Ziggy's World: Travel Size Accessories

Ziggy:  "Not so fast lady...you're not going on another trip without me.  See...I fit perfectly in your carryon luggage."

Flip N' Flop

Just takin' my flip flops out for a test drive.  Gotta make sure they are road ready.

Yep...all good.

Crooked, Cracked, and Shady

Moving day 2012 was just like most of our other moves (wayyyyyyy too many to recount at this point since we're in the double digits).  As usual we were completely packed.  As usual friends helped us load up the truck.  As usual the truck was just a bit too small.  As usual stuff got broken.  It's to be expected no matter how carefully I pack.  Kinda like a badge of honor with weird bragging rights...I think my furniture talks to each other saying stuff like..."Oh yep I earned that dent back in the Big Sunshine Move of 2004.  See that scratch...it's from that bike that leaned on me for 3 long days during the North Pole Move of 2008.  And we still cannot speak of the Disaster Moves of 2003.  Both of them.  We lost a few good possessions that year.  May that bubble glass vase rest in peace...'cause it sure was in pieces."

So I was not shocked to find that my lamp shades did not quite survive the Mall of America Move of 2012.  They were all cracked up (and not in a funny ha ha good way.)   But much like the crack disasters on Celebrity Rehab...I wanted to try to save them.  Why?  Because lamps and shades are some of the most overpriced items out there.  Along with painting services.  (If ya wanna be the next millionaire...skip college and become a house painter who sells lighting fixtures.  And moonlight by building cat scratching posts.  Become crazy rich with no student loans to pay back.  Awesome!)

In the meantime, I'll just keep on rescuing and rehabbing my cracked shades.  Originally they lived in the bedroom of our North Pole house.  The shades had a pleated fabric on the outside glued to a plastic drum on the inside.  After the move, the plastic drums were cracked beyond repair.  So I went about removing all the plastic which allowed the fabric to unpleat and hang low, almost twice as long as before (yes again...this calls for another "that's what she said."  Hopefully I will stop saying what she said soon).

I also had to remove a ribbon from the back which was covering the fabric seam and making the shade hang all crooked.  Needless to say...I still need to hot glue the seams together and cover it with some ribbon.  Probably will take less than 5 minutes but 9 months later it's still on my to-do list.

My solution was to face the seam against the wall.  'Cause in my world...if you can't see it then it doesn't exist.  A few months ago, I did consider fixing it...but then I couldn't find the glue sticks for my hot glue gun.  I finally bought some glue sticks but now I probably won't be able to find the glue gun.  'Cause I'm just lucky like that.

I don't think these lamps are a permanent solution since the table lamp is a bit short for my liking but it works for now.  So until the lamps start interrupting my sleep by talking to me at 2am...the current setup is a keeper.  Of course it helps that I didn't have to shell out any cash for this lighting project which makes the whole thing that much more attractive.

Did ya know...?

Somehow...there's never enough time in a day to get everything done BUT there's always time for a nap.  Which may explain why my "to do" list is forever long and never-ending (yep I know...this calls for a "that's what she said").  Oh well...a girl can dream (of being totally organized and caught up that is)...during one of those naps of course!

Please be kind and rewind.

Like back-in-the-day VHS rentals.  Before DVD's, Redbox, and Netflix.  It's time for me to rewind and catch up.  And since I can't seem to stay focused for more than 2 seconds at a time...let my random ramblings begin now.  Or now.  Maybe now.  How about now.

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Darn little bads...they keep distracting me with their shenanigans.  And then I just zone out.  Adult A.D.D. I tell ya!  I just zoned out again for 10 minutes and was brought back to reality by that annoying cursor blinking at me.

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Okay.  Where was I before I got interrupted...interrupted by myself no less.  Ugh!  Oh yep...random ramblings...

Sooooooo we moved 9 months ago and contrary to my stellar documentation (yes...I'm being sarcastic) I still design and build stuff.  But I haven't quite got around to sharing any of it.  Ooooops!  Ya know my projects rarely reach 100% completion anyway...so dropping the ball on sharing my "completed" projects shouldn't be shocking to anyone!

Pardon the interruption.  Again.  A sleepy Ziggy just curled up in my lap.  And I'm a sucker for a purring cuddly cat.

Anyway...my point is...(and yes hubby...I do have a point and yes I just rambled on aimlessly before getting to it)...my point is that I'm gonna try try try to share share share my projects.

And with that Ziggy just left my lap to go sleep on Zoey.  I guess she makes a better pillow than I do.  She is a little squishy...but let's not tell her that 'cause she's also a bit of a diva!