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She stands strong, defiant, determined.

The angry red scars on her wrists slowly fading.

Her chin juts forward, daring, taunting, challenging.

Her feet are braced. Her hands are curled. Her muscles tensed.
Someone gently takes her hand and touches their lips to her healing wounds.

It is her light, her hope, her breath.

They trace their fingers lightly over the crisscrossing lines, oh so softly.

The tension leaves, melts, releases, relinquishes.

I’m currently moving into a new house which might expalin my uber obsession with living room furniture.  Or it could just be that I’m always obsessed.

But I digress.

Just imagine…

This couch.

This chair.

This chair. (which I’d recover in a great bold print that combined the reds and browns.)

With a fantastic cream shag rug…and bold type posters on the walls.

Oh and the cost…$50 for the couch, $25 for the red chair, and $45 for the 30’s rocking chair.  And as everyone knows…everything on CL is OBO.  Easily a brand new living room set for $100.

Mr. Bossman's favorite treat

So it’s official.  Bossman and I have survived a year together.

I know!  I was just as shocked.

I feel as if something so monumentos deserves a longer post…yet at the same time I don’t want to jinx anything.

So, Mr. Bossman, here’s to a year that was full of learning, trials, tears and laughter.  Through it all we’ve managed not to kill each other and even semi-like each other…and considering the 6 who went before me…that is quite a feat.

Mr. Bossman's favorite drink

Here’s to another one!

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My suitmate and I just may have stumbled across a tresure left abandonded so heartlessly in an elevator…

We may or may not have swiped it and given it a new home…(as our Office Boyfriend)

It may or may not have sparked quite a bit of afternoon amusement.

Here’s what we found…

zac a.k.a Office Boyfriend

Oh you know you’re jealous.

We may or may not have spent the next hour updating our facebook, twitter, posing for photos, and planning what to do with him.  I mean we do Very Important Work so it was a struggle to find time to drag our enamored eyes from files to play kissy face. (While both our bosses were out of the office.)
Either way…here are some of the amusing conversations that followed me emailed the photos to a few friends.

Convo I

VV:  My office boyfriend…

AM (my new roomie as of this weekend): WOW!!! I love it- you two are such great couple- he is cute…see if you can snag him for our place- like when people walk right in..there’s sexy Zac..or if one of us feels lonely- we’ll take him to bed with us…ha,ha..

Convo II

VV: My new office fling….

SW: Is that the High School Musical kid?

VV: Yeah.  He was abandoned on the elevator and in need of a home…so we decided to help.  It’s provided quite a bit of amusement over the past 2 hours.

SW: I bet. But he obviously wanes in his pleasure providing, since someone else ditched him after their few hours of entertainment. I’ll take him after that. I can call some of the warehouse guys gay when they look at him.

VV: You’ll have to get in line…
My suitemate wants him to attend all office functions…
AM wants him to move in…
DF’s daughter would give him the “World’s Best Dad” award if he brought Zac home…
We’ll have to see where the dust settles.

SW:  Okay. I’ll save offending gays until the end. I have a big Alex the lion from Madagascar poster we  could trade….

VV:  Cutout for a poster…?
Hottie Zac Efron for a wacky lion who was given voice by Ben Stiller?
No thanks.  You can keep your poster.

SW:  Damn. I was hoping you’d always secretly lusted after a cartoon lion. Back to square one…

VV:  The only cartoon I’ve ever lusted after was Wolverine…all due to a Xbox game.
Don’t judge.  You never saw how quickly he could regenerate.

So, in case you haven’t figured it out yet…I love CL and decorating.  I’m constantly redecorating a house I don’t own.

Today’s deal…you must love the shabby chic look, but for around $60 you could have a new living room set.

I can just see it…the walls painted a soft creme…a plush rug on the floor…curtains fluttering in a spring breeze.  Layer on a soft pink end table, a candle stick lamp glowing, fresh cut tulips gracing the coffee table, crystals sparkling here and there..and you have a cozy space just perfect for curling up in.  Can’t you just see it?  Seriously makes me want to redecorate my nonexistent house again.

Design Crush featured him today…and I fully agree…LOVE.

I even bought LB one for our anniversary

I didn’t meant to neglect my commitment.

It’s just that it was V-day (uneventful and overrated).

And my 1 year anniversary with LB (yes, you can say awww…I might have said EEK!  A glass of Dragon’s Milk later and I was fine.)

And I was taking over as house manager at the house I co-exist in with 3 other people.

Then the truth came out about everything.

My stress level sky rocketed.

Ridiculousness soared.

So now, I’m on a house hunt.  Know of any landlords that would like to rent to an adorable, responsible, quiet, blond, by April 1st?  If so.  Awesome.

Lumiere from Disney

I don’t know why this makes me laugh so much, but it does.

Silver Candle Opera 50.00 (via CL)

found here

It’s no secret that I heart Mike Rowe.  There’s just something about a manly man who can sing opera and who is intelligent.

But I digress.  Last night LB and I were watch Mike Rowe in the Goose Down Plucker episode.  (Seriously maybe the funniest episode ever.  It should be on a t-shirt.)  During this episode he also helped out on a walnut farm?  Orchard?  So LB suddenly announces that he wants some nuts after watching Mike Rowe pop another walnut in his mouth.  I told him I had walnuts (crinkles his nose) and almonds (crinkles his nose and curls his lip). I offer pumpkin or sunflower seeds, but warn him they are not salted and natural.  With a sigh he gives into the offer of walnuts with disdain and a plaintive wish for peanuts.  I sputter about how peanuts aren’t good for you.  Walnuts and Almonds are so much better for you.  Especially unroasted and unsalted.  (As the ones I have.  Obviously.)

And that’s how the dispute started.

Enter Google.  (Oh greatest wonder of the world.  How my life would shrivel without you.  Or at least I would look much, much stupider.)

…and lo and behold this site proclaims me the “winner”!  (Which, as anyone in a relatioship knows, makes any seemingly pointless point valuable.)

So just in case you are curious…the top 6 healthiest nuts are:

1. Walnuts

2. Almonds

(Like I cared beyond this point.)

3. Cashews

4. Pecans

5. Brazil Nuts

6. Macadamia Nuts

LB ignored my jubilation and instead tried to side track my joy with the ominous reminder that they are to be eaten in moderation.

I think he’s just jelous that I know my nuts.

found @ www.sixwise.com

Hi, I have this dress here, I purchased in the summer for 79.99.. And I never got to wear it.. It Was sitting in my closet and i just noticed people post dresses on here.. It is a very lovely dress, Would Make a Very Sexy PROM dress, or for New Years.. It’s one of those all in one type dresses. Well since i did’t realize people post dresses for sale on here, I thought i would make it a great price of 30.00.. Plus i have lot’s of Clairs Jewlery, I could throw a necklace or something in as well for no extra price.. I’m really into fashion so the dress and whatever i can find that would look awesome with this dress will actually be Glamorous.. Thanks For Taking the time to look at my ad..

Well if this dress is what will make me glamorous (i.e., having an air of allure, romance and excitement), she doesn’t even need to bother to throw in the Claire’s jewelry.  I’m already sold.  I’m sure I won’t look like a fuzzy grape or a half plucked muppet at all.  And either she’s about 20 days late for New Year’s or she’s a planner.  I <3 planners.

(Side note:  What is with people randomly capitalizing things?  It makes no Sense.)