Pressure makes diamonds

Taking a quick detour from house matters for a moment... cause I just ran a 5k race this morning and feel great!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPgE5FAI-k1yICoq86tHdZM-CzEF7HDdBD2y5O61t5ufup-416S5sq7k_Faycny2ZDUAGCGp3ZoNEDd62XgPON1g6nkKMOpo0nNOA7NBeUD141k5vtsaIhPoGDQptZi4EsFcEQF7Q5KXA/s1600/IMG_4113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="370" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPgE5FAI-k1yICoq86tHdZM-CzEF7HDdBD2y5O61t5ufup-416S5sq7k_Faycny2ZDUAGCGp3ZoNEDd62XgPON1g6nkKMOpo0nNOA7NBeUD141k5vtsaIhPoGDQptZi4EsFcEQF7Q5KXA/s640/IMG_4113.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />I know a 5k is nothing in the world of running... and I'll be the first to admit that I am not a runner. Nor do I really want to be. I have no desire to run long distances (that would cut into my D&R time, hello!) so a 5k is it for me. <br /><br />I ran one last year in LA, and had so much fun that I wanted to do it again in my new town. I trained for it last year for months, but casually—I wasn't trying to break a record or anything. I didn't even really care about my time, I just wanted to finish. I think my time was 32 minutes or something, can't even remember. <br /><br />This time around I only had about a month... maybe six weeks to train. I was so out of shape after moving here as we really had no time to run while we were getting settled and adjusted. I could barely run a mile after starting back up last month, and I put house projects first and only ran outside a handful of times in my training. So I was slightly nervous because I set some pretty high goals this time: 1. Finish under 30 mins, and 2. Don't die.<br /><br /><br />The start of the race felt awesome... we did the first mile in 6:42! Our fastest time ever (Brad was running with me). We hadn't trained for that pace so our energy was gone by mile 2. The situation worsened when five year olds were sprinting past me. The "ka-thump, ka-thump, ka-thump" of each step became "this-sucks, this-sucks, this-sucks" in my head the rest of the way, and I decided if that my heart were to stop and that was the end of me, I would be at peace with my fate because I was going down with everything I've got. I wasn't going to slow down. <br /><br />I couldn't breathe in enough oxygen, my throat was burning, and I was begging for the mile 3 marker to show up in the last stretch. We finally turned the last corner to the finish line and I saw the clock... 27:25 as I ran across the line. Yes!! Smoked both of my goals, yeah dog.<br /><br />Whew, that was long winded and perhaps over-dramatic, but I wanted to share my story and hopefully you runners out there can relate. Or if you are just starting you can get motivated to get out there and do it! Races are fun, they make all the training worth it. <br /><br />And I couldn't have done it without music. Not just any music... this is the best of the best of my running collection—it pushes me like no other to keep going when I'm about to break. Gotta love it. This is what I used this morning, in this order (one song is missing because apparently it's too obscure for their database—it's Stunt's "Raindrops" if you want to look it up):<br /><br /><img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyOTk5NDgzODk3ODMmcHQ9MTI5OTk*ODQwODk*NSZwPTY5NDMwMSZkPSZnPTEmbz*1Mjg1YzM*Njk5NWM*YWU4OGQ3/NmI*YjY5ZGFiNDM1MiZvZj*w.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><br /><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; visibility: visible; width: 450px;"><object height="470" width="450"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.playlistproject.net/mc/mp3player_new.swf"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="flashvars" value="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indimusic.us%2Fext%2Fpc%2Fconfig_regular_noautostart.xml&mywidth=450&myheight=470&playlist_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.playlistproject.net%2Fpl.php%3Fplaylist%3D84567530%26t%3D1299948386&wid=os"></param><embed style="width:450px; visibility:visible; height:470px;" allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://www.playlistproject.net/mc/mp3player_new.swf" flashvars="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indimusic.us%2Fext%2Fpc%2Fconfig_regular_noautostart.xml&mywidth=450&myheight=470&playlist_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.playlistproject.net%2Fpl.php%3Fplaylist%3D84567530%26t%3D1299948386&wid=os" width="450" height="470" name="mp3player" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" border="0"/> </object> <br /><a href="http://www.playlistproject.net/"><img alt="Get a playlist!" border="0" src="http://www.playlistproject.net/mc/images/create_gray.