Stumbling Blocks?

I just found a new way to waste time online...

It's called StumbleUpon, and it lets you fill out a list of your interests.  Then, it searches the web for new web pages you might be interested in, based on your list!  Talk about a fantastic way to procrastinate!  I'll definitely spend a lot of time on there this summer.

Here's a couple of my favorite pages thus far:

Read Upon gives you full versions of thousands of books for FREE online!

 And I found this fantastic picture of what I assume is the Grand Canyon on something called EarthShots .  Incredible, right?

Finally, I can't wait to make this Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread from Joy the Baker.  Doesn't it look delish?  I'll update you once I make it.

I hope you enjoy StumbleUpon as much as I have!!  Have a happy Friday. :-)

Just Call Me Martha...

...Martha Stewart!!!

I've been on kind of a decorating kick lately.  Our living room had this huge space on the wall above the couch that was just BLAH:

So, I framed a bunch of pictures and made a flower arrangement for that wall.  I also recovered these two old armchairs we had with fabric to match the throw pillows.  Finally, we found a cool glass-topped coffee table for a very nice price (a.k.a. FREE) that we spray-painted dark brown to match the rest of the room.  I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out:

 I got that cute lantern on the table for $4 at IKEA. 

My mom made that footstool for us when we were getting ready to move down here, and it's come in super handy!  I'm really proud of the way this all turned out.