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Fred and Friends Makes Me Smile

February 28, 2012 Gifts

Every once in a while, I need to buy a little something to make me smile.  Or make somebody else smile.  Just a little something. I’m not a big fan of retail therapy.  Usually shopping doesn’t make me feel better – most times I can’t find anything I like or nothing fits and then I [...]

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My Favorite New All-Purpose House Cleaner

February 8, 2012 Home

Do you have cupboards overflowing with a variety of house cleaners? Recently I cleaned out a stash of cleaning supplies underneath one of my bathroom sinks and discovered I had five different all-purpose surface cleansers. Why do I do this? I know. The little housekeeping fairy that lives in my brain is beguiled by the [...]

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Chicken Life Update

December 23, 2011 The Chicken Mama
This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Chickens

Now that all the shopping’s done…..let’s talk chickens! Here’s an update on how the ladies are doing…. First egg showed up right on schedule in mid-November, when the girls were about four months old.  Now, a month later, we’re getting at least five and up to nine eggs EVERY DAY.  For the dead middle of [...]

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A Concert In Your Living Room

October 17, 2011 Home

I’m about to say something that makes me a total fuddy duddy. Here goes… I don’t like going to concerts.  Not at all. The deal is – I’m not quite five feet tall.  Unless I’m in the front row (never) all I see is the shoulder of the tall dude in front of me (and [...]

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In Search of the Right Paint Colors

September 14, 2011 Home

Late last spring I embarked on a redo the main level of our house project. The paint was tired from years of kid hand prints, animals rubbing themselves and vaccuum cleaner dings. Plus, I was never pleased with how the colors turned out even though I had agonized over all the choices. Suffice it to [...]

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It’s Just A Car…Or Is It?

September 13, 2011 Home

Damn you, Nancy! There I was the other evening, errands not finished, cooking dinner not started, (you know, just another day around here) and I realized I hadn’t put the sheets into the washer.  In the olden days, this would not have been a problem.  But now that I’m thoroughly ADDICTED to putting my sheets [...]

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And She Doesn’t Even Play Tennis

September 6, 2011 College

What happened to August? Where did it go?  I DON’T EVEN HAVE TIME TO CATCH MY BREATH! It’s also been really hard to find the time to sit down and write.  So I didn’t for the past two weeks.  Major slacker, I am. Or, you could say I was driving a U-Haul truck through the [...]

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Little of This, Little of That

August 31, 2011 Home

Today’s post is a hodge podge of interesting links: Last week I wrote about things you can do with an egg carton and yesterday I saw this fun use of an egg carton as gift wrap. In response to 10 Fabulous Things You Can Do With Maps, my cousin Mary, posted a link to one [...]

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Egg-Carton-o-Rama

August 26, 2011 Home

Even though Joan’s chickens won’t starting laying eggs for several months, I’ve started saving my egg cartons for her. And, since I’ve become more “carton conscious,” things relating to egg cartons catch my eye. So, scrolling all the blogs I try to monitor for just the right thing ideas, I noticed an article from Shelterpop [...]

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Presenting…”Chick-topia”

August 17, 2011 The Chicken Mama
This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Chickens

So…the building of the chicken coop is almost complete.  And I’m not dead yet.  Bonus! The ladies moved in last week and have been loving their new digs.  My favorite part is watching them settle into their roost for the night.  We worked overtime to expand the coop so they would have the required indoor [...]

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