Hello readers,
I have participated in dozens of swaps and have blogged about almost none. My bad! I'm going through a load of personal laundry right now, so I'll blog when I feel like it again. Could be a week. Could be a month. Definitely this summer, though.
Hugs,
Jenny
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Getting Thrifty is Hard To Do
I have not done anything thrifty or crafty to speak of since I moved to Missouri in August. *hangs head in shame*. I'm too busy trying to be awesome at my job (and failing pretty miserably). I haven't unpacked all the boxes from the move, and I literally have no where to even store my craft stuff, let alone craft it. Here's a list of my half-hearted efforts:
Boxes: I piled them up against the wall in the bedroom and draped unused curtains over them so I wouldn't have to look at my failures every time I went to bed.
Goodwill: I bought a really really ugly book shelf and planned to paint it some groovy colors, but then the towering piles of books overcame me and I just shoved books on it. And now I have a really really ugly book shelf.
Salvation Army: I needed a purse with different pockets/etc that my current one didn't have, and I wanted to pay almost nothing, so off I went. I want to tell all of you that the Salvation Army does not mess around getting their $ for the value. Most of the purses were more than $10. Wtf? I found a bright red one for $2.49, with visions of fabric dye dancing in my head. Alas, fail again.
At work: Just about the only way to cover the cabinets and carts during the day while they're not being used is to use thumbtacks and fabric. I used a lime green sheet with a white pattern to do the job. I got them at Goodwill three years ago, intending to make curtains. They never made it to curtain status, but did a wonderful job as packing blankets in the move. But it looks like hell. I am itching to hem the edges, use stitch witch on them, or something, but I do not have the time or space.
Mail: I get so many fliers and so much junk mail living here it's friggen ridiculous. Instead of sorting and recycling, I dumped all of it onto a food serving tray and stashed it on top of my printer. Let's see if I can remember to ever go through it, lol.
Dogs: My shih tzu Teddy is in desperate need of a haircut. I have always done his haircuts myself, but since we've moved here I haven't had the time. So I'm shelling out $36 on Saturday to have it done. My aunt knows a place near her that does it for $25, but my place is a block from my house and I've got shit to do. Thrifty FAIL.
Butterflies and daffodils to you my lovelies.
Something actually thrifty: Remember that car wreck? We bought another, better car for less than our settlement check, and with the difference, I bought a laptop (cheapest I could find) for work. Booya!
Boxes: I piled them up against the wall in the bedroom and draped unused curtains over them so I wouldn't have to look at my failures every time I went to bed.
Goodwill: I bought a really really ugly book shelf and planned to paint it some groovy colors, but then the towering piles of books overcame me and I just shoved books on it. And now I have a really really ugly book shelf.
Salvation Army: I needed a purse with different pockets/etc that my current one didn't have, and I wanted to pay almost nothing, so off I went. I want to tell all of you that the Salvation Army does not mess around getting their $ for the value. Most of the purses were more than $10. Wtf? I found a bright red one for $2.49, with visions of fabric dye dancing in my head. Alas, fail again.
At work: Just about the only way to cover the cabinets and carts during the day while they're not being used is to use thumbtacks and fabric. I used a lime green sheet with a white pattern to do the job. I got them at Goodwill three years ago, intending to make curtains. They never made it to curtain status, but did a wonderful job as packing blankets in the move. But it looks like hell. I am itching to hem the edges, use stitch witch on them, or something, but I do not have the time or space.
Mail: I get so many fliers and so much junk mail living here it's friggen ridiculous. Instead of sorting and recycling, I dumped all of it onto a food serving tray and stashed it on top of my printer. Let's see if I can remember to ever go through it, lol.
Dogs: My shih tzu Teddy is in desperate need of a haircut. I have always done his haircuts myself, but since we've moved here I haven't had the time. So I'm shelling out $36 on Saturday to have it done. My aunt knows a place near her that does it for $25, but my place is a block from my house and I've got shit to do. Thrifty FAIL.
Butterflies and daffodils to you my lovelies.
Something actually thrifty: Remember that car wreck? We bought another, better car for less than our settlement check, and with the difference, I bought a laptop (cheapest I could find) for work. Booya!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
The ABC's of Jenny
Ok, I know these things are lame, but this is my blog and I felt like doing it. So there.
A - Age: 27
B - Bed size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dog's name: Hannah and Teddy
E - Essential start your day: Diet Coke
F - Favorite color: Pink
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play(ed): Piano, flute, guitar (completely rusty in all 3)
J - Job title: Site Director
K - Kid(s): just my doggies!
L - Living arrangements: Duplex
M - Mom's name: Dawn
N - Nickname: Jenny
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Appendectomy (7 days); kidney stones (3 days)
P - Pet Peeve: Having to explain Celiac Disease to every single waiter/grocery store clerk/random stranger I meet
Q - Quote from a movie: "A gun rack? You got me a gun rack? I don't even own a gun, let alone many guns to necessitate an entire rack. What am I gonna do with a gun rack?" --- bonus points if you can tell me what movie!----
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Brian, Allie, Katie
T - Time you wake up: Lately, 7am
U- Underwear: what kind of quiz is this?
V - Vegetable you dislike: asparagus. *shudder* thanks, grandma.
W - Ways you run late: My car is a nightmare on wheels
X - X-rays you've had: Honestly, I think every single part of my body has been x-rayed
Y- Yummy food you make: from scratch? uh, no. I make the hubs cook.
Z-Favorite zoo animal: Penguin
A - Age: 27
B - Bed size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Dog's name: Hannah and Teddy
E - Essential start your day: Diet Coke
F - Favorite color: Pink
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play(ed): Piano, flute, guitar (completely rusty in all 3)
J - Job title: Site Director
K - Kid(s): just my doggies!
L - Living arrangements: Duplex
M - Mom's name: Dawn
N - Nickname: Jenny
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Appendectomy (7 days); kidney stones (3 days)
P - Pet Peeve: Having to explain Celiac Disease to every single waiter/grocery store clerk/random stranger I meet
Q - Quote from a movie: "A gun rack? You got me a gun rack? I don't even own a gun, let alone many guns to necessitate an entire rack. What am I gonna do with a gun rack?" --- bonus points if you can tell me what movie!----
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Brian, Allie, Katie
T - Time you wake up: Lately, 7am
U- Underwear: what kind of quiz is this?
V - Vegetable you dislike: asparagus. *shudder* thanks, grandma.
W - Ways you run late: My car is a nightmare on wheels
X - X-rays you've had: Honestly, I think every single part of my body has been x-rayed
Y- Yummy food you make: from scratch? uh, no. I make the hubs cook.
Z-Favorite zoo animal: Penguin
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