wickedly perfect

I'm moved......

2005-03-27T17:59:00.000-03:30

My new blog is now located at

http://girlpants.blogspot.com

Maybe?

2005-02-06T18:45:00.000-03:30

104 Canterbury Drive

$219,900.00
Beautiful 3 Br 2 storey in Elizabeth Park - excellent features: no carpet, lots of hardwood, hardwood stairs, $10,000 kitchen, main floor family and laundry rooms, crown or tray ceilings throughout top 2 floors, 2 walk-in closets, propane f/p in LR, large master and ensuite with claw leg tub and shower stall. Basement fully developed. 10x12 shed is wired.

Isn't she cute..

2005-01-26T14:59:00.000-03:30

Taco the Pup Princess

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Taco in her cute hat

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Anyone for tea?

At the hairdresser....

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Woo hoo!! Mommy's new car...

Yikes, I hope I don't get too excited and dribble a little!

I'm here.. Do I have to go in now? Are you sure this isn't the vet's office?

You will not get a picture of me, I look too skinny and I hate my hair!! Help!!!!!!!

House in White Bay

2005-01-25T14:47:00.000-03:30

This place has caught my eye for the past 6 months.. It's so far away though but just beautiful...

Side Road, Wild Cove DRASTICALLY REDUCED - OWNERS WANT SOLD

$129,900.00
This very well kept cape cod style home is just nine years old in the beautiful community of Wild Cove, White Bay. The home is situated on approximately two acres of land, with large paved lot, beautiful lawn and gardens, lots of hardwood flooring. The home has oak kitchen cabinets, large rec room 42 x 18, with bar and entertainment room, gas fireplace, corner whirlpool tub, 21 x 16 attached garage, 34 x 44 shed, 24 x 30 shed, The home is heated by electric heat as well as wood and oil. The property must be seen to be appreciated.

A morning in the life...

2005-01-25T13:14:00.000-03:30

Mornings - What kind of a morning person are you? I normally wake up giggling and dancing around. I get the most work done and I have such a clear mind that I usually work like a horse until Days of our Lives which is from 1:30-2:30... I consider this all my morning. I think of something for supper and look for all the ingredients. I do the laundry, dust the floors, mop the kitchen floor because there will always be peanut butter, jam and coffee stains. There will also be bread crumbs. I live in a house full of bread crumbs. We always have homemade bread. It's messy and it is always cooked on top of the stove. We threw away the toaster which was a huge mistake but then again, since I married my hubby, no one wants to eat toast in a toaster. It tastes so much better cooked over an open grill. Imagine four people so that means at least 8 slices of homemade bread are cooked over the grill each day if not more. Breakfast is usually the messiest meal. We all eat at different times. Dad eats at 5 am, Shaun eats at 6, Jonny eats at 4 and I'm always the last one who usually eats between 7-8. I've been so off schedule though. For the past couple of months I hadn't been feeling well so that meant, I was eating breakfast when I normally didn't and that I wasn't getting up until 9:30-10.. Anyone who knows me, knows that if I don't get up early, my day is ruined. I have so much stuff to do. I have to make calls, clean, check my mail and answer questions if need be. I hadn't gotten anything done in ages. The past four days though, I'm up and ready to go. I'm afraid to say out loud that I feel good because I don't want to jinx it. My shoulder which has had ongoing pain for almost a year isn't bothering me as much and I can actually sit at the computer for longer then 20 minutes at a time. I only had one migrane in the past four days and I lay back down for 20 minutes and got back up and felt ready to take on the world. Life right now, if GREAT!!!.. I just hope it lasts..

........... Walmart opened today!!! I haven't been there yet. If I get a few minutes after my work out tomorrow I might check it out. If not, I'll go Thursday which is check day. I just have to pay all my bills before I go into the store.. If anyone has ever lived in a small town, you will know what it is like to have tiny stores and nothing to choose from. Walmart will be our saving grace...

