The tiling project is finally starting in our upstairs living room.

The computer desk is still set up, but most of the other furniture from the room is downstairs or in our bedroom.

It’s a good thing we have a lot of space, or we wouldn’t be able to move!

Of course with all of our projects, when we start doing one thing we find out that we need to do something else.

Almost as soon as we started walking on the tile that was under the carpet we realized that the tile was really, really cold.

I knew it would be cold, but it’s so cold that it makes my jaw hurt (I have TMJ) even when I’m wearing socks.

So we are going to have to insulate the garage, since that is directly under this room.

Of course that’s something we should probably do anyways, so it’s nothing too unexpected.

We were hoping that we could have a little time between projects, but I don’t think that will happen with this one though - the floor is too cold.

Are you working on any home improvement projects now?

Tell me about them.

Someone came to look at our foster puppy today, and I think they are going to contact the rescue about taking him home for a 2 week trial period, which the rescue requires before dogs are adopted.

I think the other dog in their family will be more likely to play with Titus than my dogs are, and he’ll really enjoy that, but I’m going to miss him!

I wanted to take a moment to wish you and yours a beautiful new year!

I hope all of your dreams come true.

Jeff and I are still recovering from the colds we got after Christmas Dinner - only two of the people that were there escaped with their health - and no colds.

We should be back to normal in the next couple of days though, and then we can get to work tiling the floor in the upstairs tv room.

How exciting!

Titus is getting fixed on our anniversary, so I don’t know what we’ll be doing then, if he is coming home the same day then we’ll stay here, because I don’t want to leave him alone the day of the surgery.

I guess we’ll have to check on that -the rescue told us when he had to be there, just not when we’d have to pick him up.

Of course if we wanted we could have volunteers take him and pick him up, but fortunately we can do it.

Anyways, Happy New Year!

Do you ever read something that you just can’t believe, and you can’t wait to find out if it’s true?

I was reading a back issue of Shape Magazine (don’t you hate it when you subscribe to a new magazine and they send you two or three back issues?) and they had an article that said if you have a headache to imagine yourself eating a meal, and the headache will go away.

I think it would be interesting if it worked, but I’m not sure if I believe it will.

I haven’t had a headache since I read the article, but I did tell a couple of people with headaches that if you imagined yourself eating a meal the headache should go away.

They looked at me like I was crazy, and I don’t think they tried.

The next part of the article said to drink a cup of water if the food think didn’t help.

Would you be willing to try either of these methods?

Do you think they’d work?

In other news - Happy New Year!

I hope you’re having a great Holiday season.

I got Jane Iredale’s 24-Karat Gold Dust Shimmer Powder in Rose in the Beautyfix.

I was a little nervous about trying the gold dust on my eyes because if I use the wrong pinks or rose colors on my eyes I end up looking like I’m crying, but when I finally worked up the nerve to wear it it was a beautiful color.

The 24-Karat Gold Dust isn’t just an eyeshadow, it can also be used as blush or lip color, or mixed with moisturizer or hair gel for a little extra shimmer.

At times it does feel decadent to know that I have real gold in my makeup, so that’s kind of fun.

This is the first time that I’ve used Jane Iredale Cosmetics, and I had fun trying them.

I always love trying something new!

If you’ve tried the 24-Karat Gold Dust Shimmer Powder or if you have any other suggestions for ways to use them I’d love to hear them!

What do you think about using gold dust in your makeup?

Would that make you more or less likely to buy something?

green by nature lip polish review

I tried green by nature’s lip polish, $3.99, in terra cotta, and blush, a hot pink color.

Both lip polishes come in slender tubes, smell minty and leave my lips tingling for a few minutes after I apply them.

The lip polish lasts for a long time, and they stain the lips, so even when the lip polish is gone there’s still a slight hint of color so I don’t look like I’m not wearing any lip color at all.

These lip polishes are only available at certain Target stores.

green by nature lip glaze review

green by nature’s strawberry mint lip glaze, $4.99, is infused with peppermint oil for fresh breath and a cooling sensation.

It’s also clear, very tingly, very shiny, and it tastes like strawberry mint if you happen to get a little of it in your mouth.

The lip glaze comes in a squeezable plastic tube, and it’s nice to be able to apply the lipl glaze over lip color without worrying that the color will transfer to the wand and stain it.

green by nature lip butter review

I tried the green by nature lip butter, $2.99, in lavender vanilla.

I don’t consider myself a lavender van, but I enjoyed this lip balm.

It was nice, and moisturizing, and it’s also the only lip balm tube I’ve found that’s Scrappy proof.

That’s right - Scrappy got into my lip balm, and although there are some teeth marks on the tube he didn’t break the plastic or eat all of the lip balm.

I know it sounds bad, but I was pretty excited when I realized that!

Usually he destroys the tube and eats the balm.

If you’d like to know more about green by nature’s products read my other green by nature reviews:
green by nature body lotion and body butter review
green by nature total body scrub and lip scrub reviews
green by nature almond cocoa body wash review

I gave my mother-in-law a Garnier Fructis 3 minute mask that I got for free the last time that I purchased shampoo.

I already have the Sleek and Shine mask and it’s too heavy for my hair and leaves it looking limp and stringy, so I didn’t want to use the mask, but I didn’t want to throw it away either.

She just called and said that she was allergic to it and her face was all blotchy.

Oops.

Have you ever given some one a gift that didn’t work out the way you’d planned it?

What happened?