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Posted by Laura on 30th December 2010
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DC BIG FLEA!

It’s back! Well, it’s been going on, but I have been too distracted with a new job to focus on it! Are you going??

Print this “ticket” out and get $2 off admission! Which, puts it at the old price of 8 dollars.. Hm.

Anyway! My plan is to attend — and I’ll be scoping out mid-century modern treats as well as the oriental rugs that are always at the back.

See you there?

Posted by Laura on 30th September 2010
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Yellow House — Why not add a Yellow Car?

Phew! It has been a busy one for me lately. I started painting the dressing room a month ago and still have not been able to finish! Why? Well first off — a new job! In fact, said new job is in Alexandria, where I used to live, so looks like our year in the yellow house will only be that — a year! Guess we’ll be moving again!!

Second thing that’s kept me busy? Car shopping! I had a pretty reliable Mazda3 for a few years, and it was GREAT for hauling all that stuff back and forth from Ikea, since it was a hatchback. But.. I just wasn’t in love with it. So, after hunting for 2 weeks, I managed for find this lovely down in Raleigh, NC:

My Mini Bus

And transferred it free of charge up to Dulles! While I know I usually focus on all things home around here, I thought I’d let you in on what I’ve been busy with lately that has kept me from progress around the blog (other than my slump). It was a pain, getting rid of the Mazda — let me just warn you, NEVER LEASE A VEHICLE! It is such a pain to trade it in early!

The interior

But in the end, it was worth it because I ended up with this feisty little car. I am so excited! The new job means at least an hour in rush hour traffic, but with this cheery, peppy, zip-in-and-out-of-traffic car, I think I can handle it!

I have a week of vacation next week before I head into a new job, so here’s hoping at least the painting will get done in the dressing room, huh?

Posted by Laura on 22nd September 2010
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So Bad

It’s inevitable, really. Every couple of months I fall off the face of the Earth. Our house is making us unhappy — the previous tenant didn’t take care of it, and our landlord doesn’t seem to care that our gutters are full of junk and the siding is rotting off. Ugh. We just haven’t been motivated to do anything.

We did go to Frederick, MD a couple weekends ago and found a pretty neat looking Chinese frame/screen – but as awesome as it is, it’s not worth writing about. I’m in a rut, really. Work has been horrible and I am wrapping it up with a last day of September 30th. Hopefully on to better things! New job is looking like it’ll be in Arlington or Alexandria — where I moved from a year ago!

All of this whining is to say, I’ll be back on track soon. I hope. Life is kinda upside down/uninteresting as it currently stands.

Posted by Laura on 6th August 2010
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Big Sale at Arlington Flea Market Tomorrow!

If you live in the DC Metro area, I urge you to come out to Arlington tomorrow! Jenny over at Little Green Notebook is coming down from Delaware with a TON of stuff to sell.

You can learn more over at her site.

Some of my favorites:

That mirror would be perfect in my dressing room!

She’ll be at the Arlington Flea Market from 7am to 1:30pm Saturday August 7th (that’s tomorrow!!) so be there or be square! I’ll be the short one with the extremely tall, bored out of his mind boyfriend. ;) Say hi!

Posted by Laura on 2nd July 2010
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I Guess She Won’t Be Helping After All…

What do you guys mean, you want to get the hedges trimmed, the closets in order, the boxes unpacked, the office organized and the kitchen cabinets, doors and moldings wiped down? All of that this weekend? Really? No thanks.

Probably staring at a bug on the wall.

I prefer to just sit here staring out the window, contemplating how exactly to get to that darned squirrel, or that feisty blue jay…

Loving the tree in the front yard!

You do realize it’s a holiday weekend right? Your favorite holiday? The one that’s supposed to be filled with beer and barbecue and those bright, noisy things in the sky? Really, no thanks.

Posing for the camera

I’ll be in the way, for sure. But I’ll take naps here and there. Like.. now. Have fun doing all that stuff this weekend, I’ll be here, on this ottoman, soaking up the sun.

So bored!

*yaaaawn* Hey, can you open the blinds a bit? I need to work on my tan.