It’s kinda like this: I love Halloween and I have a couple Rubbermaids full of decorations to prove it. So, I used this fact to motivate myself to do a little de-cluttering. I mean, why drag more crap out to… Continue Reading
As I told you last week, I went home to Monroeville to help my mother with packing and to do some visiting. What I didn’t tell you was that I left Baby Bub with her for the weekend AAAANNNDDD Bub… Continue Reading
Today was one of those days where I didn’t let lack of sleep or a sicky baby slow my roll! Baby Bub has a cold… again- this time, it is accompanied by a cough. I just feel so sorry for… Continue Reading
I don’t know what you would call my style. It is kind of all over the board. I like traditional or as my best friend termed it “old lady”. And I like some modern stuff. I have an acquaintance that is an… Continue Reading
I’m sure y’all are about as tired of hearing about my apartment painting as I am of painting… but Jojo and I finished the master bedroom and guest room/hobby hacienda this weekend and I had to share the most awesome… Continue Reading
As I mentioned Monday (and several posts before that), I’ve recently begun painting our apartment room-by-room in preparation for the movers arriving with our stuff. I researched and scoured the internet for tips to make painting easier. But, let’s face… Continue Reading
If you are playing along at home, you’ll know that we’ve been planning on painting our apartment before our furniture gets here. Well, as you read this (hopefully) all of stuff is FINALLY being loaded onto a truck. It should… Continue Reading
We have been in our apartment for a little over a week now. A few days after we moved in, Jojo and I went to Home Despot and got some paint-sample, colored cards. One of the suggestions I’ve read in… Continue Reading
One of my favorite things to do while I wait is to save money. I went through a whole phase where in which I tried to catch on to the whole couponing craze— and in theory, couponing is awesome but,… Continue Reading
Hooray!!! We’re moving into our apartment today!! One of the only advantages of us getting an apartment and not having furniture in it for a month is that I can paint! Painting is such a cheap and effective way to make an… Continue Reading
Baby Crafting: the Final Frontier. This is the tale of the crafter Leigh. Her two-month mission: to explore strange new techniques, to create something for new life in her civilization, to boldly go where some people have already gone before. *Cue Star Trek music of your choice*… Continue Reading
Okay, so there is a substantial hippie part of me that keeps my consumerist side of me in check… most of the time. I absolutely think that perhaps we, as a human race, are taking for granted our planet and… Continue Reading
I love a pretty package! I love wrapping a pretty package. I personally think that part of giving a gift, is giving a pretty gift. This train of thought makes me question, what is the point of giving gifts? For… Continue Reading
I have mentioned several times before that our house is a work in progress. Bub and I have a list perhaps a mile long of stuff that we want to do. And we have a pretty decent sized list of… Continue Reading
I am sure everyone has seen the pins on Pinterest about how to use sharpies to write on dishes and then cook the dish in the oven and the sharpie becomes permanent… So, I had a cousin getting married, he’s… Continue Reading
As I mentioned before, our house has been a work in progress. We have removed wallpaper from 5 different rooms and in every room there were multiple layers of wallpaper. Seriously. There were 5 layers of wallpaper in the kitchen… Continue Reading
I don’t have kids. I don’t have pets. I do, however, have two plants. I have a beautiful peace lily named “Robert Plant” and then this cool thing to the left that I bought at Trader Joes. Anybody know what… Continue Reading
Okay, since way back in middle and junior high school I have loved friendship bracelets. I used to raid my Moma’s embroidery floss whenever I could get away with it! I thought I was being sneaky but, she was onto… Continue Reading
*Admin Note* At FTTDWYW, we have the smartest friends. And, like us, they have a wide variety of interests. Everyone has something they are better at than most people and we are so honored to share their expertise with the… Continue Reading
I don’t know about you, but I am constantly bemoaning the enormity of my t-shirt collection. I have nice t-shirts which go on hangers. I have t-shirts meant for the gym. I have t-shirts in which I sleep. Obviously, what… Continue Reading