Golly I wish that I knew html and css and some general coding. It took me several hours each, 2 nights in a row, to update my header (I made that plaid in photoshop using this awesome tutorial) and tweak the widgets and tweak the widgets on my sidebar. I’m not even going [...]

Just wanted to report that we are about halfway through the month of December and I am still going stripey strong. I almost sissied out today when none of my clean stripey socks matched any of my clean skirts or dresses- but then I remembered that my mittens were striped. I wore them [...]

I make journals for two reasons. One. I like to shop at thrift stores. Like is actually an understatement. If you asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday, or possibly for my last day on earth, I would probably reply, “wander St. Vinnies”. Having a purpose in this [...]

Really, it’s the same lens that I already had- but this one is smooth on the zoom, quick with the shutter, and I can choose my focal length! What is it about a new lens hat makes you feel like you’ve got a whole new camera? =)
It’s pouring outside and I am off [...]

goodbye trips to the fire station, car overflowing with milk jugs and shampoo bottles.
goodbye tripping over bags of aluminum cans and boxes of cardboard in the garage.
hello lovely curbside recycling can.

As we were in bed this morning having our pre-day cuddle session we heard what sounded like our garbage truck outside, but different. We [...]

As I was taking photos the other day my camera started giving me an error message. After some research I learned that the particular message I was getting (the dreaded error 99) was a catch-all error message for any number of things that could be wrong, and I followed the online instructions to narrow [...]

The switch to a new hosting company is almost complete!  If things look and act differently for a while, it’s because I’m working out the kinks.  Tonight though, I am enjoying a meal made byMr. Awesome, and snuggling in to watch a movie with him. (and Jack!).  Hope your evenings are turning out just as [...]

After several years of web hosting with a really unprofessional and unreliable company, I’m switching to someone else. Please excuse any hiccups or outages while this only-slightly-computer-saavy-one-week-overdue-with-visiting-parents lady makes the switch.
ps. Jack is taking his time. He’ll be arriving sometime this week though, regardless of how he feels about the matter!
xo
elle

Last night Garth took me to see Coraline and I think that I spent the entire time with my mouth open wide in wonder. We saw it at a theater that offered it in 3D and it was delicious! There were Scotty dogs with wings, performing jumping mice, and evil mothers with button [...]

I turned my empty shaving lotion bottle upside down today to check for the little symbol that indicates it’s recyclability. I got a kick out of the text reading, “RECYCLE. ALWAYS.”, and then in french, “RECYCLEZ-MOI! S.V.P. (or, recycle me, please.)”
Pensacola recently initiated a curbside recycling program and I was all excited to sign up [...]