up in your interiors and the best part is that it ... lots of water, cleaning solvents, soaps or ammonia The most common mistake that people make is using ... water required for cleaning up and do not allow the water to remain stagnant on the surface. Use [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:19:21

How to Take Care of Leather Furniture

Leather furniture is among the most stylish, cool and elegant of all furnishing that you can pit up in your interiors and the best part is that it ... lots of water, cleaning solvents, soaps or ammonia The most common mistake that people make is using ... water required for cleaning up and do not allow the water to remain stagnant on the surface. Use [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:19:21

Helping to Clean House

Traditionally, Chinese families will clean up their entire house in the days before Chinese New Year. We had cleaned up our house last Sunday. We started cleaning about 10am and finished it at 5pm. I tried my best to help my family ... old newspapers that used for covering furniture while cleaning ceiling and wall. I would walk or crawl [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:45:00

One of the Bad Parts of This Christmas

This is the reason that I was being an asshole in my last post:I didn't end up evacuating myself to my aunt's house ... ). Although I was perfectly able to make the five hour drive from my parents' house in Houston to my aunt's house in Baton Rouge that evening, I did want to stick around another day to play with the boys [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:24:00

Happy July 3rd!

This morning it finally dawned on me we're about to have a three-day holiday weekend because I got an actual real bonafide parking spot at the park ... while they try to sleep") and cleaning the house (I have dustballs that have dustballs) and visiting ... cut it in valley summers for weekend wear. I do have grubby clothes for pulling weeds and cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 18:17:09

Remind me not to eat Taco Bell on my wedding day.

Not for the reasons you think. Gross. I went over to my aunt’s house yesterday with my wedding dress, where she and my mom and sister let me model it for them so they could tell me what sort of jewelry looked best and how I should wear my hair. But I picked up some Taco Bell on the way over for me and my aunt, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:46:49

Five parenting products you didn’t know you needed

Today’s topic doesn’t really have to do with Top Secret, Little-Known products you’ve never heard of, ... ago, and it’s been maybe the most useful cleaning product I’ve ever encountered. It’s designed for clothing stains, but I’ve used it on sheets, the carpet, and our cream-colored fabric sofa that’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 03:15:20

Pet Advice - Pet News - Pet Photos

Stop Your Pet From Peeving You OffDr. Debbye Turner Bell - CBS Morning ShowEach new year, we make resolutions to break bad habits, but what about our furry family members?Sometimes their behavior can be destructive and annoying. So what can you do?We all love our dogs and cats and think they are the smartest creatures on earth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:08:00

Monday Morning Report

Saturday - phewwwwwww - what a busy day. Sir and i emptied kitchen cupboards and i washed dishes .. and more dishes.. and then pots and pans. ... !! )The fun part of cleaning out cupboards was .. Sir kept finding these cutting boards and cheese boards ... .. His "ouch, geeez louise that hurts" crop... He had me bend over the back of the sofa.. kneel over [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:00:00

Best spot in the house….

_0027-1     There is one spot in the house that we all gravitate towards. It is the corner of the sofa, with the best view of the TV ... you. (do I sound jealous at all? No? Well, I am). So the corner of the sofa has been getting lots of action lately ... I am feeling much better today and am back to my laundry, cleaning, blogging, cooking, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:21:12

Pet News - Pet Advice - Pet Photos

Advice for Pet Ownersby Arden Moore - Washington PostInexpensive Pet CareWhen money is less available, humans aren't the only species that suffer. Financial setbacks often effect the companions we love most -- pets. But animal expert Arden Moore can give advice on how to provide your pet with sufficient care without going into debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:45:00

Sofaaaaaa!

OMG I have a new sofa. A new sofa! Holy moley, the old icky one is gone! It served us well, but its time has passed ... cleaning/sofa photographing festivities. You will pay for waking me up... in Belly Scritches ... . And, if I want to show off my fab new sofa, I guess I have to admit how truly ragged out my old [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:03:16

Should your standard of living rise?

