How To Fix Floor Squeaks and Win Over the Admiration of Your Friends
Have we got a special treat for you today! Actually, that was a question. Have we?
Yes! Yes we have! Today we have a guest post from fellow tradesman, blogger, and all around manly dude Mr. Burrito Bowl! He writes at the deliciously title Burrito Bowl Diaries, and when you’re done reading this article I highly suggest heading over there to learn about finances, fitness, and food. There’s definitely more to his site, but those are the things my brain focuses on. Take it away, Mr. BB!
“Ha, Look at that Loser with his Squeaky Floors! Let’s Secretly Judge him,” Your So-Called Friends.
So, you’ve got a squeaky floor. It happens. It doesn’t make you less of a man. Yeah, your buddies tease you a little. The truth is they have no idea how to fix it either. Don’t even worry about it. Luckily for you, you read a
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1. KAIZEN
A Japanese term meaning “improvement”.
I think of Kaizen as ‘continuous improvement’ or ‘continual change for the better, one small step at a time’, as this is how I first heard of the term.
A lot of the successful Japanese manufacturing companies in automobiles and technology have used this exact approach to obtain massive success over time.
What could you achieve if you just focused on taking one small step in the right direction today, and then another one every day after that?
2. BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE…
Gandhi did not say “Be the change you want to see in the world” even though it is often attributed to him. What he actually said was this:
“We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the…
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LIVE! Paints & Skates!
Edited to add the finished painting from the livestream. Have a great weekend!
Hi friends! Take a break from Black Friday shopping and relax with a fun painting tutorial. We will paint some ice skates today filled with winter foliage! I am hoping this will inspire me to get my front porch decorated this weekend because I have an old wooden sled that I like to lean up on the stacked firewood on my porch and drape ice skates over. Let me know if you would like a Christmas decorating video and that might push me into decorating sooner LOL! Here is the practise sketch I did to prepare for todays video:
We will have 2 ice skates in the live video, you can get the reference photo and traceable pattern in the supply list below. If you want to chat live be sure to tune in at 12:30pm ET…
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Paint a Purple Cupcake in Watercolor Pencils!
Howdy friends! The other day I shared this watercolor pencil painting I did in my sketchbook:
I had a few requests to do a tutorial so I thought I would for our beginner tutorial this week. I have been posting beginner (probably over explained but I just want to make sure even beginners can follow along) tutorials on Wednesdays and I hope they are useful:) Let me know if they are just too simple or if I hit the mark:)
Photo credit: thescranline. If you like baking check them out. Their Instagram account is fabulous! (I don’t bake so I follow their IG account for the pretty photos and they encourage fan art!)
Supplies: Affiliate links used. Watercolor pencils and paper from Arteza *Use coupon code FRUGAL10 for 10% off if shopping on the Arteza Website.
- Arteza Expert Watercolor pencils (also on Amazon)
- Arteza Watercolor sketchbook (also on
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Tracey in Maine 