Entries from March 2009

March 30, 2009

Road Trip: Today, Tomorrow

photo credit I will be taking a road trip today after work to visit the ever lovely Meggsy in Tucson. i will miss my beau and Tortilla terribly, but I am hoping to get some great photobooth shots with my friend. It promises to be a most interesting two days. Which is why I will [...]

March 28, 2009

Standing in Lines and Queues Etiquette

This morning, I had the *pleasure* of standing in line at a grand opening of a huge Forever 21 (swoon!) near my house. I use pleasure incredibly sarcastically because the people I had to wait near were in the running to be awarded the Worst Line-Standers in the World trophies. I decided instead of following [...]

March 26, 2009

Take Five Friday: Decor, Paint and Renovation Day Dreams

Today I received wondrous news. I had emailed our landlord (my beau and I rent a house) and asked if we could remove the wallpaper from the semi-unattractive kitchen. Not only did he give the affirmative to remove diagonal ugly wallpaper, he told us that we should decorate “as if it were our own.” SQUEEEE! [...]

March 24, 2009

Nom, Nom, Nom: Marshmallow Treats

I’m going to try this new series out, Nom Nom Nom, in which I try a recipe, no matter how cliche or banal, and see if I can at least do it, and, maybe even spruce it up a bit. The best part will be the pictures! For my first “Nom” I will be making [...]

March 20, 2009

Take Five Friday: Spring Edition!

So, in honor of the first day of spring, I thought This Take Five Friday would be the Top 5 Things I Am Looking Forward To In Spring!! 1. My Birthday! I am a Spring Baby (april 7th), so I am most definitely looking forward to a reason for everyone to give me hugs and [...]

March 19, 2009

Flower Meanings

Because spring has sprung with a vengeance in my neck of the woods, I thought I’d work a little springtime magic and post some magical meanings for flowers. I love poring over old Victorian books that talk about flower meanings and I find it fascinating that everyone knew the meanings and would send flowers accordingly. That and [...]