Coasting Along

When I was in college, a few friends and I each had a piece of paper on our dorm room wall or door, a picture of John Wayne striking a pose ...

Out of chaos comes creation, right? My desk is a terrific mess right now. The other day a couple pieces of mess ended up sitting next to eac...

I've been a bit of a Crabby Appleton lately (where in the world did that expression come from?) so I thought I'd spare y'all th...

I took a few pictures of the cheap little tidbits I've picked up lately...they didn't come out ve ry well, but I'm gonna make yo...

I've been having insomnia lately again, but it's the good kind where I have lots of ideas to think about, and not the bad kind where...

Today I was at the grocery store and my friend called me. I pulled out my cell phone, the cell phone I had just taken off the charger and pl...

These are terrible pictures of the bathroom paint...I'm just posting them so I can link to another site where someone's looking for ...

I have been all atwitter with home decorating ideas--it seems this bathroom re-do has jump-started my mind and reminded me of all the things...

I guess it was good that I took Todd his kayak paddle when he forgot it last night, because he caught the biggest fish he's ever caught:...

Well, this week I have: --bought a $32 gallon of the wrong non-refundable paint. --incurred a $15 late charge on an $18 bra that I forgot wa...

Since by all accounts the Australian Red Cross is overwhelmed with donation offers, why not check out what some of the Etsy sellers are doin...

Whenever I think of Abraham Lincoln, I think of this quote from Sarah Vowell's book The Partly Cloudy Patriot : "How many of us dre...

Everything went fine at the dentist; I had an awesome hygienist who really took her time with me. And the Valium was a BIG help. Good news: ...

Augh, what a frustrating couple of days...I broke down and called the dentist yesterday morning because I have a crown that's cracked an...

I read this very nice British blog called Posy from time to time, and today she wrote about her favorite soap, which is wrapped in tissue p...

The ducks are all gone! Yay! Ah, how I've waited for this day! Three long years and they're finally GONE. So...happy...! *choke, so...

Still working on the wallpaper border, but I'm at the point now where Todd has to take over: the area over the shower where I can't ...

I'm not quite as grumpy as I was this afternoon, but I'm not quite happy, either. My arms are killing me! I'd say we've got ...

People who put up wallpaper in their homes should be ostracized from decent society and made to live with their horrible tasteless walls for...

Since I'm sitting here waiting for paint to dry, I thought I'd show what I've been doing this week, though it doesn't look l...