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.playlistproject.net/playlist/21649287691/standalone" target="_blank"><img alt="Standalone player" border="0" src="http://www.playlistproject.net/mc/images/launch_gray.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.playlistproject.net/playlist/21649287691/download"><img alt="Get Ringtones" border="0" src="http://www.playlistproject.net/mc/images/get_gray.jpg" /></a> </div><br />Add these to your playlist! Trust me.<br /><br />So to honor this accomplishment (and everything else in my life I'm trying to do right now) I put this print up on my office wall...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfNWMg_BZWmOjIgB8QUHT_K29lIRHAQ-Jl4EhA4U4gEkro0jMlrG-ysVwe8SsVUurR8msgH0ZEN0bGdWsEaZQwK_qTiqjV0TGHiver6pfbJfhv9L5mO7USy_DP81SgLe4u1diFAK3hfGO/s1600/IMG_4107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfNWMg_BZWmOjIgB8QUHT_K29lIRHAQ-Jl4EhA4U4gEkro0jMlrG-ysVwe8SsVUurR8msgH0ZEN0bGdWsEaZQwK_qTiqjV0TGHiver6pfbJfhv9L5mO7USy_DP81SgLe4u1diFAK3hfGO/s640/IMG_4107.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />I heard this quote a while back and it stuck with me. It reminds me (in the words of Joe Dirt) to keep on keepin' on, and that all my hard work is not for nothing. I think I'll keep it around for a while :)<br /><br />I also treated myself to this lovely 25 cent antique glass bottle at a yard sale on the way home from the 5k:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCH7esqmBFt7IleYQqtChZIx3nIaIF51exDgvNCGCSSk2w8Y4xTgVnljU5sIX4ttqoL5W6HmBdFiQ2iaWz53-O4U6SHHJLUmTkKeyST4K-xIjmwn5mXwXBX7OQ3zVTbRpAAOAUwPK7cJ6C/s1600/IMG_4125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCH7esqmBFt7IleYQqtChZIx3nIaIF51exDgvNCGCSSk2w8Y4xTgVnljU5sIX4ttqoL5W6HmBdFiQ2iaWz53-O4U6SHHJLUmTkKeyST4K-xIjmwn5mXwXBX7OQ3zVTbRpAAOAUwPK7cJ6C/s640/IMG_4125.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />There's this paint technique I wanted to try on it and I think it would look great among a collection of small jars/bottles as vases for my future dining table. Hope to find one of those on craigslist soon!<br /><br />Last but not least, I finally purchased a window shade for the office. I went back and forth a thousand times on a white roman shade, a green roman shade, or this bamboo shade. I figured the bamboo would be the safest and most versatile with all the shades of blue + green I plan on adding to the space over time. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5UJGzbJrRDkAaMwfn_8ilXRxaDmKviqULWRputRwaQWP4xRkiHmJZbDxMCwEMrU9bs-awu0U-JgForkkUGL6LwI8Z9Wv1jp62Ba89FnAtuUe-QgWiXcHgTcUWA3z4-N_dWYkHlkGKMS-/s1600/IMG_4129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5UJGzbJrRDkAaMwfn_8ilXRxaDmKviqULWRputRwaQWP4xRkiHmJZbDxMCwEMrU9bs-awu0U-JgForkkUGL6LwI8Z9Wv1jp62Ba89FnAtuUe-QgWiXcHgTcUWA3z4-N_dWYkHlkGKMS-/s640/IMG_4129.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><br />This is the same shade we have in the kitchen nook too and I love them there!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwN7gGcKtU3cKFlnD35GNKRtGjIJYtvEzMeADVqeaJhk_5wpIPmlh6EIGVkGW1VOiN_cPb2w_zBUeEjonmuHw9Sls8ubrYPuva-9CLvFPJDeTkgmbAHkxc_AXml4r2MIGB37lbupx1UYF/s1600/IMG_3634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="568" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwN7gGcKtU3cKFlnD35GNKRtGjIJYtvEzMeADVqeaJhk_5wpIPmlh6EIGVkGW1VOiN_cPb2w_zBUeEjonmuHw9Sls8ubrYPuva-9CLvFPJDeTkgmbAHkxc_AXml4r2MIGB37lbupx1UYF/s640/IMG_3634.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />The Saturday sunshine is calling... time to go relax. Enjoy your weekend everyone!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1k3GJg6hJKCDdgoGcXH9vfD0gax5UJLzLuEMDDb17ckEy4I6yc2NwstRbrxeml8F5iPgvjcvqqX46FcfrxlRuQcUSVFA66idSMnX33G8QH8KvjnKGjm8hXCtt7eybYrKyQ47awx6Z554/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1k3GJg6hJKCDdgoGcXH9vfD0gax5UJLzLuEMDDb17ckEy4I6yc2NwstRbrxeml8F5iPgvjcvqqX46FcfrxlRuQcUSVFA66idSMnX33G8QH8KvjnKGjm8hXCtt7eybYrKyQ47awx6Z554/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div>