I love the look of this house

2005-01-25T01:12:00.000-03:30

However, it is only listed as having three bedrooms. The house looks huge but only three bedrooms is a negative. I really like the look of it though.. hmmmmmmm

Johnny Carson has passed away

2005-01-23T17:49:00.000-03:30

You can see the media coverage here.......

Newfie Weather...

2005-01-23T14:58:00.000-03:30

January 2005
1st-3rd. Snow showers and flurries, blustery and very cold. 4th-7th. Steadier snow, followed by clearing and blustery conditions. 8th-11th. Fair, then clouds with light snow and flurries moving in. 12th-15th. Clearing skies. 16th-19th. Stormy conditions return, then turning fair with colder conditions. 20th-23rd. Snow showers and flurries. 24th-27th. Some snow and flurries, then clearing skies, remaining cold. 28th-31st. Snowy and windy.
or so the Farmers Almanac says...

The sweetest girl

2005-01-22T23:21:00.000-03:30

My puppy Taco aka Petunia Puddister...

My favorite magazine

2005-01-22T01:15:00.000-03:30

Canadian House and Home

TV Alert

2005-01-20T19:28:00.000-03:30

Wickedly Perfect is on tonight!! Don't forget to check it out!!

Take a look at the view

2005-01-19T22:00:00.000-03:30

Firstly, I love the windows but just look through them. You'll see the magnificent
view. This house is about 20 miles away from us and is for sale for $114,900.00 ... I wish, I wish, I wish I win the lottery..

Another photo of the view from the deck! I'm in love.......

Take my breath away

2005-01-19T21:55:00.000-03:30

I was watching Decorating Challenge today and one of the designers wrote the quote below on a wall.. It's so beautiful...

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Take care of your pets

2005-01-19T21:44:00.000-03:30

Our neighbors dog isn't spayed which means every time she puts the dog out on her leash to use the bathroom, all the male dogs come running. The past couple of weeks, we have to make a run for the house because animals chase us inside or chase our girl dog Taco even though she is spayed. Taco only weighs 5 pounds and half of that is fur. The animal control came yesterday but couldn't catch any of the animals but tonight as my hubby was walking back home, this black dog chased him up on the step. Shaun caught him and we called animal control. I'm very happy that we caught him because he is such a loving dog. He didn't bark or try to bite us and he does belong to someone because he was wearing a leash. He has been on our doorstep for days now and he hasn't had anything to eat. He was just dreaming of the dog next door. Our basement door is close to her basement apartment and since the huge patio was taken down and replaced with a smaller one, we are wide open and the moment we go outside with our dogs the other dogs chase us and jump on Taco so we had to do something. The animal control officer will put the dog on the local radio station in the morning and hopefully whoever owns it will come and get him and keep him inside. If I didn't own two dogs already, I'd have brought him inside and called him Skip and he would have been my dog but I just couldn't handle another dog right now. We've been having so many problems training ours that it has turned into a full time job. It makes me rethink wanting to have kids....

I love these windows

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Road Trip

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Hubby and I love to jump in the car and drive somewhere to take pictures... This picture was taken about 10 miles away... Last fall we were there and hiked down past the falls. It was wonderful..

Repost from June 11, 2003

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3 rings of marriage

Engagement Ring, Wedding Ring, and... Suffering...

I was watching the tele earlier and all of a sudden we hear this. Shaun looks at me, I look at him and we both giggle. "You're in for it Mister," I say... tehe!!

((( Sometimes I like to go and read old blog posts of mine to see what I was doing or feeling at certain times.. I'll post them in my new blog for my own personal amusement)))

Daily Grind.....

2005-01-18T15:22:00.000-03:30

The Body Shop has a huge sale going on..

