As you can see from the second photo, she even made the end unit rowhouse have a rooftop deck! Pretzels as the planks of wood - clever. I'm really tempted to eat those twizzlers on the middle house's front steps... Oh, and the gummy worms. Yum.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Baltimore gingerbread rowhouses
My roommate Gina went to a gingerbread house decorating party this past weekend and created a gingerbread house with a twist: the Baltimore rowhouse. It's very impressive, so without further ado, here are pictures of her edible artwork.
As you can see from the second photo, she even made the end unit rowhouse have a rooftop deck! Pretzels as the planks of wood - clever. I'm really tempted to eat those twizzlers on the middle house's front steps... Oh, and the gummy worms. Yum.
As you can see from the second photo, she even made the end unit rowhouse have a rooftop deck! Pretzels as the planks of wood - clever. I'm really tempted to eat those twizzlers on the middle house's front steps... Oh, and the gummy worms. Yum.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Roll call!
Whoooooo are you? (Who, who, who, who?) *
I've noticed that I've had a steady stream of 25 subscribers (+/-) for the past couple of months, and I'm curious to know who you are! For those of you reading this post right now, leave a comment and let me know a little about yourself - how did you find this blog? Do you live in Baltimore? What would you like to see me post more about?
And it's only fair that since I asked you questions that you can ask questions back!
* I credit my father for introducing The Who into my life.
I've noticed that I've had a steady stream of 25 subscribers (+/-) for the past couple of months, and I'm curious to know who you are! For those of you reading this post right now, leave a comment and let me know a little about yourself - how did you find this blog? Do you live in Baltimore? What would you like to see me post more about?
And it's only fair that since I asked you questions that you can ask questions back!
* I credit my father for introducing The Who into my life.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Closet transformation
For all you English majors out there, here is a an analogy for you:
Woman : closet :: Man : TV
You know what? I don't even know if that was the proper analogy. No wonder I didn't do so well on the verbal section of the SAT.
What I'm trying to say is that a woman's closet is equivalent to a man's flat screen TV - the bigger the better. The house searching process is approached differently by each sex: the female searches for a walk-in closet while the male looks for the perfect wall space for his flat screen as well as the perfect outdoor area for his grill. Am I correct or no? I can say for a fact that closet space was a major deal for me when looking for a house.
Many of the houses I looked at had teeny tiny closets! So when I saw that this house had decent sized closets, I was definitely relieved.
Here's a photo of the master bedroom closet before move-in:
Since the time this photo was taken, I put in a bar to hang clothes from, a shelf along the top, and other various closet organizers. I'm still trying to experiment with what works best in the space, but I think it's coming along pretty well. Take a look for yourself:
Woman : closet :: Man : TV
You know what? I don't even know if that was the proper analogy. No wonder I didn't do so well on the verbal section of the SAT.
What I'm trying to say is that a woman's closet is equivalent to a man's flat screen TV - the bigger the better. The house searching process is approached differently by each sex: the female searches for a walk-in closet while the male looks for the perfect wall space for his flat screen as well as the perfect outdoor area for his grill. Am I correct or no? I can say for a fact that closet space was a major deal for me when looking for a house.
Many of the houses I looked at had teeny tiny closets! So when I saw that this house had decent sized closets, I was definitely relieved.
Here's a photo of the master bedroom closet before move-in:
Since the time this photo was taken, I put in a bar to hang clothes from, a shelf along the top, and other various closet organizers. I'm still trying to experiment with what works best in the space, but I think it's coming along pretty well. Take a look for yourself:
The sliding doors are still on the closet, but in the photo above I cropped each side and put the images together for easier viewing. But in case it's a little confusing, my closet is not open like that - I can easily close both doors to hide any messes - I mean... I always keep my closet this organized! What helped is not having too many clothes. I packed up all of my summer skirts, tees, sandals, bathing suits, and flip flops into storage bins which I hauled down to the basement.
This past weekend I also bought a metal shelving storage unit which I have halfway assembled down in the basement. The goal is to buy clear storage bins for the shelving unit to store all odds and ends neatly. Time to get organized!
The end of November...
The month of November ended on a great note with a fabulous Thanksgiving filled with way too much delicious food and good times with my family. This year we had a fairly small gathering at my parent's house (9 of us) but it was very relaxing (which is actually exactly what I wanted). I know I'm posting a Thanksgiving post late, but honestly, the leftovers are finally eaten and I'm just now recovering from a (too short) break from the grind.
Above: My parent's house - the dining room table set for a Thanksgiving feast!
Above: Me with my brother (21) and my sister (15). Yes, I'm the shortest. ::sigh:: (Although, it's hard to be taller than a 6'5" person!)
My brother's infamous pecan pie. Yep, boy can bake!
It is hard to believe that we're now in our last month of 2009. Almost to the year that marks the beginning of saying "Twenty ten.. twenty eleven.." No more "Two thousand eight... two thousand nine.." But before I get too far ahead of myself, I'd like stop and smell the roses. It's time to embrace December and all it has to offer: hot tea, warm slippers, cheery Christmas decorations, and let's not forget - Mariah Carey's Christmas CD.
Gina (my roommate) and I are running behind on our Christmas decorations, but we're going to take care of that this weekend/beginning of next week. I've added some candles in the front windows, but I'll wait until I can post everything at once.
Happy December!
Above: My parent's house - the dining room table set for a Thanksgiving feast!
Above: Me with my brother (21) and my sister (15). Yes, I'm the shortest. ::sigh:: (Although, it's hard to be taller than a 6'5" person!)
My brother's infamous pecan pie. Yep, boy can bake!
It is hard to believe that we're now in our last month of 2009. Almost to the year that marks the beginning of saying "Twenty ten.. twenty eleven.." No more "Two thousand eight... two thousand nine.." But before I get too far ahead of myself, I'd like stop and smell the roses. It's time to embrace December and all it has to offer: hot tea, warm slippers, cheery Christmas decorations, and let's not forget - Mariah Carey's Christmas CD.
Gina (my roommate) and I are running behind on our Christmas decorations, but we're going to take care of that this weekend/beginning of next week. I've added some candles in the front windows, but I'll wait until I can post everything at once.
Happy December!
Hiring again
Last night I met with a contractor who has a license as both an electrician and home improvement guy, which is perfect because I need an outlet wiring outside and my gate in the back fixed. He gave me the estimate yesterday, and I'm still figuring out if I want to ask for a second estimate or not, but the issue is that time is of the essence. I'm pretty sure I'll be giving this guy the go ahead to begin work in a day or two. That means, a) Christmas lights up outside soon and b) no more neighbors staring into my back patio because there's no gate. Hooray!
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