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Note: This post has been approved by a recent study showing that looking at cute things can reduce your stress level, decrease your blood pressure, and make you go “squee”. Look at the picture to your left. It is a small, blonde dog opening her Christmas present. Now that’s cute. Do you feel calmer? I...
Week 2 update! Organization: I had two people this week tell me I was organized. Is it National Have a Beer with Breakfast Week? I forgot to make a new 2009 date book — so that’s the weekend project! Not brushing my teeth so hard: Going well!Continuing to work on my blood sugar: I bought...
Pink…it’s girly, it’s feminine, it’s awesome. I never thought about wearing pink until Wanda made it, but now I love it. I always thought because I had green eyes, I should wear green eye shadow. It’s not a silly thought, but it is not necessarily true. Pink goes very well with green eyes — it’s...
I’m trying to come up with tutorials on a regular basis now, so I thought I’d share some thoughts I’ve been mulling over recently…Tutorials aren’t an easy thing to do, and making an illustrated one is a lot of work. I think we are really fortunate to have people out there who are working hard...
I think it’s great people take the time to share their knowledge and expertise by creating tutorials we can download for free — because it really is a labour of love to make a tutorial — but I wanted to vent for a moment about things I’ve seen relating to making your own bath &...