Pressure makes diamonds

Taking a quick detour from house matters for a moment... cause I just ran a 5k race this morning and feel great! I know a 5k is nothing in t...

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Weekend Happenings

This post will be short and sweet, as I didn't get a whole lot of time this weekend to focus specifically on the house. <br /><br />Saturday we had a neighborhood yard sale, so since we had nothing of our own to sell, Brad went up into the attic to see what he could find. He emerged with an old record player, a ton of vintage trophies, paintings of clowns and birds, a humidifier, ski boots, and golf bag wheelers. We added in the <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2011/02/stopping-in-real-quick-today-to-show.html">old palm tree rugs</a> and a couple ceramic yard statues, and we were in business. <br /><br />By 11am, we had made a cool $12.50. Woo hoo! Success. That almost pays for the new cyan ink cartridge I already had to order last night because I've been doing mucho printing around here.<br /><br />I've finally filled my office shelves with the first lineup:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOCUddAULxmVLlNChHUEcfo5Nl3FOUmY28Ld6y13keaK1YZWOYzwggVYlM33Wbg5MoeQ-FeNGVDYFWww_NnT3ej86CLrOEmE4771FBoh3ou-40UOHtBqzJ4TcwGA_51lr8CpReRgRbSwh/s1600/IMG_4082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOCUddAULxmVLlNChHUEcfo5Nl3FOUmY28Ld6y13keaK1YZWOYzwggVYlM33Wbg5MoeQ-FeNGVDYFWww_NnT3ej86CLrOEmE4771FBoh3ou-40UOHtBqzJ4TcwGA_51lr8CpReRgRbSwh/s640/IMG_4082.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />So today was spent printing and making product shots—I've got a long ways to go but it feels nice to finally get started and see it all coming together. Here's a sneak peak of one finalized design:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZz5kyA-DT1UVwNN8JIfAUlZ3wdob-YKxsQ9CrIF_yhbxuhkRLdf-uNT1Xa9LOb9cAlW1LLk3mS0rgUMxwdHq8yZN6GG2G71uqfwN6xmdjkoChwu_W9vbx4L8muX1aofJlsViJvPFEAuE/s1600/Initials-Framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZz5kyA-DT1UVwNN8JIfAUlZ3wdob-YKxsQ9CrIF_yhbxuhkRLdf-uNT1Xa9LOb9cAlW1LLk3mS0rgUMxwdHq8yZN6GG2G71uqfwN6xmdjkoChwu_W9vbx4L8muX1aofJlsViJvPFEAuE/s640/Initials-Framed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />And here's one of my favorites in action on our bedroom