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OH my gosh I love this nail tutorial!  It looks simple enough that I can probably manage it.

This list over on Moorea Seal is rad!  10 great ways to take your shoes up a notch!

Custom polaroid necklaces?  Me likey!

I am excited to try my hand at making my own sidewalk chalk!

I need to make some glitter shoes for my anniversary.  Yay for five years!  And for keeping up on New Years resolutions!

This list of 30 things to stop doing to yourself is great!  Everyone needs to read it.

OH my freaking cute as hell fur bomber hat!!  I want to make one ASAP!!

Sunday Songs

I really love this song!  It makes me want to dance!

hill billy nail stylings

That down there below is the new manicure I just gave myself last night.  Sorry for the low quality picture- my camera is on its last legs.  Not that it was great before but the thing is set at the widest angle and will not focus back in.  WEIRD?!  I hates it.  Time for a big kid camera I think.  Anyway....

I thought I was being oh so cool and chic with my color palette.  But now when I look at it I see a hill billy's mouth chock full of bad teeth with a single gold one thrown in there for good measure.  Now the dilemma starts.  Do I remove it and re do it or just leave it until it starts chipping off?  Painting my nails is hard for me peeps!  Super rough life, right? 

* on a side note.... do any of you ever feel like dark nail polish is suffocating your fingers?  Or like it weighs a ton?  Is it just me?  It may be coming off to save my nails from certain death by dark suffocation!  Oh the horror!!!!!    

Fill in the Blank Friday

1.   One of my favorite things to do when I have free time is     just kick around the house with Nick and the kids.  It doesn't even matter what we are doing really   .

2.   When I have free time I tend to    have great intentions!  I am always like "yeah I am going to get so much done!"  and then three hours goes by and I am eating the cake I baked in that time.  Not that baking a cake is a waste of time but man there is a lot of crap to get done around here      .

3.  If I had an entire day completely to myself I would    be at a complete loss of what to do!  I haven't had a day all to myself for like 4 and a half years- huh- that is the about the same time my son was born... weird.       .

4.  I would prefer to spend my free time (alone or with others...)    with others for sure.  Maybe a little alone time snuck in there somewhere just enough to read a chapter or two of my new book.  But really I prefer to be around other people.  Which is weird because I have always had a little social anxiety.  Since marrying Nick that has all but disappeared.  Good man to have around!    .

5.  Most of my free time happens    the first day of never!  HA!  Not but really it is when Nick has a day off.  Which lately has been few and far between. Lame  .

6.  The best thing about free time is    that it is okay if you squander it!  Sometimes sitting back and literally doing nothing is exactly what you need to be doing.  .

7.  The next time I have free time I should probably    finish up our laundry or maybe finish putting Christmas decorations away   but instead, I'll probably     watch Juno and eat heaps of popcorn (which is not diet friendly the way I make it)  .

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Yay books!

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In keeping with my resolution of knocking things off my 27 before 28 list I finished a book!  It is called A Discovery of Witches and was it ever a good one.  It is the first in the All Souls trilogy by 

Deborah Harkness.  The next doesn't come out until July 2012.  Of course that is so typical.  Why do you always have to wait 14 years for a sequel to a beloved book to come out?  WHY!?  Obviously, I can't wait!  I love books about mythical creatures and this one is chock full in a modern and cool way.  The main character is Diana Bishop and she is a witch.  Oh and she falls for a vampire.  Yeah it is awesome!  The story of Diana and Matthew (the vampire) is the best part of the book.  It is tender and sweet and crazy passionate.  If you enjoy a good mythical creature romance then this will be right up your alley.

The book starts out with Diana finding the Ashmole 782.  It is an old book about alchemy and is wanted by all the creatures.  They all think that it tells about the beginnings of the creatures.  Diana has always denied her powers as a witch and has no idea how she called the book to her.  Turns out she is a crazy powerful witch who doesn't know how to control her magic.  The story gets good!  The book is long but a pretty easy read.  Highly recommended!  It is available here on Amazon but you can also get it at Barnes and Noble.

3 books down and 9 more to go!  

Happy New Year!!

HI!!!

I hope everyone had a happy New Years!  Mine was great.  We spent the evening at a good friends playing fruit ninja and watching Dick Clarks Rocking New Year's Eve.  OH and of course we had excellent food- that is just a given.  Nicco lasted til midnight and Lola lasted until 11:28 and 30 seconds.  It was great and very relaxed.  Such a wonderful way to start 2012.  I hope the whole year is filled with happy memories.   2011 challenged me a lot.  I am ready for some sunshine!

I have been thinking about my New Years resolutions a lot.  I am mostly just sticking with my 27 before 28 list.  Those are really all the goals I need.  My goal is to stop procrastinating and actually get some of them done!  But of course I am adding a few to the mix- can't help myself and all!  the new additions are:

*create a crafty project every week.  This one was inspired by Emma of Food Coma.  She posted about how to make and keep resolutions here on A Beautiful Mess.

*Make mine and the kids space more cozy and put together.  This goes right along with my first resolution.  I have never really decorated my room or the kids room.  I figured that our time here was going to be short so why bother but I am feeling the need to nest.  I am hoping to thrift and DIY most of the decor.

*Hike 50 miles over the course 2012.  I love hiking and want to start back up.  This is more of a family goal.  We are hoping the kids can handle it!  Our first one is this Saturday if the weather holds up.

*Build up our savings!!!  I am awful at saving but it needs to get done.  It will give us more peace of mind.  And that is worth its weight in gold peeps!

*I am going to do my hair 4 out of 7 days as well.  4 is a pathetic number but I know it is do-able!  

*and last but certainly not least- Date my husband!  I want more mini dates and more big dates with him.  A weekly one to be more precise. 

I am resolved (haha) and ready for some action folks!

  

Sunday Songs