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We have weeds that are 5′ tall.  Taller than our half-dead bushes.   Our little evergreen bushes used to be shaped all swirly–they aren’t anymore. The perimeter of our front yard is completely grown over and it is all my fault.   It feels like it is the wife’s job to weed, doesn’t it?  It […]

I love free money.  It gets me out of the house and onto one of my favorite activities: treasure hunting.  Yesterday, Pier 1 was doing a little promoting and giving all of their facebook fans $10 off a $10 (or more) purchase.  I sprung on that and set a few ground rules for myself.  Mainly–I […]

It’s hard when you work really hard on something and it just doesn’t look right.  Or feel right.  Or you flat out, don’t like it.  For some people, the hours put into a project alone are enough for them to live with it.  Even when I put hours into something, and even when I blog […]

While browsing around Pinterest last week, I came across a little tip that said you can clean out all of that old paint that gets dried and stuck in your paintbrush with boiling vinegar.  When my brush gets to that point, I usually just throw it out and get a new one for around $5 […]

While I am here wrestling with a power drill that is seriously lacking power (I don’t think I am supposed to have to use a regular screwdriver once I hit a stud because my drill stops working), I am serving you up a special treat.  Real life in our casa.  Greta insists I chase her […]

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