“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” – Henry David Thoreau

Just thought I'd give you a glimpse into my teeny tiny world. All 500 sq. ft. of it!! How do I do this you say?? Verrrry easily. After living for so long in houses with so much wasted space, I find it quite refreshing to be where I have only what I need.
That's not to say that I don't have a storage full of winter clothes, extra dishes, treasure pieces of furniture that I could not part with, goodies I have been collecting for the new house, and boxes full of christmas presents (I call them that cause I have NO IDEA what's in them). I'm mean pleeeeeze, I'm still me !! :)

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. ~Confucius

A little over a year ago we sold our house (aka the beast). While driving around looking for our forever home we came across a 1916 very neglected and disrespected California bungalow in downtown historic Mesa. It was truly my dream house. You see, I ADORE oldies. There is something about old houses. They have amazing character and if they could talk, oh the stories they'd tell! So started the long process of a full restoration. You see some really awesome, handy, thought they knew what they were doing previous owners DESTROYED the place :( that's where the disrespect comes in. They added an atrocious huge "porte cochere", some horrendous dormer windows and closed in the wrap around porch in a feeble attempt to turn it into...I don't know what. Really?? I find it hard to even write the following words- they took out the ORIGINAL STAIRCASE!!! The horrors. Soooo, after much investigating and research and a promise to return her to her former beauty, our work has begun. While most would think this is an undertaking like no other, I find it the best and most exciting challenge in my life. I can't WAIT!! Our plans took almost a year (grrr) but were finally submitted to the city last week! So exciting!! I'll keep you posted... :)

Happy Birthday K!!

To know you is to definately love you. You make me laugh when I need it the most:) So here's to you! Enjoy your special day :)

Love,

Your WBFF :)

I tried my first ever yoga class last night, and LOVED it!! Can't wait to go again. Thanks Kristin for not giving up on me!!

The place to go is insidethebungalow.com check it out :)

It's Tuesday. It's hot. Wishing it was Friday and cold :(

Oh, and I wish that was my house... :)

There was a time when my skin was so dry there was no amount of greasy creme that could fix it. I've tried them all. While buying vitamins at Natures Finest one day, I asked the woman there if she knew of anything (short of dipping myself in a vat of vegetable oil) that would help me. And she gave me this: (angels singing sound)



100% pure montana Emu oil.

This stuff is truly a miracle in a bottle. I use this on my face, hands and feet every night.





Just thought I'd help a dry girl out!!

** @ $20.00 for 2oz.

So I was in the shower last night and was waiting for the suggested 1-3 minutes to pass before rinsing my conditioner when something caught my eye.

Okay, so my iphone camera sucks. Anyway, I was amusing myself with all the different translations for conditioner. Most made sense, TILL I GOT TO THE BOTTOM!!!! Are you kidding me?? Feuchtigkeitspflegebalsam??? My mind was going crazy! I mean, who speaks that language?? I was just imagining me and hubbs at the grocery and he says- hey love, we're out of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, can you grab a bottle? It should be on aisle 3 next to the antidisestablishmenttarianism.