I love Fuzzy Peach perfume from The Body Shop but my husband hates it. It's my smell, my personal smell. Everyone who ever knew me, knew me to smell of baby powder and Fuzzy Peach. When I met my would be husband, I was dirt poor and going to college. I bought a bottle of vanilla body spray because I was out of Fuzzy Peach and the only way to buy the perfume oil was to go to the city and we live so far and it costs so much to visit (yadda yadda) I didn't get to restock. In class, the guys would say they could smell cookies and they were hungry all the time. It wasn't until I leaned over a guys seat to talk to him did he realize that it was me who was making everyone hungry.. tehe!! It was my vanilla perfume. I smelled like cookies... My husband, the biggest cookie monster in the world I'm sure, loved the smell and refuses to smell me any other way. I finally got my bottle of Fuzzy Peach and he hates it. He says it is because it makes his nose itch but I know it's the cookie smell he likes. Grrrrrrrrrr...

Helpful Hints: Cooking causes herbs to lose flavour so try adding herbs to recipes 15-20 minutes prior to the completion of cooking time...

Finely chopping fresh herbs releases more of their flavour and aroma.

Tv Alert

2005-01-17T18:16:00.000-03:30

For those Days of our Lives fans out there who remember the old Belle aka Kirstin Storms, will be on CSI:Miami tonight! I love this girl! I'm a huge Days of our Lives fan! -hangs head in shame- I'm driven crazy each night of Days of our Lives related dreams. Last night I was in jail with John Black and I escaped only to bring back cookies to him. Argh!

Was I wrong?

2005-01-16T21:18:00.000-03:30

We have three computers hooked up to a router and the internet was slow all day. My dear brother mentions that he thinks it is my husbands computer who is slowing down the internet because he has too many programs running at the same time. We unplug my hubby's computer and within minutes the net is faster. My husband will know something happened. Should I lie and say the power went or should I say I tripped and unplugged his computer by mistake or tell the truth knowing he will be mad at me for a week? hmm,.... If he is mad at me I won't get a full body massage... too much pressure to do the right/wrong thing...

A long weekend

2005-01-16T20:19:00.000-03:30

I love the weekends and I normally love Sunday's because I get to watch a multitude of decorating shows but today for some reason nothing is on. I've spent most of the afternoon watching CSI with the commentary on. I'm a nut, yes, I'll agree but I love knowing how things are made and what people were thinking when they did something.

I'm 90% finished with a clients website. I'm quite pleased with the outcome as well. Finally, I like something that I did. I had never been happy with the flow. I live in a small town and people around here don't have a lot of taste and don't really understand the workings of the internet. Okay, with that said, one of the complaints I had about the website was that people couldn't see all the pictures nor did they like to use the mouse to scroll down the page to see something. Of course you have to scroll down the page, what else could you do. I changed the entire website and had it all in frame. There was no scrolling to the bottom or the top because it was all right in front of you. Then the complaint was that there were too many links to click. With people like that, you can never please them. - end rant....

This week, I have to get my butt to Curves because I have been slacking off, pay bills and do another clean sweep of the kitchen. I'm trying to get rid of clutter in the house and I have so many things I don't want nor need that it's time to pick through everything. Walmart is opening in a week or so and I have a shopping list two miles long. It's so exciting. We have no where to shop here and finally, I might be able to find something I like without having to order it through a catalogue which costs 10 times more.

Frozen butter...

2005-01-15T21:54:00.000-03:30

If you freeze a stick of butter and then grate it on a cheese grater to add to your baking pot, your pastry or dough etc will fluff up and expand. It will evenly distribute butter to your ingredients unlike using a stick of butter at room temperature. Does anyone else do this?

Parsley Facial Scrub

2005-01-15T02:47:00.000-03:30

Ingredients:

2 Tbs. parsley, minced (absorbs excess oil)
2 Tbs. raw, natural honey (tightens pores, helps fight blemishes, moisturizes)
2 Tbs. plain yogurt, buttermilk or milk

Preparation:

Mix well and apply to the face once or twice a week. This mixture is also a mild exfoliant. Rinse after 15 minutes, then follow with an astringent toner such as witch hazel.

