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August, 2009

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Snipi: Perfect for DIY design

I don’t know how and the hell I stumbled across Snipi, but I did and it’s changed my life. No… it does not wash, fold, and properly stow my laundry….

August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment | Read the Full Article

Old & Good

I hate the phrase “old but good” which seems to imply that those two things should be mutually exclusive and it’s a rarity when they’re not. I hope in my…

August 30, 2009 | 2 Comments | Read the Full Article

Has Tools, Will Travel, Needs Sleep

The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Had To Do First, let me relay a conversation that occurred between our loan officer and my wonderful, even-tempered significant other. Loan Officer: We’ll everything…

August 25, 2009 | 6 Comments | Read the Full Article

Harvest

All is as you would expect it to be on the Isle of Insanity (otherwise known as my life). There are new concrete floors, new windows, some broken glass, a…

August 24, 2009 | 0 Comments | Read the Full Article

In the sibling department, I lucked the hell out.

Grace, height, manners, the ability to go 24 hours without tripping over something. These are areas in which the universe did not see fit to be generous with me. But…

August 16, 2009 | 1 Comment | Read the Full Article

Favorite New DIY Web Resources

Mostly I’m all over the Internet when it comes to finding the information I need to do whatever I want to do. But I find myself going back to some…

August 13, 2009 | 1 Comment | Read the Full Article

DIY House Addition: Things you need to know first.

The Story: We say we’ve been seriously contemplating the addition for about a year, but it’s really been a month since we’ve begun to formulate anything resembling a workable plan….

August 10, 2009 | 2 Comments | Read the Full Article

Powertools plus wine

This is how we do it without a cork screw… in the country.

August 8, 2009 | 0 Comments | Read the Full Article

Convergence

I am a renovation black-hole. It’s the best way to describe my life at this moment. And I don’t mean “black hole” the way people (including myself) inappropriately use the…

August 4, 2009 | 6 Comments | Read the Full Article

Playin’ girl for a while is fun…

…but I am SO READY to put my workboots on again.

August 2, 2009 | 0 Comments | Read the Full Article
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