And the Bad Blogger Award Goes To . . .

Yes, me. I'm the worst blogger in the land right now. My apologies. I really have no excuse except just life and stuff. You know how it is. Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging. Which is sad because I really enjoy blogging. This past week I've been doing a lot of stuff for other people and creatures including this fluffball . . .<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PNz4eudDZtJI8liYFnioCRq6YEXfMcI8gdjtDiMLeNdGAXmQbdazwL4OvqRHJnys7yp0rt04lHMVDN17iMLGRhxR5xY6cONwKrIJUz3RTpkOyE2DNeHbt7-u7vyFcBUcCQRB4i9E_mDo/s1600/IMG_0175.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PNz4eudDZtJI8liYFnioCRq6YEXfMcI8gdjtDiMLeNdGAXmQbdazwL4OvqRHJnys7yp0rt04lHMVDN17iMLGRhxR5xY6cONwKrIJUz3RTpkOyE2DNeHbt7-u7vyFcBUcCQRB4i9E_mDo/s400/IMG_0175.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">and these two adorable rascals . . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdruaNnW_j8MMYATR9HGuWrL-ON8DVh2TOT3n0cT9FNTXn6DTdpNYjR-9ke2KTeLplKyh5JCPhNb5Ym0hyphenhyphenm7MEa_2OpMuyeIU_JB5pWH1faNs1_3eThPOoLYz-aU2sirWf7pGyAefu5L6c/s1600/IMG_0201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdruaNnW_j8MMYATR9HGuWrL-ON8DVh2TOT3n0cT9FNTXn6DTdpNYjR-9ke2KTeLplKyh5JCPhNb5Ym0hyphenhyphenm7MEa_2OpMuyeIU_JB5pWH1faNs1_3eThPOoLYz-aU2sirWf7pGyAefu5L6c/s400/IMG_0201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPwaxGj4e7FYvG01IZwKEFgvLUTYA0tPesF2fu7Oc2qhPQGuN-lfhDmOHqUc9gAZabZJQH6vIEjAkpdj6drg4To9wzwYeCwNTkJvieV2R81pUOONiAxYMJi2u7eT3RJGtixBgl45HVMpZ/s1600/IMG_0231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPwaxGj4e7FYvG01IZwKEFgvLUTYA0tPesF2fu7Oc2qhPQGuN-lfhDmOHqUc9gAZabZJQH6vIEjAkpdj6drg4To9wzwYeCwNTkJvieV2R81pUOONiAxYMJi2u7eT3RJGtixBgl45HVMpZ/s400/IMG_0231.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I even managed to finish one more small project for my daughter's room. Don't get too excited, it's a bulletin board that I just changed out the ribbon on . . . </div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZGjTfeXCytAyKjAGo3QXAIr4KY1NLBVARuP6ypT0z4pBHTJdjTDTZf0DiAbmFU8Qd_3sVEIjW7p84r5Sx67I5y9DEqBbG9b1FoB_H1sg_vE7NbhQwBeenvFditvsJY9QYrwVTH6IhHHv/s1600/IMG_1202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZGjTfeXCytAyKjAGo3QXAIr4KY1NLBVARuP6ypT0z4pBHTJdjTDTZf0DiAbmFU8Qd_3sVEIjW7p84r5Sx67I5y9DEqBbG9b1FoB_H1sg_vE7NbhQwBeenvFditvsJY9QYrwVTH6IhHHv/s400/IMG_1202.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ta-da! Yeah, I warned you. Hope you didn't die of excitement.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">Okay, that's about all I got for today. Have to wade back in slowly. Blogging is like riding a bike - you never forget - but you should take it easy on your first ride. Happy Tuesday!</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

And the Bad Blogger Award Goes To . . .

Yes, me. I'm the worst blogger in the land right now. My apologies. I really have no excuse except just life and stuff. You know how it ...