((( I've heard you can use this every day but of course you should always be careful because no matter what you use, you can dry out your skin...)))

Walkin' in a winter wonderland

2005-01-15T02:00:00.000-03:30

Win a Dream Home from HGTV

2005-01-15T01:51:00.000-03:30

HGTV's Dream Home Giveaway

The million dollar house is located in Texas... Canadian's cannot win though.. -pout-

The sweetest face I've ever seen

2005-01-14T21:35:00.000-03:30

This is my puppy Taco. I could squeeze the poop out of her because she is such a sweetheart.

French doors

2005-01-14T16:36:00.000-03:30

Are french doors too country looking for a modern contemporary house or will they had that little touch of country I like?

These candles look awesome

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Dream House #2

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I love this place. The cost is $695,000.00 which is of course something we cannot afford. The house is over a hundred years old and has 200 year old trees on the property. It's Victorian Gothic...... -sigh-

Survivor - Palau

2005-01-14T16:09:00.000-03:30

Airs: February 17th.. Anyone else a die hard fan?

Wickedly Perfect - the tv show

2005-01-14T15:49:00.000-03:30

Last night the second episode of Wickedly Perfect aired and as usual I was glued to my seat. I'm always amazed at how slow people are who sign up to take part in these reality shows. Have they never watched a reality show before? Have they never saw a decorating show or in the case of Wickedly Perfect ever hosted a dinner party? To serve warm champagne, to out of season lobster, the basics are totally missed. Maybe they try to outdo the other and forget the little things. Last week they used fake flowers. Fake flowers went out with beads in the 80's and while some may have fake flowers in their houses right now, believe me I'm not condeming you, I like them, but dried or real is the way to go and will not be accepted by designers. You set yourself up to fail when you neglect these little details.

Wings.. cont...

2005-01-14T01:38:00.000-03:30

I totally missed out on the whole business meeting I spoke about yesterday. This is a class that will take place every couple of weeks with those participating either having owned their own business or wanting to start their own business. The first meeting went rather well and I'm looking forward to the next. We did have wings and onion rings and mozza sticks. We even discussed our next treat which will be pizza I do believe. If we get nothing out of it, we at least get free food and a field trip of some sort. I suggested going to Vegas but I think that's out. We'll probably end up going to another business in the area and see what they do to be successful.

We also received a lovely parting gift which was a gift bag, t-shirt, paper clips, post-it notes, highlighters, chocolate, two pens, candy and a couple other little things. It reminded me of college when they gave us our freebie bag which consisted of a binder, a pen, a calculator, a student handbook and a condom. Back then I was very single and not thinking of men or using said condom. I felt like a failure on the first day of school. I would use everything in my bag except for the condom. tehe!!!

The funny thing was, I was at my best friends house at the time when I opened my bag. His Mom was curious as to what I had and all of a sudden the condom fell out and in shock and horror I try to grab the condom and hide it before she saw it, however, being the usual geek I am, it was propelled into the air and landed right in front of her. My guy best friend took the condom and hid it. hmm, makes me think why he might have done that but oh well, I'll never know because we are not friends anymore. Sad how things like that end. The good part is that my hubby was a classmate and that is where we met. Aweeeeeeeeee.... Things turned out great after all..

Christmas Hampers..

2005-01-13T19:43:00.000-03:30

If you happen to be Canadian check out
Chriscohampers(dot)com

I have yet to hear anything negative about them...

I like this...

