I'm Getting That Crafty Feeling Again.

Well I've done it again. I've decided to take on another moderately intense (in man hours, not necessarily skill) craft/home improvement project.

Actually I have a few planned, but more on that later...

Yesterday I discovered a super cool website called pinterest. Actually, I guess I more re-discovered it, since I have been on it before. Basically it's this website where people "pin" pictures they like from websites onto their galleries (or something like that) so it becomes this huge virtual corkboard filled with fun things. My last foray into the pinterest world was with that apple crate bookcase I posted about a few weeks ago. Anyway, yesterday I happened upon the site because I was looking at my blog's statistics (oddly enough a lot more people read this thing than I realized) and I saw that one of the referring websites was pinterest. So I clicked the referring link and saw that at some point someone had looked at my blog and liked my post with quotables card about everything being ok in the end (my personal fav so kudos to that person for his or her taste!).

But, that simple 30 second investigation turned into an almost hour long search through various people's DIY pins. And boy did I find some fun things to do! All of which I'm pretty sure will be of little or no cost to me (added bonus! and very key).

I was so excited about it that I couldn't sleep last night.

Literally.

I got so fed up with trying that I got up, got my laptop, turned on PBS (one of my only rabbit eared accessible stations in my room and go to late at night channel), and researched/planned my projects some more.

Until 3:30 a.m.

That excited.

And today I put the first one into motion.

Here's a sneak peek.

it involves this wall

and these materials (along with a few more) 

And it better be worth it because, as you can see, it's thrown
the rest of my life (or at least my apartment) in shambles. 

Stay tuned to see how it all turns out! Fingers crossed for a good result!

Umm... It's Still October.

My uncle sent me this picture of his driveway in Vermont this evening... They have three inches and its still lightly snowing. Did I mention it's still October?

I guess Grammy's Farmer's Almanac was right... or at least it seems to be starting out that way!

In other news, it may snow here on Saturday, but it's only supposed to lightly flurry, with no expected accumulation.

My Very Own Peeping Tom

This morning while I was toasting my bagel for breakfast, I heard this weird scratching noise coming from somewhere in (or around) my apartment. Now I'm no stranger to weird noises, the acoustics in the hall of my building make for plenty of those. At first, I couldn't figure out where it was coming from, but after a little investigating I decided that the sounds were coming from my bedroom, from somewhere in the vicinity of the window by my bed.

I looked under the gap between my air conditioner and my blinds and saw.....

A Squirrel!

I'm naming him Tom.

I think he's a cutie.

Midterm Misery

Or maybe just my midterm.

I'd forgotten how much I don't like tests...

Can someone please remind me why I went back to school again???

I Want to Work Here.

Mediabistro (a website/newsletter thing about the book, news, and entertainment industry that I subscribe to) does this really cool thing called "Cubes," which is basically a spin-off of MTV's "Cribs" except they tour the offices of major publishers and entertainment people.

Today's episode featured the SOHO headquarters of Scholastic. Words cannot express how much this made me want to work there.... it looks amazing!

Enjoy!

I Wish This Worked.

Driving Me Crazy.

I went home for a hot second this weekend. It's an easy trip... only about two and a half hours, and truthfully, I enjoy the drive.

There is one thing I don't enjoy, however, and that is driving 2 mph on a highway.

Tonight, thanks to an accident that blocked about 15 feet of the left lane and shoulder of 81, it took me an hour and 20 minutes to drive seven miles.

That's right, almost 1.5 hours to drive seven miles.

Lame.