Laura from Let's Get Homey, Homies!'s Profile

i need to have the tv on. i tried for 5 years to muscle through not having a tv in the bedroom, and i never adjusted to it and slept terribly the whole time. now that i have a tv again, i turn on some old reruns of roseanne or the golden girls with a sleep timer and i'm out. my father is the same way. we both also have the same heart condition, and if it's too quiet, i can hear my heart beat and it's super irritating. an old light comedy distracts me from the noise, but isn't involving to keep me awake. i always leave the timer on for an our, but i never make it to the second episode.

i also prefer a cool room with an extra blanket or duvet. and my frenchie, bea, cuddled up next to me, snoring away, always helps, too.

totally with bowiechic on the pictures. i just want to straighten them!

i agree with pi. i don't want to buy and store a new tree and ornaments every year. even if i buy after the season, i don't have anymore space to put everything and most of my ornaments are family pieces, so i won't throw them out or give them away. i also collect ornaments when i go on vacation, and love putting them on the tree and being reminded of my vacation.
the only one not going on my tree is one we got for our engagement, and now we are separated, so i left that one out of the decoration box when i moved out. even though many of my memories with my husband make me happy, i don't want to look at the tree and cry, which seems likely after a few glasses of wine. hahaha.

yes they are pretty, but no, it's not the same as a paper card. taking the time to write a note, address the envelope and mail a card means much more than sending an e-card. honestly, i'd rather not have a card at all than get an e-card. if you want to send a personal email to catch up, that would be lovely, but sending a picture that someone else took and typing your name and greeting into a web form is less than an effort than sending a facebook message.
either send an e-card or don't, but don't pretend it's the same as a real christmas card. it isn't that expensive if you buy your cards after the season for the following year. i'm also all over diy gifts, and that is what i mostly give. it really has nothing to do with money when it comes to e-cards, but about the effort of sending handwritten correspondance, imho.

eh. like the colours, but as already stated, kind of contrived and impractical and kind of ugly. totally with jacie-woz on the slinkies, though!

We are only starting to have Black Friday Sales in Canada (Thanksgiving was in October), but the thought of going to the mall to fight the crowds makes me shudder. Forget it. I'd rather stay home and get a start on my decorating and holiday baking!

love the dark set, #4. would look awesome with my grey and blue table ware!

Hahaha, I loved it! Also love giving pets human-names (I have a french bulldog named Bea). And nothing is better than fat orange kitties!

I'm one of those people who NEED a TV on to sleep well. I tried no electronics in the bedroom for four years, and I always had a hard time falling asleep. When I moved into my new condo, I installed a TV in the bedroom. I watch the Shopping Channel with the sleep timer on and I'm sound asleep in about 15 minutes. My father is the same way. We both have a heart condition (arrhythmia) and can hear our hearbeats in our ears at night, which is extremely irritating, so we both find the TV blocks it out and we sleep easier when it's turned on.