2005-01-13T15:06:00.000-03:30

"A hot trend right now in home accessorizing is to use a serving tray as a centrepiece with pillar candles, or to use a tray as a portable coffee table placed on top of an ottoman. They’re functional, useful and look great too!" - info can be found at Home and Gift

It's all about the wings

2005-01-12T16:01:00.000-03:30

Hubby and I have at meeting at 5:30. This has been planned for almost a month. When I was first called and asked to join in I was told that we would probably have wings as a snack. It seemed an odd thing to be told but hey, it's free food and it's Wednesday which means, it is Wing night. I should eat Wings, it is required on any Wednesday night to eat them, why shouldn't I partake of the yummy goodness that is chicken.. The phone rings 20 minutes ago and it is a confirmation of our attendance at the meeting and to inform me once again that I will get Wings.. I'm not sure if this meeting is now business or just a meeting to eat wings. Should I dress up as I had planned in my business suit, slap on a bit of lipstick and make my way to the meeting or should I just wear jeans and a sweater? I don't want to eat and feel constricted. Jeans are my favorite wings eating attire. hmm, decisions.. at least I get to eat Wings for my stress.. Side note: Hubby hates wings and now doesn't want to go if all we are going to do at this business meeting is to eat Wings. He'll feel out of place and won't have anything to eat. Maybe he should bring a snack?!

For Anne.. Because she might find this..

2005-01-12T15:30:00.000-03:30

Anne,

I was a little confused at first. Paranoid maybe that I said something or did something that might have hurt or offended you. I would never want to intentionally do anything to someone who stood beside me with such unwavering grace. It is hard to be friends with someone on line and especially in a group when others are influenced by other friends and members. It's hard to know who to trust and even then sometimes we slip, sometimes we fail but your true friends are there when all the smoke clears and the dust settles and the crying is over. It's the people who leave little messages for you on their blogs even if you might never see it or just happen upon it one day while out searching for something silly and come across a message meant just for them. It's those times when the world is a little less harsh.

Of course I would have begged you to stay. I'd have put up a fight to keep you there, you know me toooo well, but sometimes we all have to go on with life and leave some things behind. It isn't wrong, it's just life. I can understand more then anyone because I too had to do it at one point. Sometimes the things we love, the things we enjoy are just too toxic and we need to take a step back.

Once again, if it was me, then my deepest apologies. You are always welcome back at any time. You can stop by, e-mail, pop back on the board if you feel the need. I harbor do bad feelings towards you at all. You were always a person of incredible strength and kindness and I have never thought otherwise.

My best to you always. Fly little bird and congratulations on your second published novel.

-hugs love and friends always-

Candi

Loofa Sponge Soap

2005-01-12T01:26:00.000-03:30

If you check out the Designer Guys website or if you happen to be a fan of the Designer Guys you will see or have seen Steven's loofa sponge soap. Visit the website to see how he made it. I saw the actual episode the other night and I can't wait to try it out.

All time favorite Mashed Potatoes Recipe

2005-01-11T18:33:00.000-03:30

6 large potatoes boiled and drained
mash them up and then add
2 tbsp of salt
4 tbsp of butter
3/4 cup of milk
1 package of chicken stock
3-4 tbsp oregano

Use a blender to make the potatoes smooth and taste. Yummy!!

Finding the perfect kitchen

2005-01-11T01:58:00.000-03:30

My favorite kitchen look thus far.. I really wish the counters were darker like in the photo below.

I love the look of the stainless steel along with the dark counter tops. This is the look we want to go for.

I like the layout and the dark wood.

I like the island but the white fridge throws the whole kitchen off.

I like this country kitchen too however white is not going to work with our family.

I can't believe

2005-01-10T22:16:00.000-03:30

that Jennifer and Brad are splitting. I was watching it all over the news and I sat there thinking that if she still loves him it must be hard for her to watch.. I was feeling bad and it wasn't even me or my marriage. I'm still brokenhearted over Tom and Roseanne divorcing. Shesh!

- makes a mental note to go squeeze hubby after I type this...

I know I married the right man

2005-01-10T21:57:00.000-03:30

Hubby and I were walking into our community cheap version of Pottery Barn and Corey Hart's song "It Ain't Enough" Track 5 off his first album First Offence way back in 83 is playing.. My husband looks at me and says, " Corey Hart" and I'm in awe that he recognizes the song and the musician. He got extra brownie points that day and deep down I loved him just a little bit more...

