Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there’s got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you’re at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.
Yo-Yo Ma
Opportunities multiply as they are seized. -
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Poor Lady Home Improvement
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Most furniture at the big box stores sucks balls. Instead, painted found furniture is so much more chic and environmentally friendly.
Seek wood or metal odds-and-ends at your local thrift store or junk shop. Choose paint in bright colors that pop.
Invest in a good hand sander which will make refinishing your finds easy instead of tedious.
Be bold in your color choices. Matching is for cowards.
An unexpectedly colorful side table can freshen a room for a minimal investment.
If your style sways more Pottery Barn, try matte black paint or even high gloss.
Woman Wisdom
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn’t seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Good Karma Monday
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu
Good Karma Monday
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
Alice Walker
Good Karma Monday
Monday, July 19th, 2010
He who does not seek to cause the sufferings of bonds and death to living creatures, but desires the good of all, obtains endless bliss.
The Laws of Manu, Chapter V, 46
On Traveling…
Friday, July 16th, 2010
As wonderful as traveling can be; it can be equally skeevy. Protect yourself with tapestries. Tapestry might be a bit of a misnomer. We aren’t talking the woven things that hung on walls in the 15th century. 
Use them for extra warmth or a barrier between you and the hotel bed. Tapestries make the best beach blankets. At the end of your trip, you can even bundle all your dirty laundry inside by tying the four corners together. Once you add tapestries to your packing list you will wonder how you ever traveled without them. 
Happy 4th of July BBQ Bitches!
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
According to the USDA, there are 76 million cases of foodborne illness each year. Much of that illness traces back to poop in your food. This July 4th, avoid the risk with a yummy veggie burger or soy dog.
The cows and piggies thank you.
