Paulette Servers

Love this.  From BallardDesign.com

Bathroom remodel

So far, this is what is planned for our bathroom remodel:

Main inspiration: this tile

Nantucket Dune from Tile Shop

The tiles are 1/2" wide, held together on a mesh screen.  It is really lovely stone and glass.  The light colored stone matches the 19"x19" tile for the walls and floors.  The shower floor is slightly darker than the rest of the tile in a 2"x2". 

With this sink/console (not sure about faucets yet)



Lexi from Home Depot



Home Depot is lovely - free shipping, free returns to the store if we don't like her (Lexi, the sink).  I hope we like her because she is the closest to what we want in the price range that we want to pay. My ultimate sink was from Restoration Hardware, but of course that was going to be 4xs as expensive.  So sad.

With this storage cabinet, which we will have to see how well it fits and matches Lexi.  If we keep her.

Amanda by Home Depot

And heated floors, and adding 2 small windows above the shower.

Still to decide:

• Paint color (probably a dark beige, tan, light brown color)
• Faucets - sink and shower
• Glass shower doors/enclosure
• Toilet (yes, this is a decision)

We were going to try to get a trough drain, but it is way more expensive than we thought, so just a normal drain. 

So, there you have it: our bathroom remodel so far.  The cost is choking me, but we are not DIYers, therefore we are just contributing to the economy... of our friends and family who know how to do these things! 

Piercing Mug

This amuses me.

 

 

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Piercing Mug

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"Oh great, another piercing. Well, at least it's not another tattoo or the blue hair again." The Piercing Mug ($26). For those of us that never got to tap into...
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Tangy Peach Trench Coat

This is gorgeous. But I have a trench coat that I love, and a desire not to have 2 trench coats. No, wait, I do have 2 trench coats; a longer one in khaki and a short one in black. 1 too many already.

 

 

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Tangy Peach Trench Coat

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Khaki? Olive? Black? Do you really want your jacket to be as drab as the weather you're protecting yourself from? Tangy Peach Double Storm Flap Trench Coat ($180)...
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Firefox has a problem with Windows

Finally found something that explained how silver is antimicrobial

When SmartSilver nanoparticles come in contact with moisture, they release very low levels of silver ions that prevent the growth of microbes that cause odor and material degradation. This same mode of action is responsible for the antimicrobial properties of silver coins and spoons.

Smartsilver.com/how

 

I need to understand how things work – I don’t believe anybody who doesn’t have proof any more.  Been fooled too many times.  But Norwex seems to have a good product.  Norwex.com

 

[Overheard in the Office] Recommendation: Oh, Lord.

jsroadrage@gmail.com has sent you a link!

Title: Oh, Lord.
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Cleaning for a Reason

Just got this email sent to me:

 

If you know any woman currently undergoing chemotherapy, please pass the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE housecleaning - once per month for 4 months while she is in treatment. All she needs to do is sign up.  Cleaning for a Reason will have a participating maid service in her zip code area arrange for the service.  Not all areas are available.  This organization serves the entire USA.  There are people out there that care. Please pass this information along.

http://www.cleaningforareason.org/

Grow mushrooms in coffee grounds

Are you a coffee drinker like me? Feel bad throwing things out that could be useful? Maybe this is the answer:

http://www.dailygrommet.com/products/back-to-the-root-mushroom-kit

I love Cheetahs

I don't know why. I fell in love when I found the Cincinnati Zoo's cheetah blog, cheetahdays.com. I read through all of their back log one day last summer, and have been in love ever since. If I had know at a younger age that the trainers live with the cheetahs in a house, I would have made this my career.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/18/smithsonian.cheetahs/index.html?hpt=C2

It's amazing how docile they are. They are endangered because farmers in Africa shoot the them when the cheetahs attack their herds. Education efforts are underway to teach the farmers that all they really need is a big dog with their herds. When the dogs spot the cheetahs and bark, the cheetahs flee. They are non-confrontational animals, unlike some other big cats.

Allergy season already?

According to pollen.com, allergy season is starting already. I am so not ready for this.

Forecast for CINCINNATI, OH (on a scale of 1-12):

Today's allergy levels:
Friday - 4.8/Low-Medium

Today's predominant pollen:
Cedar/Juniper.

Tomorrow's allergy levels:
Saturday - 3.2/Low-Medium

Testing the email option

If this works, there will be no stopping me.

Back to the blog. Today is the first day of the rest of your life...

After a brief flirtation with Facebook, I'm back here. Facebook was great for finding people, but it's not everything I was hoping.

So, I'm going to be blogging about stuff and nonsense. Again, I guess. I'm on a mission to get in shape - including losing some weight - by the time we go to Hawaii. So I have about 6 months, approximately. Mostly I need to get in shape; I'm convinced some of my pains are from just being out of shape. Some, however, are due to sitting in an office chair 8 hours a day surfing the web. (Herman Miller Aeron chairs are the worst chairs ever.)

So today, I did 20 squat kicks (both legs) and 20 reverse lunges (each leg). Those are 2 of the 8 total leg exercises that are my goal. I have some other workout goals, too, but that's all I got done today. I'm super tired and somewhat dizzy. (No comments from the peanut gallery.) Yesterday, though, I slept until 12:30 after going to bed at 8:30 Friday night, and I was dizzy all day long. So today is progress. My vision is weird - not blurry, but my eyes don't want to focus, especially in strong light.

Sam made crepes this morning for breakfast and stuffed them with gruyere cheese and canadian ham. Twas quite good; he is a good cook and a good man! Tonight, gluten free pizza. And salad. And an early night to bed, hoping tomorrow I won't be so dizzy.

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Why we are fatter now than ever before.

Thank you Monstanto and all of you other evil food modifying companies.

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NOW is when I need to know how to shorten posts.

IN process. I need to look up some items to see if, in fact, I have eaten them or if I definitely will not.

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating. (I can't figure out how to do that, so I'll just have to italicize.)
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese

26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Consumerism

Hate it. BUT.... WANT!!

Oh Deer!

Have you seen this cute little premature deer?

Yes, I'm trying to catch up on blogs. I'm not sure how to email posts, sooooo I don't. I'm sure all of my zero readers have been anxious.

Sam's Song

You'd have to know him to appreciate this.