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Not that you would know it from this blog, but I don’t just talk about doing crafts, I have been known to do them as well. Anyway, a few years ago I was investigating having my own labels made to sew into my knitted scarves and blankets etc. It was a bit too much of an investment at the time and I wasn’t thrilled with the choices. Hooray for the internet because Allyson Hill has posted instructions to <a href=”
http://allysonhill.typepad.com/allyson_hill/2007/06/make_your_own_l.html”>make your own labels. If you are only looking for a few labels every once in a while, this is for you!

It seems like every time I click to a blog page someone is talking about a tiny shelter or a something prefab or modular. I love it! M & I aren’t ready to plop a 4 bedroom cape onto the property just because we can’t quite afford the modern house we would really like. These tiny houses seem like the perfect solution. Best of all more and more seem to be green and have a one day set up (not including site work of course.) Today I saw the most adorable shelter via Treehugger. I love the large deck and cozy space. More and more I see out upstate property as a weekend place to be outside and stretch after a week of cramming into NY. Frankly a part of me feels like the smaller the better.

Hello? (tap, tap) Is this thing on? (tap) There we go… So I was wondering if I might be able to get some help from my audience (I am assuming at least my mom is still reading). What are you reading this summer? I am on a real reading tear and I am looking for a few good books. I just finished The Kite Runner, which is fabulous, although very sad and now I am not sure what I am going to start on next. So tell me, what would you recommend?

So you know how if you want to post something on craigslist.org you can opt to have them assign you a temp email so that you aren’t giving out your personal address? Well I just found out that they are doing that with phone numbers as well. For free! Numbr will assign you a phone number (you can opt for a local number in a few cities for no extra charge) for an hour, a day, a week or a month. So neat! I want to get one just to test it out. 🙂 I am wondering why you would need a number for an hour…

You fellow Brooklynites already know what a premium any space is in the city with outdoor space seeming to be the most elusive of all. I am not one of those lucky folks who have a garden apartment (although I do have a washer dryer which I would not part with for any amount of money) and have recently been inspired by one very clever girl in the East Village. She has taken the only bit of space we are guaranteed , the fire escape, added some planters, a few lights, and a chair and turned it into an urban oasis. This weekend M & I are heading to IKEA to buy some planters and hopefully a few more key pieces to complete our very own strip of outdoors. I will keep you posted.

You are probably tired of hearing about my obsession with pre-fab and modular houses. It is just that we are getting close to being able to have something on the property that I want to be ready as soon as possible once we are able. I found a great new option today. It is cool looking, green and can be set up in one day! It is called a Power POD. The largest is a one bedroom, but a perfect starter get away.

I have been on a green kick lately. Although my new favorite color is green, that isn’t what I am talking about. I am talking about Reduce, Reuse and Recycle type green. I am just getting started trying to change my rampant consumerism. To be honest, I like to buy things… sometimes just for the sake of buying them… Hello, my name is Lizbeth and I am an impulse shopaholic. The other day I saw these adorable bags at Delight.com called envirosax. Before you say,”LIZBETH, I thought you were trying to change let me explain. These handy bags are supposed to take the place of plastic (or paper) grocery bags. I don’t know about you, but I have an over abundance of plastic bags hanging around. There are only so many small trash cans in my apartment. I placed the order earlier this week and received the bags today. What a… well… delight! They came wrapped in tissue paper with a cute delight.com sticker and there was the pictured handwritten note. Who does that anymore? I love it! Oh, and the bags are cute too.

Summer hours started last week. I go to work 1/2 hour earlier, leave 1/2 hour later and on Friday clock out at 12:30. It doesn’t seem like much, but it really is. Not that I am going anywhere Fridays since I have soccer, but it is nice to have all those extra hours lumped together into blissful me time. I don’t have to rush home to throw together and wolf down dinner (or more likely open the Chinese containers), maybe play some Wii and jump into bed so that I can get somewhere close to 8 hours of sleep. Writing this makes my life sound boring and stressful all at the same time… sometime I feel that way, which makes these Friday summer hours all the more important. I need to plan a long weekend away (which can be difficult because of the afore mentioned soccer.) The best part of living in NY can be getting away so that you can appreciate it all over again.

Ever since it became clear I was going to be able to have a house in the woods I have wanted to be able to open an entire wall to make the inside the outside. I wasn’t sure if this was going to mean some sort of garage door apparatus or maybe some really hefty barn door sliding action. Well my search is over! NanaWall Systems makes a glass “wall” that folds to the side leaving you with (drum roll please) an entire wall open to the outdoors. This particular image shows it used in the bedroom which means you are basically sleeping outdoors. So neat!

We have a Wii! An early birthday present from my parents to M. We didn’t get home until late last night and all we did so far is make out Mii’s. I am in the process of figuring out how to get them onto the computer. I may have to just take a picture of the screen and post them. Tonight we bowl! I haven’t played yet, but everyone I have talk to, even people how claim to hate video games (you know who you are) love the Wii.