Wicked sink

2005-01-10T21:49:00.000-03:30

I just love this.. You can find this sink at Elkay

What we want....

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our house to look like.

We have a budget of how much we can spend on the house and then how much we can spend to decorate the house. We don't want a lot of clutter except for the books which I can never give away. We are headed more for the contemporary style. We both like beige, chocolate brown, black, red, silver and gold.

Research info found at the HGTv Website
Colors - Contemporary interiors feature tone-on-tone color palettes relying heavily on brown, taupe, cream and pure white. Shots of color are sometimes found on one wall, in a striking floor rug or a special piece of art.

Furniture - Pieces feature clean lines and smooth surfaces without any carving or adornment. Silhouettes are slim without being dainty. Furniture is made of light-colored woods like maple and birch (which also have minimal graining), frosted or clear glass, stainless steel, nickel and chrome. (((We are leaning more towards stainless steel and fluffy leather... I like to be comfortable watching tv)))

We don't want anything to look too stark or too cold. We want the minimal look that is comfortable and lived in.

Computer Wallpaper

2005-01-10T21:01:00.000-03:30

Designer Desktops just for you

It's Wicked to be Perfect...

2005-01-10T17:49:00.000-03:30

If you haven't seen it then you really need to watch

--- Wickedly Perfect --

It's a lot like Survivor only there is no Jeff Probst grabbing your torch and using the catch phrase "The tribe has spoken.." You have the chick who made Sex in the City doing it. I just love it! As soon as I saw the promo for it I knew it would be my new favorite show. I love the simplicity of my decorating shows, don't get me wrong but Wickedly Perfect adds all the elements I like about Survivor along with some ((hopefully)) good decorating skills. I'm giddy, I'm so excited. The individual challenge winner Denise won a truck for her project which was Invitation and Caramel Apple Party Favor .. You can check out the how to .... right here

If I was on the show, I would have made topiary trees with apples and held it together with dowels. I'd wrap ivy around the tree for decoration but I would not overdo it. I'd just tuck little pieces in here and there. The tree's would sit in huge urns that are cheap to buy in gardening stores. I would spray paint the urns with a can of that crackle paint to make it look old. I would have made a stand like one of those you find out on the side of the road selling vegetables. There I'd have apple pies, apple sauce in mason jars with a swag of fabric around the top with the teams name on them. I would have also had mason jars filled with apple slices marinating in apple juice, brown sugar and cinnomon sticks. I'd have apple crates with signs that read Apples For Sale 5 cents.... I'd have bags of apple cinnamon potpourri and of course tied with a little fabric and a cinnamon stick. The apples would dry out in a food dehydrator which I'm sure they have one..

Anyone else with an idea on what they'd do?

To blog or not to blog

2005-01-10T01:47:00.000-03:30

I'm always blogging something or another but I decided as of today that my family photo blog can stay in one place and this blog is just for me. Over the next while you'll find me gabbing about personal things that interest me. You will not find a lot of world events or anything political here. It's just me, my addictions and my house hunting and decorating ideas.

We are currently renting a huge house and it's nice but it isn't mine. My husband and I have made a deal that we have to find a house we both like by November of 2005. I don't want to spend another Christmas here. It's not my house. Sure we can paint and decorate but the closest we have come to doing anything is to take down the ugly pink blinds and put up a set of curtains in the living room. I can't take it anymore. I have to out my own touch into where I live and we have to find a little place somewhere.

I do not want a big house. If I had a maid, maybe but a huge house doesn't interest me. I love to clean, I'm weird that way but a big house only gets dirtier quicker especially when we have people running in and out and we have a zoo of animals in under our feet. The animals stay, the big house has to go.

I have Gmail invites...

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First three people to leave their e-mail addresses can have them... I'm soooooooooooooo nice!!!