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Pet Peeve

<span style="font-size: large;">Does this look familiar?</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2VKeM-O4_hRIIAc9mtDQDQbeF9mlzBCn_fJhY6pBabeXrzHYlx8W6r_IIzJf0QHAOprCXeU1MRLBnQCEmJJzl1bme47T6kcWf-Jk9ZC6qaCVnWArpM8BegO0AfeH1Nsk7YmNC_4Zy5A/s1600-h/IMG_4717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2VKeM-O4_hRIIAc9mtDQDQbeF9mlzBCn_fJhY6pBabeXrzHYlx8W6r_IIzJf0QHAOprCXeU1MRLBnQCEmJJzl1bme47T6kcWf-Jk9ZC6qaCVnWArpM8BegO0AfeH1Nsk7YmNC_4Zy5A/s400/IMG_4717.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's my dining room rug. It looks eerily similar to this, no?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFkSEvIh4JZ9veTnLhBQSqtqew4ErqJjtLTbxXspYWzBevNHpzH4F4tVLZ6ANJPVeyCy_lIZ83HRz4sGvDffuJ8K6r_yrEvDdv-EKfrPS-yCvIFMRSSSLeZ714M6NZHDeWhiIPjvk3ls/s1600-h/IMG_4529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFkSEvIh4JZ9veTnLhBQSqtqew4ErqJjtLTbxXspYWzBevNHpzH4F4tVLZ6ANJPVeyCy_lIZ83HRz4sGvDffuJ8K6r_yrEvDdv-EKfrPS-yCvIFMRSSSLeZ714M6NZHDeWhiIPjvk3ls/s400/IMG_4529.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can read the whole drama <a href="http://myinteriorlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/bad-kitty.html">here</a>, but long story short, the cat did it. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjav7OLF1mKmko7W9yUaXVf59BLxTmkvjQvf2nwgfozWmx6qW9QKJwOzWC9Xv1j0YAayOg7Rum5as2xMnen8ZPpoL7nTVYzJLdXk4zAEa6ScG305q9AE8zuGQwi0FWLp-nCGkZ1sU9e9tk/s1600-h/IMG_4724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjav7OLF1mKmko7W9yUaXVf59BLxTmkvjQvf2nwgfozWmx6qW9QKJwOzWC9Xv1j0YAayOg7Rum5as2xMnen8ZPpoL7nTVYzJLdXk4zAEa6ScG305q9AE8zuGQwi0FWLp-nCGkZ1sU9e9tk/s400/IMG_4724.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This time the dog is responsible. I'm not sure why she started to chew the dining room rug, but the damage is done. Bitter apple would be a day late and a dollar short. So, I'm stuck looking at this until I can save up for another rug. I love my pets, but this is getting ridiculous. I'm not sure you can tell from this photo, but she also started chewing on the baseboard on the left. Bad dog. Very, very, very bad dog. Sure, she looks somewhat remorseful. But that doesn't buy me a new rug. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, for now I'm just going to dream about a future rug. One that might look like this one from <a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/r543/?pkey=crugs-flooring">West Elm</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-Mv5HNzZjYXQK6sYG4eYd-h5oPVfnxNlNb0MPYGZCsWBT4u0h4CG3-lEVfOWQT4zXo4n6WHpepFTCWA3IvSIlo_Z1Gqsow2Zq8Jw7uWfg5og1HqnnktYRn4aIZ1R4vmGRES1ZEo8ZQM/s1600-h/img42l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-Mv5HNzZjYXQK6sYG4eYd-h5oPVfnxNlNb0MPYGZCsWBT4u0h4CG3-lEVfOWQT4zXo4n6WHpepFTCWA3IvSIlo_Z1Gqsow2Zq8Jw7uWfg5og1HqnnktYRn4aIZ1R4vmGRES1ZEo8ZQM/s400/img42l.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or since I'm just dreaming here anyway, maybe I'll go for one of these <a href="http://www.madelineweinrib.com/">Madeline Weinrib</a> rugs . . .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5DkOw93tFHa9qKZw-ayTPWh0Nkmjo-BhXf2cTj4qRg47-fPwRy93TPsNx_UMFmcA1KZc6qmT5-17hj4JaOTirziO1OxH_fKhTRLCYUSCySC01wx3e_WtXnjlqENohSCMA0zJAfChOs4/s1600-h/Mandala_Chestnut_Chenille.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5DkOw93tFHa9qKZw-ayTPWh0Nkmjo-BhXf2cTj4qRg47-fPwRy93TPsNx_UMFmcA1KZc6qmT5-17hj4JaOTirziO1OxH_fKhTRLCYUSCySC01wx3e_WtXnjlqENohSCMA0zJAfChOs4/s400/Mandala_Chestnut_Chenille.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPfa6szbmmDh9DXUTFlepDpEzYIDrj5EtFrqCNH69nr_ClcWsNSnlZqmipUpyvETt5KuPZLUnAfbXYJ27dSFxAxB2OB4IzOrp-sn-Zifcpvo7_10NEtzq0dM7UOwdIn_z3wnBvYqOEFg/s1600-h/Brooke_Sand_Chenille.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPfa6szbmmDh9DXUTFlepDpEzYIDrj5EtFrqCNH69nr_ClcWsNSnlZqmipUpyvETt5KuPZLUnAfbXYJ27dSFxAxB2OB4IzOrp-sn-Zifcpvo7_10NEtzq0dM7UOwdIn_z3wnBvYqOEFg/s400/Brooke_Sand_Chenille.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOrp23rkOLVyaub73IItWPgnPjCTWkLSMSKd_BjAZOh-BwgW2tSzSLOUHP8Q1rxzaZaheHsAoQf-CDAtGGSPB3mTMazOijQtx092bhrMpLeo25WaRYgscjj6GLawXQ1hioNEW8GvNAoY/s1600-h/ZigZag-ChampagenWoolSilk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOrp23rkOLVyaub73IItWPgnPjCTWkLSMSKd_BjAZOh-BwgW2tSzSLOUHP8Q1rxzaZaheHsAoQf-CDAtGGSPB3mTMazOijQtx092bhrMpLeo25WaRYgscjj6GLawXQ1hioNEW8GvNAoY/s400/ZigZag-ChampagenWoolSilk.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />There. I feel better already. Now I just need to get some bitter apple.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Any pet peeves in your life?</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Sources: My Interior Life, West Elm, <a href="http://www.madelineweinrib.com/">Madeline Weinrib Atelier</a></div>