wall:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoPwVVh5IWHAj9DUiLbkrhsbNlMBogegDrRYkl7mK7tiBSsolDjgbABPrN-dvsIlfVdLQ5p0kfs185hNHJ9ux-HnsycB-ILDyqE6sUOdhuStFH1rYsaKyAppYwoOCZILxYkSvggCvjdl9/s1600/IMG_4075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoPwVVh5IWHAj9DUiLbkrhsbNlMBogegDrRYkl7mK7tiBSsolDjgbABPrN-dvsIlfVdLQ5p0kfs185hNHJ9ux-HnsycB-ILDyqE6sUOdhuStFH1rYsaKyAppYwoOCZILxYkSvggCvjdl9/s640/IMG_4075.jpg" width="445" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxB3jQch5Dw6Qz4uSJHI1ArTskdg5yAglrap32-jY3pUR00frtL5b553PjK_YaktpXr2uroljSrWo5lrJb3ToUVi3PeRP-nQLAqgUiFt6q-Yiq1b1CiL-tibBfX84_qqqmv7kBvbUyRg9y/s1600/IMG_4072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxB3jQch5Dw6Qz4uSJHI1ArTskdg5yAglrap32-jY3pUR00frtL5b553PjK_YaktpXr2uroljSrWo5lrJb3ToUVi3PeRP-nQLAqgUiFt6q-Yiq1b1CiL-tibBfX84_qqqmv7kBvbUyRg9y/s640/IMG_4072.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our bedroom is coming along! Soon I'll be making an upholstered headboard... as soon as I can find a free weekend. Agh, I wish this was my full time job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, and Brad finished installing and mounting the sunroom speakers:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIeaQ-iBaZQt1AjBDFjdMHu0_ISBgHV78aGXjmdT6u3LxtAgxy3oNTHVW8gp_zqnLxJ9PcvO6Cw4bcCi83DcatKMKVnYOHhF-UaagXKqAmaLQKBL-6qQKUwuwxHQmPN7zzPsgnDTgHDEu/s720/IMG_4102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIeaQ-iBaZQt1AjBDFjdMHu0_ISBgHV78aGXjmdT6u3LxtAgxy3oNTHVW8gp_zqnLxJ9PcvO6Cw4bcCi83DcatKMKVnYOHhF-UaagXKqAmaLQKBL-6qQKUwuwxHQmPN7zzPsgnDTgHDEu/s640/IMG_4102.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />So that means entire house sound system install: 100% done! That feels good. Now to complete the other 8,293 things on the list.... one weekend at a time. Until next time...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1k3GJg6hJKCDdgoGcXH9vfD0gax5UJLzLuEMDDb17ckEy4I6yc2NwstRbrxeml8F5iPgvjcvqqX46FcfrxlRuQcUSVFA66idSMnX33G8QH8KvjnKGjm8hXCtt7eybYrKyQ47awx6Z554/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1k3GJg6hJKCDdgoGcXH9vfD0gax5UJLzLuEMDDb17ckEy4I6yc2NwstRbrxeml8F5iPgvjcvqqX46FcfrxlRuQcUSVFA66idSMnX33G8QH8KvjnKGjm8hXCtt7eybYrKyQ47awx6Z554/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div>

Weekend Happenings

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This is going to sound weird, but...

