1. Store Christmas lights by rolling each strand into a ball, with the end that plugs in on the outside.
They don't get all tangled up, it's super easy to test them before you drag them outside to put them in a tree or shrub, and if you keep them wrapped in a ball as you beautify the trees and shrubs, it saves mucho work.
If you roll each strand individually, you can easily store 20-25 strands in a plastic tub. And did I mention that they don't get tangled? Because they don't.
2. It's ridiculous to pay $5-$6 for a bow for a wreath or whatever. All you need to make one is some wire and some ribbon.
Start by cutting a four to six-inch piece of wire. Set that aside and then pull some ribbon loose (you don't have to cut it yet). Make yourself a tail topped by a loop, pinching the ribbon in the middle.
Make another loop on the same side of your pinchy spot as the tail.
Keep making as many loops as you want, just make sure to cross from one side of your pinchy spot (totally a technical term, btw) to the other each time. When your done making loops, bring the uncut end of the ribbon back down to make your second tail.
Wrap the wire around your pinchy spot since you can't just keep your fingers there forever.
Cut your second tail so that both ends are even and then shape your loops so the whole mess looks like a pretty bow.
There's a good tutorial over here, given that my photos are pretty lousy.
3. Daylight Savings and winter darkness destroy my photographic joy. I need an external flash or a new camera body or all new lighting in my house like WOAH.
4. Sometimes weddings don't quite go as planned.
I mean, I don't know exactly what happened, but the bride doesn't look too thrilled.
The bridesmaid seems to have had a good time, though.
I just don't know about these two.
I mean, Ken lost his pants and Barbie, well, she's a bit disheveled.
I asked the Puppet Master what happened and all I heard was "bad girls" and "dungeon" and "naked" before my brain shut down and I decided it was better if I didn't know what had happened in my family room.
5. Kids are awesome. The end.