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made me giggle.

Whatever, is all I can say. I don't do scrapbooks. I do, however loooove the products, especially the paper. So, I can definitely appreciate the supplies some scrappers accumulate . I also tend to drool over meticulously organized studios , craft rooms, or any room for that matter, as mine is certainly not. So, I stumbled across these "scrap rooms" of some 2 peas members, a bit ago, and my jaw actually fell to the floor. These ladies have scrap rooms that put most of my favorite shops to shame, let alone any studio space I've ever seen. And these are just ladies who scrap as a hobby. They don't use these spaces for working, or making any kind of living. Like I said, WHATEVER.

Room 1 - filled with more supplies than any one person could possibly even consider using in 10 life times. And this is just a section of what she's got.




Room 2 - my favorite of them all. Almost as many supplies as the room above. But, the organization in this room just blows me away. She designed this room just for scrapping. Picking out the shelving units and everything else for every little supply, down to a drawer for each letter of the alphabet with chipboards, just chipboards. See the "K" drawer? And that cabinet full of paper, color coordinated, of course.




Room 3 - i love how colorful this room is. How can you not be inspired in a space like this?



I checked and all of these ladies are married. So they must have a magic spell they put their husbands under, that makes this all possible. Not to mention, a few extra bucks to support their habits. Another member of 2 peas mentioned how she was bookmarking one of these photos to show her husband any time he complained that she had too much stuff. Seriously, this is all a bit over the top, excessive, and even a bit absurd. But, I want one too. waaaaaahhh.

see more detailed photos of these rooms and others here.

I need a break from the cheesy "12 days of Christmas" posts. Read it. You'll enjoy it, be amazed, and quite jealous...

From the Board of Wisdom website:

------Jocks vs Nerds----

Michael Jordan having "retired," with $40 million in endorsements, makes $178,100 a day, working or not.

If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of sugarplums dance in his head.

If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 while he's there.

If he decides to have a 5-minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it.

He makes $7,415/hr more than minimum wage.

He'll make $3,710 while watching each episode of Friends.

If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours.

If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second.

He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be reimbursed $33,390 for that round.

Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax deferred account (401k), his contributions will hit the federal cap of $9500 at 8:30 a.m. on January 1st.

If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you'd be living comfortably at $65,000 a year.

He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100 meter dash in the Olympics, and about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon.

While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600.

This year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past presidents for all of their terms combined. Amazing isn't it?

However...
If Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 450 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has today.

$$$ Game over. Nerd wins.

Time for another photo of the day. This time it's "Wedding Day" by Elliot Erwitt. See more of his work here. Erwitt has taken many historical media photos you may recognize. Enjoy.

Wedding Day. New York, 1955 Elliot Erwitt

I'm loving the new HBO show, "Tell Me You Love Me." It portrays couples in different stages of their relationships in such a real way. There is a 20 something couple struggling with commitment issues, engaged to be married. A thirty something married couple trying to get pregnant. And a 40 something couple with kids living in a sexless marriage. Also, an older lady married for the second time, I believe who is a marriage counselor helping the couples deal with their issues. It was a bit surprising to actually see some of the guys body parts displayed full on in ways you don't normally see on HBO, or movies, for that matter. But, kind of refreshing, at the same time. I look forward to see how the lives of these couples play out. If you are an HBO subscriber, check it out, it's an honest look into the lives of somewhat real people.

You know when you sign up for those free trial offers that promise there is no risk? But then, you forget to cancel it in time, so your credit card gets charged. A lot of times those offers are good ones, but where they get you is in the remembering to cancel on time. A great solution for this is using a virtual credit card. They are designed to be used once, or for a short period. This way once you have used it to set up an account for a free trial offer, it will then expire, making it impossible for your card to be charged once your trial period is over. Citibank offers virtual credit cards to it's customers, as well as other credit card companies. Well, today I discovered a company that allows you to purchase prepaid virtual credit cards. But even better they are offering a free card with $1.00 credit so that you can try it out before you decide to buy one. This is great, and it works. I wanted to try out a membership to stamps.com, while taking advantage of their free trial which offers free postage. I had learned my lesson with those "risk free" trial memberships, in the past. I knew better not to sign up with my credit card. So, I thought I'd give my new free $1.00 virtual credit card a try, and guess what? It worked. I now have a free trial membership with stamps.com, and the best part is I don't have to worry about forgetting to cancel in time. If I decide I like the service enough to continue, I can always just give them my real credit card information. Easy Peasy. So, if there is a free trial out there that you are dying to test out, but don't want to risk using your credit card, give this virtual card a try, it worked like a charm for me. Let me know how it worked for you.

Want to know what the secret to selling your items on Etsy is? Go outside. Or, shopping, or take a nap, or write a letter, or cook, or anything else except check on your Etsy shop. It sounds crazy, but if you try and stay away from your computer and stop checking your shop so often throughout the day, you'll be pleasantly surprised. It's like what they say, "a watched pot never boils". And it's so true. It seems like every time I am away from my computer, (for me it's usually not by choice, but because I have other life issues to deal with) I come back to find a sale or two. Try it, you may be pleasantly surprised. It's a bit spooky.

I'm not sure how others feel about this, but I love to see how people decorate there homes. Especially people with money, like well known celebrities. Amy Butler might not live in Hollywood, but I think she's somewhat of a celebrity to those that love her fabric. Today I came across an article showing her home in Granville, Ohio and thought I'd share. See more here.

Sometimes I wonder what it was that used to fill my time, the days before I was online. I was a senior in high school when I first signed up with AOL, and heard those infamous words, "You've got Mail." I didn't care it took 10 hours to load, I just wanted to see if my dad (the only other person I knew online) had sent me a message. It was just cool, and I had this sense, then, of infinite possibilities. I didn't know exactly what they were, but I felt it, none the less. Skip ahead to now, and sometimes I worry that one day I will regret all this time I spend in front of a computer screen. All the fresh air, people watching, talking to neighbors, and just all around real life, that I am missing whenever I am in front of my computer. Of course, I do those other things, but not as much as I could. As much as I enjoy, even fiend, being connected, sometimes, I wonder if it's good for the soul. Luckily, I have this one discovery, that makes all of it worth while, my friend Emma. Emma, my friend from Australia, whom I've never even seen, except in a photo, is one of my favorite people in the whole world. We met completely by accident. I say that because I am so not the type of person to seek out friendships or any kind of relationship online. The fact that I even joined a pen pals site to begin with, is so not my style. For whatever reason I did, and I even returned to read a message from Emma. This was a couple of years ago, (I think) and since then, I have come to appreciate her so incredibly much, no one could even understand. She gets me, completely, and I get her. We just like each other, and there is nothing about her that could ever bother me, she just rocks. We are two totally different people with different personalities, but we just click. We have regular instant message chats, well as regular as we can, and have even spoke on the phone a handful of times. (I love her Aussie accent). Our conversations are full of laughing and the "F" word, just the way we love it. I always have the biggest smile on my face when we finish our talks. I can't really explain what it is, but I'm just so grateful to have met her. I can't ever say my time was wasted online, because if it wasn't for the internet, I never would have met her. We hope to, one day, be able to actually meet, face to face, and get our hugs in, meet the hubbies, and have our kids hang out...one day. But until then I'm just glad to have someone in this world, get me the way she does. Isn't that what life is all about? It should be.

xoxo ;)