Pet Peeve

Does this look familiar? It's my dining room rug. It looks eerily similar to this, no? You can read the whole drama here , but long stor...

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Bad Kitty

<span style="font-size: large;">Are you familiar with this book?</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAhsfgcVyil4X5fRaxEoPT_EUVW80V8Sf7o7N08mVjJOWsRcwF9pB0PAczfKEaqprgy-WhLtMenKQFzR7avAu37AGwvekYWo2PgFV_g5lmHvia7YVCLHLA6l-oFBr_2_cVNIEZytkQqQ/s1600-h/imageDB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAhsfgcVyil4X5fRaxEoPT_EUVW80V8Sf7o7N08mVjJOWsRcwF9pB0PAczfKEaqprgy-WhLtMenKQFzR7avAu37AGwvekYWo2PgFV_g5lmHvia7YVCLHLA6l-oFBr_2_cVNIEZytkQqQ/s400/imageDB.jpg" /></a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">It's one of my children's favorites. They just cackle at the destructive antics of this angry or possibly just misunderstood feline.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Well, it seems as if life has imitated art as this is what our own "bad kitty" did to the playroom carpet last night while we were sleeping. Yeah, not so funny in real life.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtqnhzTfQOvRiQFE8wPomo-6py_vgtsYDr_WtokTW61npRLrNLgtM6qw9GZklv4AijM8Nsi3CzgikzQ7R_K8PAHeXVrRKLw38VwCLQLWk23kJzp5JehGcYB3Gi60N7eM0m6z0eLXNEwg/s1600-h/IMG_4529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtqnhzTfQOvRiQFE8wPomo-6py_vgtsYDr_WtokTW61npRLrNLgtM6qw9GZklv4AijM8Nsi3CzgikzQ7R_K8PAHeXVrRKLw38VwCLQLWk23kJzp5JehGcYB3Gi60N7eM0m6z0eLXNEwg/s400/IMG_4529.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div style="color: orange; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>What the @#*%^&*??!!</i></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Apparently, he got trapped in the playroom last night when I shut the door (to prevent our large dog from preying on toys and stuffed animals). Just like any trapped animal, he tried to dig/scratch his way out. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVV07avGZ712zfcbWSo0r0YiQzv8Erfm56P5r85qMPfRANb86XgikwrjB9bs1jTX9QpbGrgoTvSM_NV6TRvRjVQRnOCRnn0P44glF8Gbdb4Z4Vzxj-Hb4-qa3PBXLJMAvbOo75oTpWXEo/s1600-h/IMG_4528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVV07avGZ712zfcbWSo0r0YiQzv8Erfm56P5r85qMPfRANb86XgikwrjB9bs1jTX9QpbGrgoTvSM_NV6TRvRjVQRnOCRnn0P44glF8Gbdb4Z4Vzxj-Hb4-qa3PBXLJMAvbOo75oTpWXEo/s400/IMG_4528.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: orange;">Our usually mellow "Bad Kitty" Oreo. He even looks like the illustrated version.</i></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I swear I did not start this blog just to rant about my pets. This just has been a particularly weird week for the four-legged furry friends in our house. With all that's going on in the world, especially after the horrendous tragedy in Haiti, I'm not complaining. Just trying to add some levity with my mundane household issues. Sometimes you just have to laugh, right?!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I really don't want to re-carpet the whole playroom, so if you know of any carpet repair options or have any ideas on how I could conceal/camouflage this, please let me know.</span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos: Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel, cover art courtesy of www.powells.com </span></i>

Bad Kitty

Are you familiar with this book? It's one of my children's favorites. They just cackle at the destructive antics of this angry or po...

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