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How to Hem a Pair of Pants with Cuffs
Here's a hypothetical situation: Your husband received a new black suit in the mail as a gift, and it is your job to find a tailor to have the suit pants hemmed to fit. Let's say, hypothetically, that...
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Home Tour: Outdoors
The outdoor world we live in!Our garden and the view of the back neighbor's storage sheds (you can see the corner of our own shed on the left-hand side of the picture)The great patio. Jon can even...
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Home Tour: Utility Room
A utility room is one of life's little pleasures. It makes life simpler! Up until this house, our utility "room" has always been a closet with enough room for the washer and dryer only. But this house...
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Home Tour: Living and Dining Revisited
Last weekend we had an Open House for all the members of our church. Our home is 45 years old and feels brand new because of all the hard work that the church put in before we even moved here. Every...
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Home Tour: Boys' Room
You've seen a little peek at the boys room from my recent post about Caleb's big boy bed. This room might be my favorite, for several reasons.I love the colors. It's colorful, but because it's mostly...
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Home Tour: Family Room
The Family Room is where we spend most of our time at home. Our computers are here, some of Caleb's toys are here (tucked under the breakfast bar...you can't see them in these pics), the laundry gets...
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Home Tour: Hall and Guest Bath
The hallway was one of my mom's inspirations. She has a wall of family photos (and I mean FULL of photos) at her house, and I wanted something like it. So, she put together this wall. It has lots of...
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Home Tour: Master Bedroom
The master bedroom: the haven of the homeowner and yet often the most-neglected spot in the house. That is true for us, and though I enjoy our bedroom, the color scheme doesn't match the rest of the...
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How to Paint Nuts and Bolts
When I was repainting Caleb's big boy bed, I really wanted to paint the nuts and bolts that held the bed together. I had in mind that I would hold them out at arm's length and give them a good...
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How to Give Yourself a French Pedicure
The state of my toenails is a good indicator about the state of my life.A beautifully pedicured pair of feet means that I've had time to stop and take care of myself. Most times my feet sport the...
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Home Tour: Guest Bedroom
The final room of the house is perhaps my favorite...but how many rooms have I said that about?I love our guest bedroom. My grandmother made the quilt, and it so bright and cheery that it makes me...
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Best Friends
My best friend took this picture of me:But then I got her back by taking this picture of her:(You know, maybe these things wouldn't happen if we weren't such hams in front of the camera....)But because...
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Clyde
I love how kitties drape their tails over their feet. Isn't Clyde handsome?In case you're wondering, this was a photo from the archives, taken when we were packing up our old house getting ready to...
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Happy Valentine's Day
Jon and I have known each other for 10 years (though we can't agree on exactly when we met). We were friends for a year, dated for 6 months or so, engaged for 10 months (9 years ago tomorrow), and...
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Crafting Getaway
While it seems like most things these days are focused on my kids and family in general, I've gotten some craft projects done lately that I'm really happy about. A few weekends back I got to join my...
View ArticleLazy Meme
The instructions with this are to bold the ones you’ve done, leave the others in normal type. So here goes. (I got it here.)1. Started your own blog (clearly…)2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a...
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The Knitted Sock
So I took up knitting awhile back, and I've really enjoyed it! It's very portable and usually pretty easy to stop when needed. The downside is getting a good collection of needles for all the different...
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On a health kick...for three days
Awhile back, Jon and I saw the compelling documentary "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead." (Check it out on Netflix.) The premise is that our bodies have the ability to heal themselves if given the chance....
View ArticleIt's a New Year
It's January second, and people all over the world are making resolutions...or resolving to make none. Some people have already broken their resolutions, and some will wait to March to get around to...
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Church Banners
By the way, I had the privilege of designing Advent banners for our church this year. I kept forgetting to take a picture, but someone else did.Initially, way back in August, I was approached to help...
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