Who is in this zoo?!
Hey, I’m Lynne.
I’m a Designer, DIY’er, lifestyle blogger and wordpress wrangler.
Want to know more?
Crappy cook, funky photographer, a blogger having fun, happiness maker (especially if I have a margarita in my hand), mom of four munchkins and wife of a guy with cancer.
I attempted to make an ABOUT ME video for you. Making a video like this is equivalent to standing naked in front of your mother in law. Just sayin’….
PS. If the video is not showing properly
1. That would be no surprise because I am NEW to YouTube and making videos. A virgin. Again.
2. My blog may be embarrassed for me and *blushing* so it doesn’t want to show it to you.
3. Here is the link in YouTube : Design the Life You Want to Live … if you still really want to see something that makes me pee my pants a lot little in fright (making a video about myself might be more complicated than childbirth). Oh.My.Word.
THANK YOU for hanging out on my blog. I am truly grateful to have you here. If you really love it here, sign up and receive the blog posts directly in your email inbox. I will smooch you for it. Well… I will at least do a *happy dance* of gratefulness. I never share your info with anyone. Ever. Not even my dog. He’s a pretty private dude too.
Here are the brass tacks on how to reach me :
If you write to me, I will answer you. I roll like that.
My email : [email protected]
Twitter : @lynneknowlton
Facebook : DESIGN THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE
Occasionally, I lose myself in pinterest.
~ For days on end ~
It’s dangerous living. Don’t go there. OK, go there. See you in a few days.
You can see my pinterest page here : Lynne Knowlton on Pinterest
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Last but not least, I am also an Instagram addict. I mostly play around in instagram. If you want cool ideas on photo editing & funky apps to use, I share with sugar bear over there. Come say ‘hey’ and goof off with me.
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I like funny.
Funny is what makes my world go around.
I’m a Canadian gal. We lived in Paris, France for two years. That is where I learned how to make a complete ass of myself with my french learning skills.
We are back on Canadian soil now { 2 Hours North West of Toronto, Ontario, Canada }
You can see a bit about our home here :
And our Treehouse here :
There are cool up-cycling, recycling green ideas in those treehouse blog posts, if you want to learn how to make an adult sized treehouse and then play in it.
Even tho I am a city girl ~ I am now planted in the country~ on purpose ~ by choice
‘Cause this is my backyard and people who live in the country crack me up. Some day, I need to write a blog post titled
” You know you live in the country when…”
Oh the stories I could tell. I will try to change the names to protect the innocent.
And I need all the fresh air I can get.
You can see more photo galleries in the PHOTO ALBUM header of the blog.
I only do work that I LOVE LOVE LOVE to do.
If it isn’t fun, I don’t do it.
My Sony camera is a DSC-HX1 . It is SIMPLE TO USE.
Emphasis on that word ….SIMPLE. Life is complicated enough.
My Sony = No lens to change, fabulous 30x digital zoom. J’adore. I don’t have a fancy dancy edit program. I only edit within iPhoto on my Macbook Air. Any other editing is done through photo apps.
Want to do the same ?
These are my favourite photo apps.
I am an APPLE nut. Not the healthy kind that keeps the doctor way. The fun kind…Apple Products.
If it is an iApple product, it is iApple love at first iSight.
I hate manuals. I almost dislike them as much as voicemail.
Voicemail = Jail.
I put my energy where it matters ~ My family is my everything.
I think that hot buttered popcorn is a perfectly acceptable dinner…and my family eats a lot of it.
I lost my dear Dad to Cancer. This was a game changer for me. I was very close to my Dad. He taught me how to fight a good fight with integrity, honesty, kindness and to have a big fat laugh along the way (believe it or not). We learned to laugh in between the tears. I think that is why I write so much about cancer now. Therapy.
If you would like to read more about cancer and doing EPIC SHIT….you can read about that here : Dear Cancer, I HATE you and I THANK you.
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My husband Michael has cancer.
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His cancer only occurs ONE in a MILLION!
Rare or what?!
I blog about cancer because it matters. Too many of us are affected by cancer each and every day. It breaks my heart.
It is my goal to kick cancer in the ass.
I adore TRAVEL. With every part of my being.
~ I AM AN ARTIST AND MY LIFE IS MY CANVAS ~
Well…that canvas of mine is filled with family, friends and kids…..
Just the way I like it.
Wanna really know who I am?
This is what my kids say about me…..
Always smells good, and can smell anything from a mile away.
She giggles.
She is obsessed with her Hunter Rubber Boots, her iPhone and her Camera.
She LOVES us.
She likes a clean house. We don’t. 
Is the first person to go to sleep at parties.
Only wears comfortable clothing. She could be wearing a super gorgeous outfit, but will take it off if the tag is bothering her { Or rip the tag out and make a big hole } Then she wonders how that hole got there.
Looks on the bright side and can make a bad situation a positive one. Like Cancer.
Our door is always open, and there is always room for one more at the dinner table.
Goes crazy if there is no milk in her coffee.
World traveler.
Loves SUPER HIT incense. She thinks it makes our house smell like a spa. We think it smells like home.
She makes good muffins.
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