Chopped

Its spring!  At least that's what the calendar says.  These flurries might say otherwise, but I'm soo ready to do some spring cleaning.  You feel me?  Time to air out the old and bring in the fresh spring air and energy. This time of year, I'm constantly cleaning out drawers, donating old clothing, shifting and reorganizing to make my life more streamlined.

In addition to organization, I like to give my life a little face lift every now and again.  I tend to decorate my house seasonally, shifting and moving furniture and other odds and ends to match my mood and the time of year.  Georgia shared with you my new wood floors, and I'm in the process of planning an overhaul for my living room.  On a budget.  Like, all I can afford is paint and lampshades.  But it's going to be cool!  It's a part of who I am, I think, to want to change up and make beautiful my surroundings.

And sometimes, I look in the mirror and think, girlfriend, let's switch it up.

What do you mean, switch it up? You look great....(that's sarcasm, in case the sarcasm font doesn't show up.)

Confessions of a Leap Year Baby

Birthdays are fun, right? Remember back in elementary school when you would bring in a special treat for your birthday and everyone would sing to you and your teacher would say really nice things about you?  I got to do that twice.  When I was eight and twelve.

In kindergarten, when I was turning 1 1/2,  my very sweet teacher pulled me in front of the class on my "birthday" (February 28th) and gave everyone a lengthy explanation about leap year, which involved a beach ball sun, a globe, and me demonstrating the earth's orbit.  I did my best to nod, smile and add in a few tidbits of information -- and generally just tried to appear way less confused than I actually was. Am.