we have a really cool new online tool at work that lets you log in, pick a product to custom print, upload a design, and voila = you've become a product designer!

you can customize crazy stuff, like bathmats, shower curtains, cutting boards, fleece blankets, car mats, life size stickers, pillowcases, greeting cards, 16" by 20" glossy posters, and more.

i've been wanting a zig zag pillow, so i made one! $12 and 1 week later - bam!:



if there's something you can't find, you can't afford, or isn't the right color - then just MAKE IT yourself!

(ask me if you have questions - the tool isn't as user friendly as it could be yet)

from my mom's house:

her newly refurbished secretary


recovered dining room chairs


her t-day table setting



she put a penguin in a birdcage


wall of me!


and new hair again

see you in december!

truly.

we took the tiny schnauzer to the beach

i know this is ridiculous, but it was fur-reezing, so we got him a kid's zip up hoody to stay warm. he loved it.


i wear a child's medium - take that bitches.


and we got BUNKBEDS!

the futon was too short for brian, so after 2.5 years, we finally did something about it. i decorated my bottom bunk like a 12 year old: christmas lights, a secret reading lamp, a lantern and framed fish. i LOVE it.

beedonkadonk.

this

can do all this.

sign me up.

xmas cards from yee-haw industries

{you're on a roll val!}

i'll teach the ladies to ride ronnie

{good find val!}

i went to the mall last night for the first time in months. i had two significant finds - both on sale:

bamboo frame from pottery barn for $9


long tee from ae, also $9 (it's more online for some reason...)

today is monday night milkshake night. we go to cookout at 9:30 and r u s h home so we don't miss the hills at 10. i always get banana. every single time. delish.to.the.extreme.

to fill the huge gaping empty space above the dresser, i hung a big world map - with thumbtacks. there's only so long a perfectionist can lay in bed and look at thumbtacks before they go bat shit crazy.



so i bit the bullet this morning and ordered what i'd always wanted to go there from art.com.


i even got it framed with a simple white frame and shipped - FOR UNDER $100. beat that. (top secret code FF2008 gets you 25% off, and shipping is free!)