I have been in major "clean out the damn clutter" mode for the past two weeks. I have taken two jeep loads to the FIRC in the last week and (shockingly) have only come home with about a half load. Maybe someday I will actually be able to park my Jeep in the garage. To that end, I have posted all kinds of furniture and extra crap on Craigslist (but have only managed to sell one little office chair). Boo-hoo.

Well on to what I gathered at the FIRC and elsewhere.

Okay, here is a weird one. Ever see one of these?

It is a carved little porcelain plate with a blue light behind it,

that looks like this when it is dark.



How could I resist for $1.99? I mean seriously.

Through the magic of Google, I learned that this thing is a "lithophane."  I can't wait for that to be on Jeopardy. Boo-ya  Alex!

Last year for my b-day, Matt took me to the ARC in Denver (yes that is what I wanted to do) and I bought a red gumball machine. It has been sitting down in my laundry room gathering dust. So in my push to declutter, I got the thing out, painted it white and filled it with my all time favorite, WHOPPERS! Woo-hoo. BTW, on my eighth birthday, my brother Mike bought me a carton of Whoppers-- and I have to tell you that it is still one of my best birthday memories. I was so dang excited.

Now it is like it is my 8th birthday everyday!

So since I posted a bunch of  crap on Craigslist, I had to counterbalance that with looking for crap to take home on Craigslist. Yin and Yang. And speaking of yin and yang, up until two weeks ago, I thought it was "ying and yang."  Am I retarded? How did I never notice that there was no "g"  in  yin before. Duh and oh yeah, it wasn't until law school before I realized that "for all intents and purposes" was not "for all intensive purposes."  I wonder what other phrases I am mis-phrasing.

So anyway, the Rocky Mountain Craigslist postings are not that extensive --as you can imagine. While purusing the  "free" section I see a listing for all kinds of promising things. And guess what ?  The free stuff is on my street. And guess what else? It is the same house that I bought my butcher block island. In the end, I  took home a wicker rocker and a lighted makeup mirror. And guess what else else? I have been wanting one of these mirrors for like years. Every time I go into Bed Bath & Beyond I am shocked when I look into one of the x10 magnification mirrors on display and see that I have a wild hair growing out my eyebrow or chin. I have never really wanted to fork over 60++ bucks to terrify myself in this manner, but for free, I will.


Have you ever seen my spare bedroom turned Lori's dressing room otherwise known as the "princess suite?" I highly recommend that you forgo having kids --or at least keep them to a minimum so you can have one of these rooms. Seriously.

Oh gawd, this post is getting long.

I will be quick.

In a turn of genius, I hung up this little corner light that I bought at a garage sale. That corner was so dark.



I had to string it through this scary hole.



I was pretty proud of myself.

Oh and do you want to see the other door painted orange?


Of course you do. Here it is.
I really do like it.

And finally, so you can see the kind of mature people that I live with.

"tongue of Lori"

RUDE!


AND something totally totally unrelated. Has anyone ever made Moo Shu Pork? What about those pancake things that go with it? Is it impossible?