tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51782416687066346512024-03-08T01:04:37.181-08:00405 TransitPaulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149140924962417155noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-86768751678082286952011-10-11T04:31:00.001-07:002011-10-11T04:39:29.169-07:00Bought my own website!Finally I took the plunge!<br /><br />I had to go with a different name, so if you follow in a reader you will need to change to my new blog address.....<a href="http://www.ourdaileylife.com/">www.ourdaileylife.com</a><br /><br />Join me for the ride!Paulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149140924962417155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-81739139125506226382011-10-08T04:31:00.001-07:002011-10-08T04:31:26.619-07:00No Spend Challenge Days 7 and 8<p> </p> <p><font size="4">I had to spend some money yesterday.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Out of necessity.</font></p> <p><font size="4">I watch a darling little girl every Friday afternoon to Saturday evening. Her mom is a single parent, working and attending school, and her schedule at work doesn’t mesh with a typical daycare provider. My pre-teen daughter and I take turns watching her, that way we both get some pocket money.</font></p> <p><font size="4">This weekend, the kids got out of school Friday at noon. After we got home Iris (aka little girl) told me she was very hungry. Turns out she didn’t eat lunch at school because she forgot to bring it and she doesn’t have a lunch account (<em>I can’t believe the school didn’t feed her</em>). All the kids had a snack, and then a few hours later they had dinner. We left so I could take my kids to the drop-off site for their non-custodial parenting time, and Iris and I headed to my sisters for the night. Everything was fine until I asked Iris to get ready for bed.</font></p> <p><font size="4">No pajamas in her bag. </font></p> <p><font size="4">No clean underclothes in her bag.</font></p> <p><font size="4">No inhaler in her bag.</font></p> <p><font size="4">No jacket in her bag.</font></p> <p><font size="4">No jeans or sweatshirt in her bag – only shorts. <em>It’s going to be rainy and 50 degrees, people.</em></font></p> <p><font size="4">And she was hungry again. </font></p> <p><font size="4">I <strong>had</strong> to buy a few things for her.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Would you count this against the challenge?</font></p> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-81251936411137352312011-10-06T08:16:00.001-07:002011-10-06T08:16:49.012-07:00No Spend Challenge Day 6<p><font size="4">Still no spending here. </font></p> <p><font size="4">I’m afraid my posts are getting a bit dull, repetitive and boring.</font></p> <p><font size="4">I can’t help it. My son is sick again/still. Poor guy. He threw up in the classroom towards the end of the day yesterday, and thinks the other kids might be angry with him. He is still feeling yucky, so he gets to hang out with mama today. I see hours of HGTV in the future.</font></p> <p><font size="4">And Hoarding. </font></p> <p><font size="4">I’m <em>slightly</em> obsessed with that show, so him being home is a great excuse for me to catch up on all my dvr shows.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Back to the spending, I may have a problem this weekend. There is a big junk/vintage kind of sale in Monticello, and I’ll only be a few miles away. I reeaally want to stop in and look around. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Decisions, decisions.</font></p> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-76660336060038971022011-10-05T10:31:00.001-07:002011-10-05T10:31:14.543-07:00No Spend Challenge Day 5<p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">It’s 12:30 pm and I haven’t spent any money all month.</font></p> <p><font size="4">I had an email conversation earlier today and mentioned that this may not be as hard as I thought, because I’m 17 miles from the nearest store. If I still lived in the Twin Cities there is no. way. I would be able to do this. </font></p> <p><font size="4">That conversation also reminded me about another addendum to my plans. If my husband stops at the grocery store on his way home from work and buys milk, eggs, etc. ~ WITHOUT BEING SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO ~ I’m not counting it as a purchase. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Regardless of who eats it.</font></p> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-79221951741271574402011-10-04T06:15:00.001-07:002011-10-04T06:15:54.299-07:00No Spend Challenge Day 4<p><font size="4">I’m on a roll. A bankroll! </font></p> <p><font size="4">(I kill me.)</font></p> <p><font size="4">I have not spent any money this month. Woot!</font></p> <p><font size="4">I need to clarify my no-spending policy. I will have to purchase gas, which I stated at the beginning of the challenge. I also have to pay the monthly bills. I’m just not buying anything else. This includes DS games and Bruno Mars cds. Sorry kids.