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@Funstraw- please tell me you're being sarcastic... seriously? Painting to match colour of the year?? LOL I can't even imagine. I'm still in love with turquoise.

AWESOME! I'm torn between doing this, or this--

http://www.hp.com/canada/portal/hho/holiday/pdf/holiday_tree.pdf

Heck, may as well try both and see what we like more... :)

loose button has a sampler service- has beauty, fragrance, misc samples- $14 a month. It's AWESOME.
www.loosebutton.com

So so jealous. The lowest my hydro bill has been since I moved into my townhouse is about $240. Thats in the summer with only a new window AC, barely any lights, maybe two fans, and appliances.
In winter, due to baseboard heat and a condo board who is close to bankrupt so won't fix my old windows-- my bill gets up around $600 a month. I keep heat low, only on in rooms we are in, hang laundry in the bathroom which I keep slightly heated, use a crockpot for cooking to not use the oven, use a hot water bottle in our beds at night to keep cozy with lower heat... but yeah, still about $600 a month. :(

I am also a Native Canadian (Metis). My grandmother taught me the smudging ceremony. I would have zero issue with the "ethics" of a non-Native using this ceremony- go for it!
I also recently went through a horrid breakup of the only man I ever felt REALLY passionate about (and I was the one to end the relationship- I just knew it was not good). The first thing I did was went through my house, found anything he has left behind. Boxed it up, tied a string around the box and said "I bind your energy and negativity with your belongings, and out of my life." Then I dropped the box off to his house. Second, I smudged my entire home. I cried when I first did it, but after the tears flowed and I got that all out of me, not only did my home feel more at peace, but I did, too. I think the ritual of it is more important than the actual sage itself. It made me feel in control, and I doubt I would have cried like I did without doing the ceremony and just LETTING GO. The next day I rearranged my furniture, bought some cute new accessories and lingere (heh heh), and started moving forward.
Good luck to you, and while I know it seems brutal now, it does get better. Every minute you spend unhappy is a minute of happiness stolen from you.

Ikea hack, anyone?

I have this bedframe for my sons room and it's fine. Not wobbly, though it IS low. It works for us because then I have shallow wall shelves on the wall above it, maximizing space for his Star Wars collection.

Twihard here. Decor and home goods enthusiast here. I am happy to see this post on here, because as I was swooooooning during this scene in the movie, I was doing so because (a) its sexy, and (b) I love the bed. And really, people who beotch about Twilight being on here, loosen up and freaking relax already. It's a home decor website, it's not like a Sick Kids website squealing "OMG! EDWAAAAAARD!" LOL reeeeelax.

google "scouting new york"-- a photog blog about abandoned new york sites. I believe this is on there.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh love love. As a Canadian girl who spent 40 weekends a year at a place similar to this, let me say... this IS a Canadians idea of paradise. :) Yay for cottages!