<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...our house has a theme song. If these walls could talk... they would actually sing. And it would sound a little something like this (turn up your volume to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">get the full effect). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yes, that is the beautiful sound that is Christopher Cross's <em>Sailing</em>. I've loved this song since the day I heard it as a child, and for some reason it's always popped into my head as I've been contemplating the decor direction of our home. It has become a reference point when I'm stuck on something or seeking new inspiration for a room... all I have to do is play the song in my head, and the visions come to me (ha ha). Well maybe not that dramatic, but really, it's happened. Hence the abundance of blues and whites.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's like a disease and I can't help myself... but I don't want to. This song embodies my vision for our home. I want to live inside this song and experience that feeling every time I walk into the house.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To help fulfill that dream, I decided to make this song an official part of our home. So I made this little print with the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lyrics. Now I have an official shrine to the song, and its spirit will be with me whenever I walk by. Love it.</span></span><br /><br /><span lang="EN"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXo4wWmwhRxiwUL70d7FeoiEufYiekQrUKLlI6uXEkQ-RWacMepfZWDJA-Qggxq_JevlYgLH-i1_tR-UD-8r6ZfcZ0T2FB3tkg7UkmLNxpggOfDrjiBXjoLXv_GQ5Ejl9sP7RjxxMUF_L/s1600/ScriptQuote-Framed1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXo4wWmwhRxiwUL70d7FeoiEufYiekQrUKLlI6uXEkQ-RWacMepfZWDJA-Qggxq_JevlYgLH-i1_tR-UD-8r6ZfcZ0T2FB3tkg7UkmLNxpggOfDrjiBXjoLXv_GQ5Ejl9sP7RjxxMUF_L/s1600/ScriptQuote-Framed1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">　</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Funny story... and I wasn't even going to post this because it's slightly embarassing, but I told Brad I'd make him his own lyric print for the man cave. I was expecting him to pull a verse from some awesome Zeppelin song or recite his favorite Pink Floyd line... but nope, he wanted the theme song of his favorite cartoon, Aqua Teen Hunger Force. So instead of something cool, we have "Meatwad make the money, see. Meatwad get the honey's, G." Good thing this font isn't extremely legible from afar, lol. </span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkhBlmLWZEJDjmXIR8M8AGjbMnSOUy2R481O1XnFVZwkvc_sedKxiAVrEspUmMLR69x-cuqyUZM_1liv1xRovkEa3GKFKmERPIMw1o8-ccj7qDXlJctbnYqNAb7RBSZpfWxMHqCoFQKJo/s1600/ScriptQuote-Framed2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkhBlmLWZEJDjmXIR8M8AGjbMnSOUy2R481O1XnFVZwkvc_sedKxiAVrEspUmMLR69x-cuqyUZM_1liv1xRovkEa3GKFKmERPIMw1o8-ccj7qDXlJctbnYqNAb7RBSZpfWxMHqCoFQKJo/s1600/ScriptQuote-Framed2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now that I've weirded you out enough... I gotta know, I can't be the only one who is this oddly obsessed with music, right? Does anyone else's home have a "theme" song? Any song that gives you a vision of what you want your home to be and feel like? Relates to your decorating style? Or maybe just a song that reminds you of home and family? I'd love to hear your take on it! :)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>{P.S., since music is just as much a part of me as my home, this lovely little player will be a permanent fixture on the blog. Don't worry, it won't be an Enya-fest every time, I'll mix it up...}</em></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1k3GJg6hJKCDdgoGcXH9vfD0gax5UJLzLuEMDDb17ckEy4I6yc2NwstRbrxeml8F5iPgvjcvqqX46FcfrxlRuQcUSVFA66idSMnX33G8QH8KvjnKGjm8hXCtt7eybYrKyQ47awx6Z554/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1k3GJg6hJKCDdgoGcXH9vfD0gax5UJLzLuEMDDb17ckEy4I6yc2NwstRbrxeml8F5iPgvjcvqqX46FcfrxlRuQcUSVFA66idSMnX33G8QH8KvjnKGjm8hXCtt7eybYrKyQ47awx6Z554/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div>

This is going to sound weird, but...

...our house has a theme song. If these walls could talk... they would actually sing. And it would sound a little something like this (turn ...

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