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I am not a fashionista. I never have been and I suspect I never will be. I am creative in a lot of ways, but with clothes, I just can’t make it come together. Part of the trouble is what I see in the magazines are models who look good in everything and I, will all my curves, need to dress just a little differently. I have been on a shopping tear lately and it occurred to me that before I head too far down a path where the fashion police are bound to arrest me that I should reach out for some guidance. But who does one ask to turn a critical eye on one’s wardrobe? Husband? Um… no. So with few girl friends I feel comfortable enough asking to come and watch me try on clothes, I turn to family. Tomorrow Mom, Aunt and highly fashionable, hip young cousin will be playing what not to wear with me and my clothes. Mom will be participating via satellite which is good because if she is too mean I can mute her. (Consider that your first warning, Mom.) I think it is a good mix of young, sophisticated and practical but still I am a little nervous. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Hey all you earth conscious knitters. I have a recycling project for you! Unless you have a dog whose poo you have to dispose of, you probably have a back up of plastic bags from the grocery store. You use them to line smaller garbage cans or pack your lunch in them to at least get one more use, but try as you might they still pile up. I admit that every once in a while I can’t take it anymore and I toss them out. Until now. On the Gooseflesh I read a post on how to make yarn out of these plastic bags. Brilliant! I am not sure what I would knit with this yarn, but it is worth investigating.

Via Apartment Therapy I found this amazing bathroom. I love the concrete japanese soaking tub. I am not really one to take a bath but for those times when I would want to soak that would be perfect. And the beautiful wall graphic is so inspirational. The most amazing part is this bathroom apparently only cost $3,000.

With 15 acres of property as a canvas I am constantly thinking of things we can make and do. I ran across MADE LLC, an architecture firm in Brooklyn. I love their winning design for the Philbrook Museum Garden Pavilion. What a beautiful way to incorporate natural materials into the living landscape.

Hey you, reading this blog. Yeah, I am talking to you. Don’t look around like there is someone else around that maybe I am talking to, I am talking to you. You enjoy reading this blog, right? Well I want to let you in on a little secret. There is a very good chance that I would enjoy reading your blog as well. So what are you waiting for? I think I am the prime example that you can have a blog even if you think don’t have anything to say and people are going to read it and enjoy it and find out a little about you that maybe they didn’t know. What’s that? You are busy and don’t think you have the time? How long do you think it takes to write a few sentences? Seriously, go to blogger, sign up and send me the link so I can read about you. What are you waiting for? Go. Shoo!

I have heard that when God closes a door he somewhere opens a window. God, if you are reading this, did you have to slam the door so hard right when I was about to walk through? It really hurt and I was so confused that I kept banging my head on it until I found the open window. Now I appreciate the window and I am going to use it, but next time maybe take it a little easier on me. It is like you don’t know your own strength or something.

The only thing more badass than this star you can stick on your boots to light your matches would be a sticker for your face that you could put in a discreet area and light your matches that way. I am not a smoker, but this makes me want to be. (Relax. It doesn’t really.)

It is warming up! Sure sure, the temperature is going to drop over the weekend, but I am going to enjoy it while I can! M & I did some spring cleaning over the weekend. I know it doesn’t sound very exciting but it was so liberating to get rid of so much garbage. While looking around the house we realized we were in need of some more storage. We are planning on making a storage bench for the dining room that can double as seating for when we have our extravagant dinner parties. (Yes I am poking fun at us.) While surfing around the other day I found a design firm called TAF that has really interesting storage and was thinking maybe we can pattern our bench after their low red cabinets. I love the idea of having a whole wall devoted to covered storage and although it wouldn’t really fit in this apartment when we one have a house, I will make sure we have something along these lines.

This weekend M & I had a chance to have lunch with a friend we haven’t seen in a while and his son who we were meeting for the first time. It blows my mind that I have friends that have children. I brought along my first knitted bunny to give to Hugo. This morning I got a very lovely message from Hugo’s mom letting me know that the bunny is named Bob and included a picture of the pair. I love that a toy I knitted has a name.

Hi. My name is Lizbeth and I am a pack rat. I love stuff. I love to buy stuff, I love free stuff, I love craft stuff, I love book type stuff… I love stuff. That is a problem in NY. Maybe it wouldn’t be that big of a problem, but my husband loves stuff as well. M & I moved into our new apartment 1 year ago next month from a much smaller apartment. In that year we have worked to fill every nook and cranny until we are where we are now which is too stuffed! It is tough to keep the apartment clean because we just have too much stuff. We are going to have to start purging before I go mad!