World According to Shia

We all have and gather tons of stuff that we try and don't end up using for whatever reason.  Next time you clean out your drawers or under your sink gather up your stuff (at least half full) and throw a party.  Maybe your cast offs will work better for one of your friends and vice versa.  Products and Cocktails...Oh My!

Do you think I could convince Paul that we should decorate our future screened in patio like this? http://www.housetohome.co.uk/ I just love everything about this!  I really like the purples and greens!

My mom sent me this pic today of me at 3 months old =) I still have those cheeks!

So before blog posts become posts, they start off usually as a list of ideas, possibly a rough draft I hand wrote when I was feeling inspired but not sitting in front of my computer, possibly an idea from an article from a magazine that I felt like I wanted to add my own spin to, etc.  Needless to say, I have notepads, articles, drafts, lists, etc all over the place.  Until now!  With the help of a file folder I snagged from work my blog stuff has become EXTREMELY organized.  Here comes the crafty part...I took this ugly blue folder which screams...WORK...and transformed it into a masterpiece.  I know what you are thinking...damask damask damask...hold onto your seats folks...I stepped outside of the box! Here is what the folder originally looked like.... Now here is the front... Marissa helped me pick out the paper =) There are quiet a few separating sections ... here is the first one... To the left are some drafts of an article I am wr...

So since you all know I am a big fan of the library, I have a trick for you for getting that musty smell out of library books....Dryer Sheets!! The musty smell is eliminated and no worries the book isn't then overpowered with the smell of the dryer sheet.  Initially, you might smell the dryer sheet but after a few days the book is pretty much left smelling like nothing.  Cut the dryer sheets at the folds and you have enough for three books from one sheet.   They work great at bookmarks too!

So since I was chased by a homeless man asking for money I decided to look for an alternative route to the library and I found Laura Street...it has been revamped and it looks great!  I can't believe all this beauty is one street over.  So here are some pics of my lovely walk to the library at lunch. Slate sidewalk and beautiful trees Great architecture. I love this church! Across the street from the library is Hemming Plaza.  A lot of bums hang out over here all day and I used to walk along side it on the way to the library.  Police normally hang out near here so it's somewhat safe but now I don't have to go anywhere near it! Here's the downtown library!!  I love this library...this is the one part of Jacksonville I will miss when we move! So this is the old route - see how ugly! That upper level is the tram that basically goes no where and again...too many bums! This looks like the same pic as above right...nope further d...

So the sink in the master bathroom was draining slowly...so I knew it was probably clogged with tons of my hair.  So I decided that I would take apart the sink...clean out the clog...and put it back together.  And....I did it.  Believe me it wasn't a pretty experience and in the end I thought I was never going to get the pieces back together...which way do they go?  I even googled...how to put your bathroom sink back together...didn't find much that was really helpful and I thought screw this...I don't need google.  I can figure this out and TAH-DAH!!!  Sink is totally fixed!   Let me just say that if I would have told Paul the sink wasn't draining very well ... he would have insisted that HE fix it and then would have just complained about WHY the sink was clogged.  So my fellow women of the world, just know that you can do stuff yourself.  If you are a single girl...which I was for A LONG TIME...you learn to take care of yourself...