By Philip Brewer Studies show that a high standard of living doesn't make people happier.  People who live in mansions and penthouses aren't any happier than people who live in suburban houses, small apartments, or even shacks.  An increase in standard of living does make people happier, but only temporarily [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 23:56:57

Gratitude from the funny side

Why Gratitude Can Be Funny Thanks to my friend Diane who sent me this fuuny, but true email about gratitide. Enjoy ... WHO IS ON THE SOFA BEING A COUCH POTATO, BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS ... I AM OUT IN THE SUNSHINE FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING, WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING, AND GUTTERS [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 23:35:07

Exhaustion

Maybe Elijah ran because he was simply worn out. He’d announced that God would send a drought and for three years he’d been living with that pressure. Then came the build up to Carmel. Gradually, without the aid of radio or television, people got to hear about the contest between God and Baal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:26:55

#89: Sisters

Sisters, 1973, directed by Brian De Palma, screenplay by Brian De Palma and Louisa Rose, story by Brian De Palma.When is a travesty not a travesty? ... , but Sisters contains entire sequences lifted entirely from Rope, Rear Window, and most obviously ... room when a blind woman stumbles in the wrong door and starts undressing. As luck would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:04:00

Taken For Granted...

Hi all, After reading Lady Karen's 20 Ways in the Ladies Lounge I started to think about how a lot of things I do go unnoticed in my marriage ... about the outside of the house when I apparently don't care about the inside of the house ... things more difficult. When we bought the house, I drew up a list of chores each of us would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:50:48

So THAT'S what I have to do to get them to clean!

Lately, I have become addicted to the show, "How Clean Is Your House Your House?" on BBC America. The show's affect on my family has been shocking ... . They also send swabs-taken from the home prior to cleaning-to a lab for testing. They use the lab ... with because of their lack of cleaning. Along the way, they show you some of the steps they took to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:25:14

And now.....Fast, Easy and sometimes cheap wisdom from me.

I have become a champion of finding the easiest, fastest and sometimes cheapest cleaning solutions. After all my years all 34.5 years of cleaning, I have searched the web, watched my favorite shows, read magazine articles ... you high (unless that is the highlight of your day, then you can get high on your cleaning fumes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:45:00

Harperston - A Fantasy Short Story By Kelly D. Tolman

I have always found it odd how a person never truly gets used to discomfort. I didn’t like starving any better after having starved, eaten, and starving again. I didn’t like fighting any better after having learned to do it properly either. In fact, I would go as far as to say I just don’t like being uncomfortable in any way, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 09:00:40

Inauguration Watch: Ikea's Promotional Campaign

Residents of Washington DC and visitors to the inauguration are noticing a very visible Ikea promotional campaign throughout the District ... , and a sofa hanging outside of the trunk. Strategically, Ikea is embarking on a very visible marketing ... when Washington is changing house, by cleaning house. Given this stance, Ikea appears to be targeting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:53:52

US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed

Reuters reports: '"The U.S. military said in a statement that a U.S. Marine died on Sunday after being wounded in fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province. MOSUL - Gunmen killed two people in a drive-by shooting in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 07:49:11

Pinzon Capitola Double-Chaise Sectional Sofa with 8 Pillows

The soft and supportive 6-inch-thick foam seat cushions rest on coil springs and are colored white to perfectly offset the tan-colored base ... . Easy to care for with spot cleaning, the fabric covering is 100 percent cotton. The left and right sections of the sofa each measure 36 inches high by 63 wide by 30 inches deep. The center section [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:25:21

One of those NeverRest days

So here I sit on the Uncomfiest Sofa, avoiding the laundry basket full of my clothes (to be folded and put away) the boxes from Mama’s decluttering (which moved the clutter from one room to another) the desk that needs to be emptied and donated the bathroom that needs to be cleaned attacked with cleaners [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:39:41

