crazy life

I can't believe it's almost April! My life has just been a crazy, colorful mess the last couple of months. But I'm excited to finally be slowing down a bit and having time for myself again.

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birthday cookies

My girl scouts are probably the biggest fans of my pet hedgehog, Russell. They're dying to meet him. And since I'm not planning on letting him come to robotics practice any time soon, they are hedgehog deprived.

Since my birthday coincides with the robotics season, I usually bring in a special treat to share with the girls. This year I went all out.

So adorable. They took absolutely FOR-EV-ER to make, but I think the end product was totally worth it.

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January Project Life

My life is so busy right now that I'm not sure why I added another project to it. But I started running across Project Life stuff all over Pinterest and became intrigued. I love scrapbooking, but it's usually such a hassle and time sucker that I never get around to doing it. But this concept looked fairly straightforward, so I decided to attempt it for 2014.

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Mr. Russell Pricklepants

I got a new roommate this past weekend. He's shy and sleeps all day and can get a bit prickly at times.

Behold: Mr. Russell Pricklepants.

There's obviously a back story to how this happened, so here it is (beware, it's a long one).

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hello!

I have officially now painted every room in my house. So I'm done painting now, right?

Ha. Hahaha. Of course not.

Unfortunately, both my front door and door in from my garage need some serious TLC. I'm not planning on tackling either of those any time soon, so I needed to do something to hold me over for a while.

Silhouette to the rescue!

Simple. Quick. Adorable. :)

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