Q. She said she wants is a summer themed room in the summer, and a winter themed room in the winter. Is that okay? Do you think she would get sick of it?
A. fun winter theme bedroom ideas
http://mariesmanor.fateback.com/Winter_Wonderland.html
summer theme bedroom ideas
http://teensthemes.com/surfer/beach-surfer-girl-theme-bedroom-decorating.html
http://mariesmanor.fateback.com/Winter_Wonderland.html
summer theme bedroom ideas
http://teensthemes.com/surfer/beach-surfer-girl-theme-bedroom-decorating.html
How do you organize an office for best efficiency?
Q. We are building a bedroom in the basement to move my office there, and I am looking for ideas that will make the best use of space and make an efficient office.
I am looking forward to your ideas. If you have any pictures of great offices, please feel free to share them: I am a visual person.
thanks.
I am looking forward to your ideas. If you have any pictures of great offices, please feel free to share them: I am a visual person.
thanks.
A. Regardless of where you decide to have your office, I suggest building a built-in "L" shaped desk as large as possible. You may not think you need all that space now, but usually the more space you have, the more space you use. My husband and I constructed an L shaped desk in the corner of our den and it's about 10 feet long on one side and 4 feet long on the other. I share this space with my 11 year old daughter. To save $$ we used hollow doors from Home Depot for the desktop and covered the top with vinyl tile but you could use a ready made laminate countertop. Under the desk I have 2 filing cabinets and (3) 3-drawer units I picked up at Target, the kind you assemble yourself. On the 2 walls above the desk I installed cork tile and can stick things up there with pushpins that need my immediate attention or stick up my daughter's artwork. Walmart has mini 3-drawer organizers in plastic that I use for paper clips, checkbooks, stamps, etc. and I bought a bunch of quart size empty paint cans at Home Depot for pen holders. I always try to think outside the box when decorating. I can email you a photo of the home office which has since been upgraded even more with 2 new leather chairs if you like. Good luck with your project.
What are some Valentines day Pranks I can play on my boyfriend?
Q. My boyfriend of two years and I have challenged eachother to pranks for Valentines, and I have NO Idea what to do! People are getting really excited to see what we come up with, and I've got nothing! Help!
A. If you can get into his apartment or bedroom when he's not there, you could plaster every surface with pictures of you (weird pics are better) with "I Wuv U" or some other silly message scrawled on every picture. Spend a few bucks at your local photocopy store to mass-produce your weird photos in the hundreds.
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The "stuff his car with inflated balloons" prank I hear all the time is old. But here's a variation on that. Cover his car (or bike, or refrigerator) with hearts! But you don't want to damage the surface of his car/bike/whatever. So you use magnets! I couldn't find heart-shaped magnets in bulk, but you could order a pack of 72 one-inch rectangular magnets for $3.99: http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=11&productId=IN-48/2573&mode=Unknown&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&xsaleSku=57/9500&sku=48/2573&cm_sp=Cross%20Sell-_-Product%20Detail-_-Product%20Detail
Glue a heart to every magnet. Stick them all over his car, and voila! He has a car that is dotted with hearts! Or you could glue *anything* on those magnets. Suddenly his car is dotted with 72 Elmo heads! Or 72 cookies (stickers OR real cookies!) Find something round that looks like big dots, and glue it on those magnets to "polka-dot his car".
Even sillier: buy the 12-foot lengths of magnetic strips. Glue stuff to the strips before applying them to his car. Even better, if you have craft skills, see if you can find some fake fur at the fabric store, and buy 2 yards of it. Cut the fur into one-inch wide strips that are six feet long. Attach two 6-foot fur strips to each 12-foot long magnetic strip. Glue or hot glue might not work, but with a needle and thread you could loop the thread through the fur and around the magnetic strip about every 10 inches so it stays on. The finished product is several 12-foot-long magnetic FURRY STRIPES that you use to decorate his car! I vote for hot pink fur! Here are the magnetic strips I'm talking about:
http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=11&productId=IN-57/1500&mode=Unknown&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&xsaleSku=57/9500&sku=57/1500&cm_sp=Cross%20Sell-_-Product%20Detail-_-Product%20Detail
Perhaps you could apply glue to one side of the magnetic strip, and cover it completely with pink glitter. Then you'll have pink glitter stripes to add to his car! It will be a super-girly car.
Instead of waiting for the magnets or magnetic strips to be shipped to you, I bet you could find some in your local crafts store. Magnetic sheets are fun to play with, too. You can take a 8" by 11" or larger magnetic sheet, and paint or glue the sign for a fake business on it. Attach it to his car, and voila! he's driving the company car of some weird business. Be sure to include his name in the business slogan:
Mike's Balloon Excursions for Kids. "Every child should have the Balloon Boy experience!" (include picture of balloon boy's silver balloon)
Jason's Taxidermy Service "We really know our stuff."
Steve's Drilling Service "Your Hole Is Our Goal"
That last one is from here: http://www.holyducttape.com/gallery/holevan.jpg
Here are more business signs--make up your own version for the magnetic sheet:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__UIs6-gaeYw/SXzEpyagJ_I/AAAAAAAARko/FXMBpFwxwO0/s400/funny-sex-truck-sign.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/293903543_96b49c049d.jpg
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This next pair of pranks requires your best geek skills, or assistance from a geek. And it works only if you have access to your boyfriend's computer.
Easy computer prank: set up a ridiculous screensaver image. It can be a weird animation or picture, or, it could be the kind or screen that looks like your computer's hard drive has failed (but don't give him a heart attack!)
