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  1. $25 later…my office/library….love this room.

    May 4, 2009 by shishnit

    Yes….I bought that desk. I had many fantasies and ideas about how to refinish it etc.  Then she arrived in my house and I found that I loved her “as is” just as that guy does in Bridget Jones Diary.

    wall o'windows.....

    Desk $25

    Chair $20 Homegoods

    Happyface Mug 75 cents /garage sale

    I bought the big pencil on etsy.

    Bought the “READ” letters from urban outfitters.

    and they spell out

    Bought these cute little cups to spell out my name (in case I go senile soon and need help) from etsy too.

    Write

    Added the cute (and cheap at 4.99 from Homegoods) “WRITE” to my Paul (Westerberg) wall.  It was brown along the bottom, I sprayed it black.  Bought the “read books” in scrabble letters from an etsy shop too. (all etsy links available on my Flickr).

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  2. craig’s list curious??

    April 30, 2009 by shishnit

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    Here’s what I’m wondering.

     

    Have you ever purchased anything from craigslist?

     

    What did you buy?

     

    How far did you travel to pick it up?

     

    Did you pick it up alone?

     

    Would you pay someone for delivery?

     

    If so, how much?

     

    How much would you pay for the above pictured fantastic old school oak desk?

     

    If you bought it, would you paint it?

     

    What does your office look like?

     

     

     

     

     

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  3. lamp love….

    April 27, 2009 by shishnit

    A few months ago I took a picture of my night stand to compete with a picture of rude cactus’ nightstand photo. He has a lot of books on his nightstand but I believe I beat him. I place all new purchases on my nightstand so that I can peruse each night and decide what I want to read. I have tried to clear them away on a regular basis but the fact remains that I love to read in bed and therefore my books migrate to that area. I cannot avoid my natural instinct to behave this way. I am a reading animal.

    This is what my nightstand looked like before today:

    THIS is my nightstand

    I’ve been jonesing for one of those spine bookcases to put into that room to make the books at least look neat and clean. Overstock was sold out and finally last week they came back into stock so I nabbed one. I have spine bookcase love……lots of it.

    Then about a month ago I fell in love with a lamp. A ridiculously expensive lamp sold by a ridiculously priced store. This is that expensive lamp. Nice eh…but seriously $198 and no lampshade and that doesn’t include shipping!!

    So I hunted around the Internet and I found this etsy shopI told her what I was looking for and she was beyond amazing to work with. She made several lamps to give me choices and was simply amazing to converse with no less. The lamp arrived today and I’m in lamp love. Total lamp love people!!! Look…..

    Lamp love!!

    I totally love it. If you like it and want to get your own lamp to love….go see her She really is a sweetheart and does very nice work. This lamp is well constructed and was so well packed for shipment. Thank you!!!

    Also check out my new bookcase…..love that too….but perhaps not as much as the lamp. :-)

    new spine bookcase!! check out Chloe’s toy laying on the floor…teehee…

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  4. The $300 “make me happy” bathroom!!

    March 30, 2009 by shishnit

    A few weekends ago we spent a Sunday working on our bathroom.  One Sunday all day and then a few hours the following night.  We decided that Sunday mid morning to go ahead and just do it within an hours time of talking it over.  We then set off to Lowes and Home Depot and therein began the project I like to refer to as the “recessionary re-do”.  We did not change out any major bathroom fixtures.  The tub is an old cast iron tub that was previously re-done and looks great.  The toilet is brand new as well.  So are the white cabinet and the sink.  We did remove a new medicine cabinet and light….it was cheap and ugly.  And we did swap out the following: 
        

    Bathroom Light Fixture   64.00     Bathroom Medicine Cabinet  96.00 
    Paint Color – Valspar Sky Blue EB6-4 23.47New Faucet – Lowes (not on website) 24.99

    New Cabinet Knob    2.49

    Shower Curtain   29.99
            

    Black/white wall clock from Target 2.97
              Black Umbra plastic Garbage can 9.99
            Black bathroom rug  12.99
            2 new black bath towels   12.00         

    Total  278.89 Tax   19.52  

    Grand Total 298.41      

        Before AND After 
    Bath Before 3       Flash 

    Not bad eh?  I love it.  I absolutely LOVE it.  I’m very proud of the work we did and the dramatic changes that we ended up with. I love the room. It’s bright, cheerful and makes me immediately happy every morning.  Since we live in an 1100 foot house with only one bathroom, making that bathroom a happy place has made a huge difference.  It only took us 11 months to finally get to that Sunday when we went forth making the changes we wanted to make from day one.  The majority of these items (shower curtain, rug, towels, clock…all from Target). We put a note on the wall behind the new medicine cabinet that read “We replaced the medicine cabinet in March of 2009. If you think this one is ugly and are replacing it, you should have seem the beast we removed!!!” You can see the entire bathroom info and pictures on my Flickr here   

    Reason # 991,203,123,094,233 that I pick Rick. He did the majority of the painting and swap out work.  I just put the icing on the cake details and did the shopping.  Thanks honey!                                       

                              

            

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  5. what non-students do on a Sunday

    February 22, 2009 by shishnit

    Now that I’m in midair between my undergraduate program and my Masters program, I am largely bored.  I should have tons of time to blog, but it seems I’ve forgotten how to waste time effectively.  I have been reading quite a few books and you’d think I’d want to somehow document this time, but again, no such desire.

    I spend my time taking long baths, reading, thinking about all the things I should be doing with all this free time, and just as I’ve always know about myself, when I have too much time on my hands, I grow bored, lethargic and un-useful.  

    I have spent the majority of today doing nothing but

    Washing dishes

    Wondered what happened to Akismet??

    Eating rice pudding

    Washing comforter

    Cleaning spilled mess off of living room floor (mess spilled so long ago, it was dried up in a corner where I didn’t see it!)

    Read other people’s blogs

    Downloaded some new songs on the Ipod

    Took a long hot bath

    Read two chapters in bath

    Got dressed

    Realized we have lost $7k in value on our house in a mere 10 months!! (zillow.com I both love and HATE you!!)

    Told Rick about the $ 7K loss

    Even though I said to myself, “myself, lets not tell him”

    Myself did not listen

    Realize that that’s the same $7k the government just gave us

    We’re still even?

    Shopped realtor.com and saw house I fell in love with for NOW $25k less than what we paid, with a fireplace

    Put slipper socks on my cold feet

    Lamented no fireplace

    Wasted a lot of time

    Checked student website for my last grade to post (sprinkle this one throughout my entire day!)

    Think about stupid rule that says must be in “GR” status (graduated) to begin Masters program

    Managed to blog

    Will eat some dinner soon

    The End

    Since I have nothing else to stress about at the moment, aside from 7k loss, must get last grade posted to begin rush status to be in gr status so I can start spending my Sunday’s studying.  I am fucked in the head because apparently I hate all this free time. 

    The REAL End

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