Entries from July 2009

July 27, 2009

$50 Home Improvement: Small Changes with Big Impact

We are slowly trying to eradicate these light fixtures from our house. They’re perfectly fine, just not our style. We think they look like boobs.
This weekend I replaced the boob light in my office with a semi-homemade drum shade fixture.I picked up the shade at the Pottery Barn outlet for $15 and got the rest [...]

July 21, 2009

Driving to Denver: My Longest Road Trip Ever

My husband and I logged about three thousand miles behind the wheel of a minivan last week. We drove out to Denver, Colorado for the annual International Christian Retail Show. It’s a great event and I look forward to going. This was my second show and I love meeting great, passionate people. We had a [...]

July 20, 2009

It’s Always a Tough Day

She was born on May 3, 1979 and died on July 20, 2001. Jess had wrinkly hands and a goofy laugh and the thickest, curliest black hair you’ve ever seen on a white girl. We met in kindergarten and she was my best friend. She’s the only person I’ve ever parasailed with, the only person [...]

July 8, 2009

The Michael Jackson Butter Sculpture Debate: Should MJ be Memorialized in Butter?

Forget the issue of where the King of Pop should be laid to rest– we’ve got more important things to debate! My home state of Iowa has a bit of controversy churning. Following Michael Jackson’s death organizers of the Iowa State Fair decided to add Michael Jackson to their list of butter sculptures that would [...]