</font></p> <p><font size="4">It’s been easy up to this point. A lot of cleaning and purging and decisions. </font></p> <p><font size="4">One of the decisions I’ve made is to learn everything I can about blogging. I really want to learn more about the technical side and delve into social media. So, when Kristi at </font><a href="http://www.creativekristi.com/" target="_blank"><font size="4">CreativeKristi</font></a><font size="4"> offered a free <strong>How To Blog</strong> class, I jumped.</font></p> <p><font size="4">We had our first conference call via Skype last night. There is so much to learn. I really thought my years of working in the computer hardware and software industry would help, but the technology changes so quickly. </font><font size="4">I scribbled so many notes! Today I’m madly deciphering them. I can’t wait until next week!</font></p> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-16101253225302080532011-10-03T14:36:00.001-07:002011-10-03T14:37:36.496-07:00No Spend Challenge Day 3<p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">It’s 4:30 pm. Do you know what is in your wallet?</font></p> <p><font size="4">Mine is full. of. money.</font></p> <p><font size="4">I did not spend any money yesterday.</font></p> <p><font size="4">I have not spent any money today.</font></p> <p><font size="4">I may have spent a lot of time cleaning today (see notes from Day 2).</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4"></font></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-77055390855706897402011-10-02T05:50:00.001-07:002011-10-03T14:37:20.226-07:00No Spend Challenge Day 2<p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">It’s 8 am. </font></p> <p><font size="4">I did not spend any money yesterday. </font></p> <p><font size="4">At all. Not even on gas. Yippee!!</font></p> <p><font size="4">It helped that I didn’t leave the house. </font></p> <p><font size="4">And we were babysitting a five year old. </font></p> <p><font size="4">And my daughter has a broken toe. </font></p> <p><font size="4">And my son threw up three times.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Here’s to a better day today!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-4514970507816215492011-10-01T07:07:00.001-07:002011-10-01T07:08:43.591-07:00October No-Spend Challenge Day 1<p> </p> <p><font size="4">The other day on </font><a href="http://www.swoonstylehome.com/2011/09/shannas-october-no-spend-challenge.html" target="_blank"><font size="4">Swoon Style and Home</font></a><font size="4"> Shanna stated she was putting herself on a strict <em>no-spend on home stuff policy</em> for the month of October. </font></p> <p><font size="4">I <strike>rashly</strike> commented that I would join her, only I would go one step further and not buy anything but gas.</font></p> <p><font size="4">At my age I should have learned by now to think first before speaking or writing.</font></p> <p><font size="4">After looking at our October calendar, it may not be that bad. The hubs birthday is this weekend, but everything has already been purchased. My niece will be 7 on the 30th. We usually make the cards and gifts, and won’t see her until November. If we don’t make something I will be able to purchase a gift before our visit. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Hubby thinks I am doing this for him. HA! My birthday bash weekend is in November and I need money to get my party on. </font></p> <p><font size="4">It’s 9 am and I haven’t spent any money.</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-40944450362511969572011-08-24T07:40:00.000-07:002011-08-24T11:56:04.136-07:00If one picture is worth a thousand words....<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">this is a really long post!</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I recently won <a href="http://ppebble.blogspot.com/2011/08/extra-special-giveaway.html">a blog giveaway</a>, and my prize appeared yesterday. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I'll be posting in the future the finished project, but for now I want to share the beautiful packaging and the contents.</span></span>
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-25085775223708835182011-08-23T05:31:00.000-07:002011-08-25T05:33:05.440-07:00Master Bedroom Wall<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e9vGlbHzNt4/TlOh0dwXpEI/AAAAAAAAAxo/70065c512Qg/s1600/master%2B01.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 215px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e9vGlbHzNt4/TlOh0dwXpEI/AAAAAAAAAxo/70065c512Qg/s400/master%2B01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644032680738137154" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We've had an empty wall in our master bedroom for 7 1/2 years.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Since we built the house.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Shocking, I know.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">What can I say? The wall isn't wide enough for the king-size bed, so it's always been more of a walkway to one side of the bed slash room.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I really like the look of board and batten that I've seen on many blogs, but I knew the hubs would say no. So I got creative.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I found an old barn board in our shed.</span></span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Thanks to my wonderful FIL, I have an electric drill. I finally got to use it!</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Once I hung up the board, I also screwed in some smaller boards on the top to make a narrow ledge. I placed some pictures and frames on it, but I still need to play with that arrangement.</span></span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Then I used my Silhouette (insert choirs of Angels singing) and printed out a quote and put it on the wall with a 3D effect.</span></span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Guess what? The hubs loves it!</span></span>