Hard computer prank: takes a bit of skilled effort in advance: go to Tucows.com and download a font editor utility. Edit a font so that the letter "i" is dotted with a heart. Do all this on your computer, and save the font file on a flash drive. Sneak into his computer, download the font from the flash drive into the system's font collection, and make it his default font for the internet. I did this to someone before--it's very subtle. They really crack up when they suddenly notice that every "i" is dotted with a heart.
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Mean pranks, of the "hope he doesn't have a heart attack" variety:
Besides making it look like his computer just died, there's the old "leave the used pregnancy test on the bathroom sink." A variation on that works if you already had a child with your boyfriend/husband: print out the following web page, and leave it on your desk or somewhere that he'll notice it: http://www.dnatesting.com/
Some guys, like my little brother, actually enjoy mean pranks that don't hurt anyone, but that are kinda scary.
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I also like the human heart idea suggested by "Justice"--guys who like horror flicks might actually love it. And since many guys think valentine's day is an annoyance, they might like the irreverence of the "here's my bloody heart" message. Could you get a cow's heart from the local butcher? Er, that might be too gross for you to deal with.
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The "stuff his car with inflated balloons" prank I hear all the time is old. But here's a variation on that. Cover his car (or bike, or refrigerator) with hearts! But you don't want to damage the surface of his car/bike/whatever. So you use magnets! I couldn't find heart-shaped magnets in bulk, but you could order a pack of 72 one-inch rectangular magnets for $3.99: http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=11&productId=IN-48/2573&mode=Unknown&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&xsaleSku=57/9500&sku=48/2573&cm_sp=Cross%20Sell-_-Product%20Detail-_-Product%20Detail
Glue a heart to every magnet. Stick them all over his car, and voila! He has a car that is dotted with hearts! Or you could glue *anything* on those magnets. Suddenly his car is dotted with 72 Elmo heads! Or 72 cookies (stickers OR real cookies!) Find something round that looks like big dots, and glue it on those magnets to "polka-dot his car".
Even sillier: buy the 12-foot lengths of magnetic strips. Glue stuff to the strips before applying them to his car. Even better, if you have craft skills, see if you can find some fake fur at the fabric store, and buy 2 yards of it. Cut the fur into one-inch wide strips that are six feet long. Attach two 6-foot fur strips to each 12-foot long magnetic strip. Glue or hot glue might not work, but with a needle and thread you could loop the thread through the fur and around the magnetic strip about every 10 inches so it stays on. The finished product is several 12-foot-long magnetic FURRY STRIPES that you use to decorate his car! I vote for hot pink fur! Here are the magnetic strips I'm talking about:
http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/browse/processRequest.do?demandPrefix=11&productId=IN-57/1500&mode=Unknown&requestURI=processProductsCatalog&xsaleSku=57/9500&sku=57/1500&cm_sp=Cross%20Sell-_-Product%20Detail-_-Product%20Detail
Perhaps you could apply glue to one side of the magnetic strip, and cover it completely with pink glitter. Then you'll have pink glitter stripes to add to his car! It will be a super-girly car.
Instead of waiting for the magnets or magnetic strips to be shipped to you, I bet you could find some in your local crafts store. Magnetic sheets are fun to play with, too. You can take a 8" by 11" or larger magnetic sheet, and paint or glue the sign for a fake business on it. Attach it to his car, and voila! he's driving the company car of some weird business. Be sure to include his name in the business slogan:
Mike's Balloon Excursions for Kids. "Every child should have the Balloon Boy experience!" (include picture of balloon boy's silver balloon)
Jason's Taxidermy Service "We really know our stuff."
Steve's Drilling Service "Your Hole Is Our Goal"
That last one is from here: http://www.holyducttape.com/gallery/holevan.jpg
Here are more business signs--make up your own version for the magnetic sheet:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__UIs6-gaeYw/SXzEpyagJ_I/AAAAAAAARko/FXMBpFwxwO0/s400/funny-sex-truck-sign.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/293903543_96b49c049d.jpg
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This next pair of pranks requires your best geek skills, or assistance from a geek. And it works only if you have access to your boyfriend's computer.
Easy computer prank: set up a ridiculous screensaver image. It can be a weird animation or picture, or, it could be the kind or screen that looks like your computer's hard drive has failed (but don't give him a heart attack!)
Hard computer prank: takes a bit of skilled effort in advance: go to Tucows.com and download a font editor utility. Edit a font so that the letter "i" is dotted with a heart. Do all this on your computer, and save the font file on a flash drive. Sneak into his computer, download the font from the flash drive into the system's font collection, and make it his default font for the internet. I did this to someone before--it's very subtle. They really crack up when they suddenly notice that every "i" is dotted with a heart.
_____________________________________
Mean pranks, of the "hope he doesn't have a heart attack" variety:
Besides making it look like his computer just died, there's the old "leave the used pregnancy test on the bathroom sink." A variation on that works if you already had a child with your boyfriend/husband: print out the following web page, and leave it on your desk or somewhere that he'll notice it: http://www.dnatesting.com/
Some guys, like my little brother, actually enjoy mean pranks that don't hurt anyone, but that are kinda scary.
_____________________________________
I also like the human heart idea suggested by "Justice"--guys who like horror flicks might actually love it. And since many guys think valentine's day is an annoyance, they might like the irreverence of the "here's my bloody heart" message. Could you get a cow's heart from the local butcher? Er, that might be too gross for you to deal with.
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