1 What Where When Why: Glass Front Fridge-y

What: A gorgeous glass front sub-zero refrigerator that my gal pal, Jessica, clued me in on.


Where:  Magazine Land.

When: Just now when I opened the email from Jessica containing such gloriousness…that she sent me on Wednesday. Bad friend.

Why: Clearly fabulous, but I can’t shake the mini-panic attack just thinking about about the half empty Sierra Mist cans and three week old cheese dip containers that would be fully on display in my house. The maid that comes with the fridge must be hiding in the bottom drawer just waiting to realign coke cans and throw out old milk cartons.

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2 What Where When Why

 
What: Rooster/chicken love…whatever it was, it was an excellent snuggler.

Where: P. Allen Smith’s crib

When: Yesterday

Why: With a gobbler like that, no explanation is needed.

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1 What Where When Why

What: Neighbor stalking window

Where: Dining room

When: That time of year again

Why: The thermometer hits 70 and my across the street neighbor insists on mowing his lawn topless. It’s going to be a long summer.

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4 What Where When Why

What: Foot soak.

Where: Kitchen sink.

When: This morning.

Why: In an attempt to recreate this guy, I stepped on a rusty nail while digging through a old wood pile. The last time I had a tetanus shot was when my biggest concern was which color bands I’d have the orthodontist attach to my grill that month, and while shots are not my thing, neither are painful body spasms, lasting for several minutes, typically triggered by minor occurrences, such as a draft, loud noise, physical touch or light…

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0 What Where When Why

 

What: June Dog

Where: Her throne

When: Anytime. You name it. She never moves unless it’s to eat, do the opposite of eat or plot the demise of backyard squirrels…which she does from the sofa anyway.

Why: This What Where When Why may look remarkably similar to one of last week’s posts but this is indeed fresh content. My little gremlin has developed a major entitlement complex thanks to a certain boy that has a thing for stubborn girls who know their way around a toolbox. We’ll talk more about him soon.

Happy Thursday!

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2 What Where When Why

What: Bananas. Really old bananas.

Where: Pulled out from underneath the red dresser in my dining room.

When: About two weeks late for their date with the trash truck.

Why: A simple reminder of how kitchen remodels test the sanity of even the most project-loving do-it-yourselfer.

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0 What Where When Why

What: Lovely white ceramic subway tile backsplash in the works.

Where: My kitchen/construction site

When: Last night

Why: A killer stomach bug has taken over my life over the past couple of days, but slowly progress is being made. Very slowly.

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0 What Where When Why

What: Busy bees in Charlotte, NC

Where: Gate B4 en route to Miami

When: During my layover 

Why: I’m cruising on down to sunny Miami to let Costa Farms (aka: mega houseplant producer for Lowe’s, Costco, just about every other store you can possibly think of) pick my blogger brain…Do they realize I have an incredibly brown thumb? Not sure, but I’m ready to see some palm trees.

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0 What Where When Why…

 

What: One last look at my kitchen in its before state.

Where: The happiest little construction site on earth.

When: This morning.

Why: Architect dad approved my kitchen plans last night and gave me the thumbs up to start tearing it to pieces.


I’m loading up and heading to Dallas to watch the Razorbacks run away with the Cotton Bowl. Go Hogs and see you Monday!

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0 What Where When Why

What: A severed laptop charger

Where: My house…after being yanked out of an outlet by the cord by a blogger too lazy to get out of her chair and walk 36 inches to properly unplug.

When: Before coffee kicked in this morning

Why: A prime example of how to make a computer addicted blogger’s blood boil as she watches her battery power slowly disintegrate to nil…after she gave her best DIY effort to reconnect with a little electrical tape, of course.

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2 What Where When Why: My own personal episode of Hoarders

What: $15 arm chair undergoing a major facelift

Where: My in-house operating room

When: This morning

Why: Show of hands if you are seriously disturbed by the mess…my fingers are touching the ceiling.

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3 What Where When Why: It can only go up from here

What: The annihilation of an arm chair

Where: Living room

When: Wednesday evening

Why: An excellent reminder of why manicures do not fit my lifestyle

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3 What Where When Why

What: A $15 arm chair

Where: My living room/workshop

When: Monday afternoon during a Bravo marathon of Bethenny Getting Married

Why: A prime example of what happens when I give myself the afternoon off work

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4 What Where When Why

What: Pretty little daffodils/spring’s welcoming committee

Where: My front yard

When: This morning

Why: My toes are tired of being frozen and I’ve never been so happy as when I spotted them while backing out of my driveway…I may or may not have run over my trashcan out of pure excitement…and recycle bin.

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3 What Where When Why

What: Big sister, little brother, yours truly

Where: Unsure, but most likely not church since brother is going topless. Wait. Scratch that. Totally possible.

When: Circa 1990

Why: Just been thinking about my loves…I’ll hang out here and await angry “Cara, how could you” phone call from brother.

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1 What Where When Why

What: Camellia bush

Where: My front yard

When: This morning

Why: Snowpocalypse 2011 leaves me with a strong compulsion to head outside with a blow dryer

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