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We have had a rough couple months ’round here–especially the last two weeks.  You may have noticed a lack of big projects here lately.  My handyman and the muscles of the operation, Chris, has been working extremely late at his job launching an entirely new website.  Last night he strolled home around 2am and he […]

With our new kitchen layout plans in place, we have turned our attention to materials.  My mind is spinning.  There are so many options for countertops and cabinets.  We know we love the look of black Honed Granite, Richlite, Soapstone and Concrete countertops–but that is still FOUR different choices.  We are headed to a home […]

While visiting my parents over the holiday, my mom gave me some chalk that she had stored away for decades.  It is vibrant and smooth and made this month’s drawing even more enjoyable.   Why fish?  I felt like it, I guess.  I don’t remember ever drawing fish before and boy, was it fun to […]

Yesterday, I counted down the top five most popular posts of the year, and today I wanted to recognize a few people that really helped our little blog be seen/read this year.  While we do get a fair amount of traffic from our own sources (Subscribers, Facebook, Networked blogs, heck–we were even Googled nearly 5000 […]

I did every bit of my Christmas shopping online.  For Chris.  For family.  For Greta.  Our Christmas cards.  All of it.  And I have been done for weeks…until last night.  Chris and I decided on popcorn for our snack and I couldn’t resist giving him his Stir-Crazy Popcorn popper that I ordered back in November […]

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