Posted in crafts, home repairs on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Things are coming along folks. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter an oh how pretty it is. We finished painting the deck this weekend. We needed to put two coats on and had to wait two weeks for it to stop raining, snowing, hailing, between coats. The cabinet doors are [...]
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Posted in homekeeping, school on April 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The bed is making a transformation. I will post a picture when it is finished. I found king size shams on clearance on Lands End. I found a bed skirt on sale today and I bought a bolster pillow. The pillow was not on sale but it wasn’t hugely expensive either. I really [...]
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Posted in life on April 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Last fall my parents came to visit us. My stove broke down during their visit. In fact it was during our first meal together. My mom was appalled and told my step dad that he was buying me a new stove. Surely a mom of three cannot live without a functioning stove, right? Who was [...]
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Posted in home repairs, hubby on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, just as most of the projects have gone since we started three months ago, this is taking longer than we thought. Last weekend it was sunny, bright and oh so warm. It was a day we live for here in the Northwest. Today was cold, bitterly cold, wet, with even just [...]
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Posted in birthdays on April 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hey— wannna chance to win some cool gifts?
Head over to my bloggy friend Marsha every day next week to enter in her bloggy birthday bash. She will have a different prize each day and all you have to do is leave a comment. How easy is that. Oh, and don’t forget to wish her a [...]
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Posted in homekeeping on April 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I need help. As I look at my made up bed, I realize it is missing something. It just doesn’t quite have that department store look. We have two king size pillows with regular pillow cases on them. We have standard pillows with pillow cases also; these are the ones we sleep on. [...]
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Posted in home repairs, life on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sorry folks for being so sporadic in writing. I was thinking ya’ll might be getting bored of house repair info. Shoot, I’m getting bored of writing about it. We are still plugging away and making progress. I think the end is in sight. We hope to list the house by the end of the month. [...]
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Posted in girls, school on April 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
My oldest girl aka, Princess spoke these words today:
“Division is a sorrow for me. It will be a heavy burden the rest of my life.”
Yes, we’ve recently watched Anne of Green Gables and the girls have been listening to it on audio tape checked out from the library. I just love how what they read [...]
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Posted in life, school on April 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
But rarely a Monday. I got up at 8:00, well 8:15 but who’s counting. The girls were all out of bed, dressing, fixing themselves up. They are currently doing their math, without being told and little one is coloring. Me…I am in my jammies, reading my email and blogs and typing this post, [...]
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Posted in home repairs, hubby, life on April 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have groceries to buy, school to finish up for the week, and other miscellaneous errands. I am looking forward to another productive weekend in getting this house ready to sell. One of the things that I have enjoyed in this process is working with my husband. I enjoy the projects, seeing things get done, [...]
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