Day 348: New Wiper Blades

Why is it that windshield wipers are such a pain? They really aren't all that difficult, but for some reason I always have such a hard time with them. It took me awhile to get them changed, but Alcatraz has three new windshield wipers and she is very happy (and so am I).

Day 326: Souvenir

This is really the only thing I spent money besides food in Miami.

Day 299: T-Shirts

A week or so ago, CafePress had a coupon to get two shirts for $10 each (they are regularly $22). I ordered two shirts that I've had my eye on for over a year.

Day 278: New Sofa

Day 252: Quilt Tags

I ordered tags to attach to quilts that I sell on etsy.com like the safari quilt.

Day 237: Roman Shades

I put up the Roman Shades in the bathroom and Ashley's room. Now, I just need to put up the ones for the rooms upstairs and the office.

Day 229: Dough

I used my new bread bowl to make dough for rolls and kolaches.

Day 227: New Toys

Normally I buy the dogs toys from the dollar store or if they're on sale at Petsmart and I spend less than $2 on them. However, last summer (maybe longer) Ed gave the dogs AKC stuffed animals (a squirrel and a chipmunk) and not only do Toby and Rodney absolutely love them, but they've outlasted every other toy they own (including the rubber chicken). I ordered new ones from Amazon (chipmunk and fox) and though they cost a bit more than I've spent in the past, I think it's worth it. The boys were certainly pleased when they arrived in the mail today.

Day 221: Bread Bowl

Last fall, I dropped my Correlle bowl in the kitchen and it shattered into a million tiny pieces. Since I was getting it out to make kolaches, I was forced to drive to Kmart and buy a crappy plastic bowl for $2.99 so that I could make them. Anyway, I told Mom for Christmas I wanted a nice ceramic bread mixing bowl like hers--which is from the late 70s, I believe. So I got a whole set for Christmas--just like Mom's.  ":)

Day 214: Seeing the Light

Dad installed Ashley's living room lights for a Christmas present.  With them turned on, they remind me of the sankara stones in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Day 212: Blue Like Jazz

My Blue Like Jazz Associate Producer shirt came in the mail!  I can't wait until it's warm enough to wear a T-shirt.  [When the movie is finished, my name will be in the credits as an associate producer.  ":) ]

Day 195: Poinsettia

One of my coworkers gave me a poinsettia for Christmas.  I hope I don't accidentally kill it.  [My track record with plants isn't very good.]

Day 180: Glitter!

I love glitter.  It's so sparkly and wonderful.  It makes (almost) everything pretty.  Every Christmas, I see these glitter covered fake plants at craft stores and I always want to get them.  This year, I decided to finally get a couple.  And I grabbed an extra that I'm going to attempt to fashion into some sort of hair accessory for New Year's Eve.

Day 172: Venus Fly Trap

This past fall, Ash and I bought this Venus Fly Trap at Kroger.  It was a total impulse buy, but it's pretty cool.  I was going to take a picture of it back then, but forgot.  Since I didn't have anything interesting to take a picture of today, I decided to do the fly trap.

Day 158: Zippy Morocco

My new pet: Zippy Morocco.  He was a little pissed at me when I removed him from the little cup he came in, but I'm sure he'll get used to his new home in no time.

Day 157: Christmas Eve Pillowcase

When we were growing up, Ashley and I shared a bedroom (until I was in high school) and Ed had his own room.  However, we had a tradition that on Christmas Eve we would all sleep in the same room and talk and giggle and act like children (even when we were no longer children).  When Ashley moved to Texas, we could no longer do that.  So, she made each of us a pillowcase so that even though we weren't sleeping in the same room, we some sort of connection.  Ed and I thought it was so cool that we insisted she had to make new ones every year.  And so (this is like year 6 or 8 or something) she has made us new Christmas pillow cases every year.  She gave them to us early this year since she will be in Texas for Christmas Eve.

Day 152: The Ravine

My new phone reminds me of a 2010 Camaro.  I already loaded it with ring tones.  Now I just need to test out the camera on it.

Day 130: Bookends

I found these tiny boots in my memorabilia stuff at Mom's house.  They make perfect bookends, don't you think?

Day 129: Wig

I bought a wig for my Halloween costume and I was trying it out...  it's a lot more hair than I thought it would be.  This is what the picture on the package looks like.  I'm not sure I can deal with that much hair...  Anyway, I didn't know where to store it and this is the closest thing I had to a human head.

Day 100: Light!

Today, Ed and I installed the light fixture by the front door.  What should've been a 15-minute job turned into an hour of annoyance.  Twice we accidentally dropped the decorate screw caps and they fell between the deck boards.  The porch is bricked in and the boards were nailed down with a nail gun, so there was no easy way to get to the screw caps—nor could we replace them.  Ed used a wire hanger to extract them.  And then the headless screws were too long and Ed had to trim them using lopping shears.  We finally got it done, and I have to say, it looks much better than the old one...