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I found this little didy on one of my friend’s Facebook pages. It’s not particularly relevant today, but man o man it would have been great for Valentine’s Day or especially St. Patrick’s Day! Who doesn’t appreciate a bunch of drunk Irishmen singing and perfectly harmonizing a Savage Garden love song? Love it!
Tags: Irishman, Savage Garden, Singing, st. patrick's day, Truly Madly Deeply, Valentine's Day
The tradition is if you don’t wear green on St. Patrick’s Day you get pinched. It can be by anyone, or anything. However, I think that tradition usually stops after elementary school, unless you’re inebriated.
I thought it would be cute to have little business-sized cards with matching lil envelopes to slip into people’s pockets or on their desks or wherever to give them a paper pinch if they’re not wearing green. Or even if they are, to wish them a Happy St. Patty’s Day!
“You got pinched!” series of cards by Jack’s Master
Tags: Cards, Jack's Master, jacksmaster, pinch, st. patrick's day
Tags: st. patrick's day
I don’t know if it was the 3-day holiday, or the bitter cold weather that kept me from going outside, but I had one of the most productive weekends of my life. It was insane! What started with me wanting to just paint the hallway a chocolate brown and hang some pictures (see original post here) turned into an all out crazy fest of cleaning, organizing and redecorating the apartment. I’ve noticed that similar to how I like to change my hair a lot, I also like to change my living space. I don’t know if it’s because I get bored, or I second guess my original ideas, or if I just really like to get crafty, but Jeff has learned to get a little weary whenever I start a sentence with “So, I have this idea….”
It was great though! I got around to painting the hallway first thing after work on Friday and surprised Jeff when he got home, (that was actually one of those projects I didn’t tell him about beforehand. Luckily, he liked it. Whew.) And then the pictures were hung by Saturday. I’m kind of impatient when it comes to projects, I want to get them done ASAP, even if it means hammering nails into a wall into the wee hours of the morning…sorry neighbors. Seriously though, this apartment feels great now! It’s cleaned from top to bottom (a little spring cleaning come early!) and completely purged of anything that we absolutely didn’t need. I’ll be taking several big bags to Good Will this week! Multiple walls were painted, pictures were hung, furniture was removed (RIP Jeff’s college desk), and books were stripped of their jackets and reorganized on shelves. That was a fun conversation that went something like this:
Jeff: “Ummm, what are you doing?”
Karen: With a really excited smile on my face. “Taking off all of the book jackets!”
Jeff: “Um, why?”
Karen: “Because they’re prettier without them and look better on the bookshelf. Anna says so too!”
Jeff: Eyeing the 67 book jackets taking up space on our couch. “And where are you going to put them?”
Karen: “I have a place! Stop asking questions and doubting my ideas!”
Nope, I don’t have a place for them. I told you, I like to take care of projects as quickly as possible, but sometimes I don’t exactly think them through completely. I’ll figure it out though. Once this place is all spiffed up, I’ll be sure to post some pics!
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend 
Tags: Bookshelves, decorating, HGTV, Organizing, Spring Cleaning
{image via Pinterest}
I found the cutest Valentine’s Day stickers today on Twig and Thistle’s blog. She has them available to download on her site. All you have to do is print them out on some sticker paper and you’re good to go.
I think it’d be perfect to put in your little one’s lunch box (or your big one’s). See even more on her blog.
Tags: fruit, stickers, Valentine's
Well, not really….
We can at least pretend like this wasn’t from 4th of July….or in our childhood neighborhood.
Nice, graceful release. You’re free!
Tags: Chinese New Year, Lanterns
It’s the Year of the Rabbit. Here’s a little horoscope for those of you born during these years:
1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999
People born in the Year of the Rabbit are articulate, talented, and ambitious. They are virtuous, reserved, and have excellent taste. Rabbit people are admired, trusted, and are often financially lucky. They are fond of gossip but are tactful and generally kind. Rabbit people seldom lose their temper. They are clever at business and being conscientious, never back out of a contract. They would make good gamblers for they have the uncanny gift of choosing the right thing. However, they seldom gamble, as they are conservative and wise. They are most compatible with those born in the years of the Sheep, Pig, and Dog.
Valentine’s Day is coming up. We don’t really go all out or anything at our house, but we do exchange little somethings to show our affection. One of my more favorite Valentine’s day gifts that I gave to Randy a few (EIGHT!) years ago involved Hershey’s Kisses. It’s not the most original idea, but it’s thoughtful and cheap so I thought I’d share.
Basically what you do is buy a a big bag of Hershey’s Kisses (I prefer the festive red and pink V-day ones), and pull out all the little paper ribbons in them.
Next type out (or write really teeny) a list of all the things you love about your significant other. I did “99 reasons I love you.”
Then once you’ve cut them all out, place them in each of the kisses, fill a cellophane bag or paper lunch bag with the kisses, slap a label on them like below, and you’re done!
Print this out and stick it to a bag with some double-sided tape and TAH-DAH!
Tags: 99 reasons, Hershey's, kisses
If you had to relive one day over and over? What day would you pick?
I think I’d pick the day I got engaged. That was a good day
Tags: Bill Murray, Groundhog Day
