Groceries - boring or beautiful?

Vase Project - Part One

Been seeing these super expensive dipped in gold paint vases lately. I love spray paint and tape and vases. So I'm making my own version.

Three vases from GoodWill: $6.00
Painters Art Tape, various sizes: Art store.Various prices.
Spray paint - $3? depends on color and finish

Vase 1, Tape Design 1:

 

For more good things to do with old glass, check out Salvage Love here.

Project Night

A while back I got a rediculously cheap price on a cardboard put together Unicorn. Remember when you were a kid and you put together dinosaurs out of balsa wood cut outs, so it looked like a replica skeleton? Well, this one looks like a Unicorn trophy head.

I was supposed to give it to Tyler for his birthday, but forgot. And last night remembered it was in the closet and asked if he wanted it now, or for me to wait till Christmas. Of course he wanted it now. What is it? Oh, one of my crazy gifts that I dont know if you will like or not. But it's OK, it only cost $5 (down from $34 originally!). So much did he LIKE it, we had to put it together right then! We were already in bed for crazy sakes. But we made a fun project of it. And we're good helpers to each other. You know if we have kids, I dont know if we'd let them play with our toys!

  
 

 

  

Veal Stew

Is delicious. I highly recommend it. Cumin, veal, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes...Whatever secret ingredients Tyler adds. Yum. Savory. Delicious. 

Yeah, I know we need to clean it! Whatever.

Subway Wednesday

I getting to like Wednesdays very much. Even though they are an inherently stressful day, one which I need the car and have appointments, and it's so freakin' dark outside... But, my Love never ceases to surprise. He takes the train on Wednesdays, and I get subway flowers on the way home! Now, if you dont know what subway flowers are, you need to check out the lobby of the MGH stop on Redline. Sweet surprises for your honey and your wallet. The pictures speak for themselves. Plus there were perfect rose petals falling around the house. Le sigh.

Stolen!

Our gourd was stolen! Those jerks! Tyler was muy upset. So upset he walked up and down the whole street looking for his pumpkin gourd. If you see it, let us know! We're pissed! And frankly, Tyler's pretty damn sad about it. Boooooo to pumpkin stealers. You stink!

Missing!
Have you seen this pumpkin gourd?
Reward!

Heat Wave!

In case you hadn't heard, New England is having an unprecedented heat wave! Mid-60s all week, and it's NOVEMBER. I have seriously considered bringing legislation that everyone should get a "sun" day instead of a "snow" day every time the weather hits over 55 after November 1. We'd have this whole gorgeous week off instead of wasting it inside. I hope all you folks are getting as much as you can!

Which brings me to last night, a cool, crisp, unseasonably warm pitch black night. Day Light savings is getting the best of us already, so we are trying to enjoy as much of the warm air as possible. So decked out in sweatpants, sweatshirt, and knit hat, we hit the back porch. Perfect night for some smoke, hammock, and conversation with my love.