The One Hundredth Spectacular Amazapalooza

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Here’s the story of a man-cold, Inception and Tiddles.

I’ve never liked the phrase ‘whatever floats your boat’. Boats, by definition, are vessels that float on the water. It’s a self-referential argument. It is water that’s floating my boating but boats can only float on water so what floats my boat can only be water. It should be ‘whatever keeps your boat afloat’, meaning you need to do all you can to keep your boat afloat.

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Sometimes rambling thoughts are - well, rambling...

How I Paint My Nails

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It's no secret that I'm really meticulous when it comes to my nails. You could go so far as to say I'm a little neurotic about them. Here's how my painting ritual usually goes...

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And a great tutorial for those of us who don't know squat about adding polish to our nails; and a fantastic help for those who do!

30 Day Challenge: Border Manicure

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Today's theme is the border manicure: I really wish I had some glequins lying around for this. I love the look of glequin border manis but sadly I don't have any glequins....so here's my contribution. 

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A rockin' manicure... bordered black!

cat7

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I love the drawings of the cat; not so sure about the message??

Sometimes it takes 2 to DIY

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Some things never change - like, for example, the simple satisfaction from a job well done. When there is a problem with something, and you are able to fix it and make it better again, or build something from scratch, that is some powerful sense of accomplishment right there. I can think of only one thing better than being a successful “DIY”er.

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Fun post on the DIY-Director in some of us...

Getting Personal: A Girl and Her Horse.

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Once upon a time, there was a very quiet fourth grader who participated in way too many activities. She was in Girl Scouts (for what ended up being 9 years), ballet, jazz, tennis, and soccer. One day, her mom bought her a barn with toy horses to attach to her doll house. The next day her mom found a barn that offered riding lessons.

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Wonderful!

12½ Polish Easter eggs: pisanki

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Pisanka (or plural: pisanki) is a name for eggs ornamented especially for Easter. There are many various techniques for decorating Easter eggs.
Today, I'm introducing one of the traditional ways, boiling eggs in a decoction of plants or other natural products. In this case: onion peels.
Let's get started! ^^

WHAT WE NEED? 

eggs
onion peels
big pot
inner tube of a bicycle (or elastic bands)

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A little late for this year, but for next; it's early!