I know you’re all tired of my love of IKEA, but bear with me. We’ve established that no one in the world loves IKEA as much as I do, and that nobody could possibly want to spend as much time there (2-3 solid days) as me. Well, people, I’m wrong. I need to book a flight to Oslo so I can spend the night at IKEA!!!! Check out this link: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/28/ikea_opens_free_host.html
Rainy day.
It’s actually raining here – a good, steady rain. We’ve been dry for weeks now, so it’s nice to not get teased by the little sprinkles of the past few days.Â
Lloyd’s parents are visiting, and in the dash to straighten up the house, the camera dock has been moved and I can’t find it. I’ve got some funny pictures from yesterday to post, but you may have to wait a bit.
What did you do with your Saturday? What’s the weather like where you are?
Oh the gadgets!
http://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com Really, really smart people making super-cool things I wish I could play with.
Awesome Jewelry!
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We have a friend who Lloyd used to work with when he was at Oetting’s Detasseling, Rachel Pozehl. She makes wicked cool jewelry – and it’s a very cool idea. She can take any image – a photo, a map, a piece of a postcard, letter, book, whatever – shrink it if need be, then put it in a necklace/ornament/whatever. She sandwiches the art between two pieces of glass and solders it together. Plus, since there are two sides, she can put something else on the other side! It’s very clever stuff, as she is a clever lady.
Annette has one of her boys when they were little and the word ‘Mine’ on the back. Kate gave one to her daughter who was going to Chicago for college that had a piece of a Nebraska map with Seward on it and the word ‘Home’ on the back. We also gave a few as Christmas Presents.
Old Mother Hubbard
The worst thing in the world, in my opinion, is coming home from work and figuring out what to eat. I don’t mind cooking so much, it’s the thinking that stinks. Normally this isn’t such a big deal because we’re stocked up from Sam’s, but that supply has run now dry. Until we can get into Lincoln, what on earth will we have for dinner? You pick! Keep in mind that anything that looks edible on these shelves has probably expired.
Sorry, no photo.
I could take one, but that would involve going outside, taking a picture, hauling the camera in and figuring out how to edit it on this computer from school. Too much trouble. I’ll just tell the story.
I’d like to change the housekeeping area at school and build a cool framed-wall shell around it that I can’t explain. Whenever I get the bug to actually build something, it’s much better if the lumber is already purchased and waiting in the basement. Otherwise I go to buy it, realize how much it’s going to cost and then chicken out – wasted trip. So, now there are some two-by-fours in the basement ready for a spare moment.
When I bought them at Menard’s (the smart man’s Home Depot) I loaded them into the back of the truck , tied them together, then exited going forward so I wouldn’t back into anyone with my sticking-out boards. There was an awfully nice truck beside me on the right, so I made a hard left so I wouldn’t scratch him…. and scraped my own truck on the cart corral. Stupid Lauren.