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178241668706634651.post-16919640327157279092011-08-05T10:05:00.000-07:002011-08-10T08:21:43.423-07:00Stools<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I've been following some wonderful DIY blogs for a few months and decided to try my hand at some of the ideas I've earmarked for our home.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">First up, stools. Boring wood stools. Like this one only uglier.</span></span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">They were so ugly I didn't take a picture of them. Luckily someone else posted pictures of their semi-ugly stools online. We got two of these free (maybe because they were so ugly?) so I was okay with a possible throw-them-in-the-burn-pile future.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Everyone raves about the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Rust-oleum-zinsser-249076-Painters-Touch/dp/B002USGXPQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1312565992&sr=8-4">Heirloom White spray paint from Rust-Oleum</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, so I picked some up at my </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.hardwarehank.com/Default.aspx">local hardware store</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. I also picked up a </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Aerosol-Spray-Trigger-Handle-Tool/dp/B00551L7N8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1312566156&sr=8-5">spray gun trigger</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. LOVE IT. I scrubbed and cleaned both stools and spray painted them.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I tried, I</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" > really</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> tried to do several thin coats of the spray paint, like everyone recommends. I am unable to do that. Even my scale will attest that I do not know what the word thin means. While the trigger did help, I know a professional spray-painter can do a much better job.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Once the stools were painted I let them dry.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">For a month.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Actually only 27 days.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Seriously, because I painted them on July 8, two days before hosting a baby shower for my niece.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Anyhoo...oh, you don't know that word? Very Minnesotan. Anyhoo, after the stools were finally dry, I tried an <a href="http://gardenberger.blogspot.com/2011/07/apiary-sign.html">interesting transfer technique</a> on the tops.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I found some great french typography graphics at </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-02-05T12%3A16%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=5">The Graphics Fairy</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I don't know what they say. Please let me know if they are offensive. Slang I can handle.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I cropped the downloads to the size I needed and darkened them up a bit. I also reversed the images. This is a very important step if using numbers or letters. Except for x. Or o. Or l.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Then I "painted" some sheets of printer paper with good ol' </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Elmers-Washable-School-Glue-E304/dp/B000Q3KHCM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312989679&sr=8-1">elmers washable glue</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> and let the paper dry. Once dry I fed the paper through my printer and printed out the images. I lightly </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Podge-CS11302-Original-16-Ounce-Finish/dp/B001IKES5O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312566589&sr=8-1">mod podged</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> the top of the stools and laid the paper image side down. I used a flat scraper and made sure there were no bubbles hiding, then I let the stools dry overnight.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The next morning I soaked the paper with water. Be smart and use a spray bottle for this step. I was in too much of a hurry to walk out to the shed. Instead I got a sponge soaking wet and squeezed it out on top of the paper. Once the paper was truly wet, I carefully peeled it off.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">TA-DA!</span></span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm very happy with my first DIY project!
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