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Valentine Decor

February 3, 2011

This year as I was taking down the Christmas decorations, I put up the Valentine’s. No waiting. Partially because if I didn’t do it then, I wasn’t sure when I would get to it. I love, love the cheesy plastic popcorn decorations. Everyone around here seems to have them, and pretty much all the listings [...]

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Slow and Steady

November 9, 2010

Look! We are making progress…. The sewing machine and I are still mostly nomadic, but that should be fixed this weekend. It is a domino effect–we have to put together the expedit so I can empty the china cabinets in the kitchen so one can be moved back in to hold china….etc, etc. You get [...]

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Condensing furniture (or why everyone needs 2 china cabinets and 2 tables in the kitchen)

September 6, 2010

Things have been a bit jumbled around here lately. We decided to go ahead and have 4 of our rooms sheetrocked (they were plaster/paneling/vintage wallpaper) as soon as we got back from vacation and to perfectly coincide timing-wise with the beginning of school. This means we, and all our belongings, have been living in 3 [...]

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Let’s Make: a list

May 27, 2010

As you may have noticed, I am totally counting down to summer vacation. It was not a determining factor in my choosing teaching as a career, but it is a definite added bonus! (13 days and I am off for one of them!) One reason I am so looking forward to summer is I have [...]

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