I might be a little behind in getting on board the glitter house boat (I believe they became re-popularized in 2006 by Martha), but some people still haven’t heard of them so…  Here are two little houses I made.

“These quaint little decorations, known as ‘putz houses’ or ‘putzes’, were found on tables, mantles and under Christmas trees in homes across America for many decades starting around the early 1900′s.” (-LittleGlitterHouses.com). The blue one above as an attempt at a model …

Lowe’s is my favorite big home improvement store, so I was pretty excited to see a commercial on HGTV about Lowe’s Creative Ideas for Home and Garden. It’s a bi-monthly publication that you can get delivered right to your home for FREE. There’s a sample issue here so you can see if you’ll enjoy it.

They also have a free publication focusing on woodwork projects; check out a sample issue of that here.  And, of course, there are ideas …

Let me preface this by saying that we don’t have kids, and we don’t even know if we want kids.  That said, I have been thinking about decorating a nursery… basically just for fun.  One idea I’ve toyed with is a fairy tale themed room.  I’d love this chandelier and castle wall decal for either a boy or girl:

WANT!!!  Check out this gorgeous bedding from Natori at The Home Decorating Company:

Asian not your taste?  Keep shopping – The Home Decorating Company seems to have something wonderful for just about anyone’s taste.

I loooove Indian food.  In fact, I think chicken tikka masala is right up there with Chicago deep dish pizza on my list of favorite foods.  If you know me at all, you’re wondering why I’m posting about recipes, aren’t you?  Yeah, I’m not a cook.  Since I got laid off, I’ve started cooking a little bit, and I at least help when hubs cooks.

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Okay, so here’s a glorious recipe we got from friends (I’m sure they found it …

I just finished Corner Shop by Roopa Farooki – what a good book!  And well timed considering where I am in life at the moment.  Oscar Wilde once wrote, “In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”   The story is about a family – a mother, father, son, and grandfather – and how that Wilde quote applied to their lives.

In the first half of the book, we …

I apologize for my lack of posting over the past month.  I got laid off, so I’ve been focusing on my job search and some other goals and activities.  {Just in case you’re wondering or know someone who might want to hire me, I’m an intellectual property attorney with five years experience.  Ideally, I’d like to remain here in the Triangle, but I’m willing to move for the right position – elsewhere in North Carolina or somewhere else fun (i.e., …

E’s post reminded me that I’ve been meaning to do a run-down of the vampire series I’ve read for y’all.  I’m going to put some of it under a cut since there is one Twilight “spoiler.”  Here goes:

Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer: I read all of these the weekend that the last book came out.  Despite my seeming dedication to them, I’m not impressed.  The writing was pretty bad – how many times did Edward really need to tell Bella that …

I’m talking about BRAS.  Specifically, I want you to wear the right size bra.  Most women aren’t.  There are varying claims, from 70-99%, but it’s undisputed that most women really aren’t wearing the right size bra.  I didn’t really find my correct size until I was about 25, and I still have a terrible time finding bras that actually fit .  It turned out that I was wearing a band size that was several inches too big and cups that were several sizes too small.  …

Although I don’t claim to be a fashionista, I love clothes.  As y’all know, I also love to travel.  So… I’d rather have money to travel (and for retirement!) instead of spending it to be dressed head to toe in stuff from Anthropologie or Nordstrom or whatever.  If you follow me on Twitter, you might already have heard me rave about one particular place I love to shop – ModCloth.

I’m not quite an every day dress wearer like Allison, but …