Thanksgiving break

I am heading up to NJ tomorrow morning to spend the holiday with my family for the first time in three years. I must say, I did not miss the drive ... , and then, while I was sleeping, threw up the food in my office. On the carpet. That was fun to clean. I’m afraid [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 04:39:40

We Had an Avalanche

(I copied and pasted most of this here from my posting last night in Ravelry. I will use quotes so you will know where the copy and pasting stops.)"Last night, I was in the midst of trying to wash dishes, but baby insisted on being held. I sat down to hold him. I let the cat out before I sat down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:48:00

Spring Cleaning Tasks

When I woke up this morning, I suddenly realized that Chinese New Year is only around 7 days away! ... on me that I haven’t been doing house cleaning for a long time. Spring Cleaning Time Spring Cleaning Time This weekend and even weekdays are going to be challenging to me. I seriously hope [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:51:38

Trapped in a Mormon Gulag

Note: West Ridge Academy is licensed by the State of Utah, and their license is up for renewal this month ... (BSTUVER@utah.gov), at the Utah Department of Human Services, Office of Licensing.Update: Apparently emails ... its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:29:00

Trapped in a Mormon Gulag

Note: West Ridge Academy is licensed by the State of Utah, and their license is up for renewal this month ... (BSTUVER@utah.gov), at the Utah Department of Human Services, Office of Licensing.Update: Apparently emails ... its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:29:00

My Debt-Free Decorating Philosophy

After I posted my holiday home tour, I received an e-mail from a reader, requesting that I write about decorating on a budget ... and sacrifice. The woman looked around my living room with disdain, taking note of my 10-year-old sofa [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:57:00

Would You Sell All Material Possessions For Debt Freedom?

Here’s an interesting question for you.  Would you sell all of your material possessions to become debt free ( ... and painful journey of cleaning out some of our clutter, putting away Christmas decorations ... , or that paid-for car, or that vacation home, and walking away debt free?  What’s stopping you?  Many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 13:26:51

Allergic to housework

I told my hubby that I am positively allergic to doing the housework ... meals and before going to bed. Cleaning the toilet's another chore that I'm allergic to, because ... - but it's mightily effective on tough stains, except I don't really fancy cleaning toilets. And AS USUAL [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 10:43:39

17th August 2008 - Who's made a mark this week?

Miniature Paintings - RMS entries © Tracy Hall 2008Winner of The Royal Miniature Society Gold Memorial Bowl (Rook & Red Admiral)Winner of The Llewellyn Alexander Award (The Sentry -Meerkat)Congratulations to...........Tracy Hall (Watercolour Artist Diary) - last September Tracy started to paint miniatures [more...]

Date: 2008-08-17 14:30:00

Would You Sell All Material Possessions To Be Debt Free?

Here’s an interesting question for you.  Would you sell all of your material possessions to become debt free ( ... and painful journey of cleaning out some of our clutter, putting away Christmas decorations ... , or that paid-for car, or that vacation home, and walking away debt free?  What’s stopping you?  Many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 13:26:51

Trapped in a Mormon Gulag

By Eric Norwood Republished with author's permission Further info at Mormon Gulag This story is about Eric Norwood's personal experiences at a ... when they employed its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually wayward son. Being kidnapped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:14:26

Home-Based Business Owners Can Save Thousands on Their Taxes

Do You Qualify For Home-Based Tax Deductions? Recent tax law changes have made it easier than ever to claim Home Office Deductions and keep more of what you earn. If your home is a place of business, many of your personal expenses can be deducted as business expenses resulting in lower taxes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 16:45:43

Home-Based Business Owners Can Save Thousands on Their Taxes

Do You Qualify For Home-Based Tax Deductions? Recent tax law changes have made it easier than ever to claim Home Office Deductions and keep more of what you earn. If your home is a place of business, many of your personal expenses can be deducted as business expenses resulting in lower taxes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:24:34

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