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• +Contests (8)
  • And the winner is...
  • Contest: You Need This (Courtesy of DIY Network)
  • Great Garden Salsa-off 2009
  • Holiday Miscellany
  • iTouch Giveaway! (Sponsored by DuPont and the mySurface App)
  • Suprise! (followed by Contest!)
  • Unruly, Inappropriate, Irreverent, & Uneasy
  • Win Something Wednesday (from Charles & Hudson)
• +Crookedbrooms (15)
  • 'Twas the week before Christmas, and down in the shop...
  • Am Not.
  • Another reason why boobs are singularly annoying appendages.
  • Because working with paper doesn't make me sweat...
  • Crooked Broom
  • Crookedbroom Marathon
  • DIY & Memorial House Update
  • Last One This Year
  • Leopard Print Crookedbroom
  • Ohhhh... Pretty.
  • Pink-on-Pink & Heaven
  • Polka Dots are the new Black
  • Polka Dots Squared
  • Post Christmas Post Part I: Ingenious
  • Redeeming myself, yet again.
• +DIY (234)
  • +Creative (18)
    • Am Not.
    • Crooked Broom
    • Crookedbroom Marathon
    • DIY Weekend Project: Make a Desk out of a Door.
    • Glassy-Eyed
    • Houston, we have framing.
    • Like Legos, But Bigger
    • Mitered Corners & Other Things
    • Naked Lady
    • On the list of 1000 projects I would like to start in the next year.
    • One Hour Mystery Project
    • Photo Essay: A day in the life.
    • Picking up a different kind of paintbrush...
    • Recycling Cabinet: Side panels
    • The Bottle Project, Part Deux
    • Totally Worth It
    • Vertigo (And things I hope never to do again.)
    • Whoa, Tree.
  • +DIY Book Reviews (1)
    • DIY Book Review: The Barn House (by Ed Zotti)
  • +DIY House Addition (4)
    • DIY Addition: Step 1 - House Plans
    • DIY House Addition: Cool house features to consider before you build.
    • DIY House Addition: Making Hard Decisions
    • DIY House Addition: Things you need to know first.
  • +DIY How To (15)
    • Answers to the most commonly googled questions.
    • DIY Cedar Raised Garden Bed
    • DIY Weekend Project: Keep People Out (Changing door hardware)
    • DIY Weekend Project: Make a Desk out of a Door.
    • DIY: How To Cope Crown Molding Joints with a Dremmel
    • Drywall 101: Hanging Wallboard By Yourself & Other Hard-Learned Lessons
    • Drywall 101: Using Joint Compount for a Stucco Wall Finish (No Sanding Required)
    • How to Install a Woven-Wire Fence
    • How To: Make a sink base out of a regular cabinet.
    • Lesson One: How to get rid of a Smell
    • Lesson Two: Painting Swirls
    • Tech DIY: How to host your own Wordpress site with Go Daddy
    • Tile 101: How to Lay Floor Tile
    • Weekend DIY Picnic Table Project
    • Wood Ceiling 101: How To Install Tongue & Groove Paneling
  • +DIY Philosophy (18)
    • Answers to the most commonly googled questions.
    • Because working with paper doesn't make me sweat...
    • Best Free iPhone Apps (and other techie things I love)
    • DIY Fridays
    • DIY Stress: When mirrors become the enemy.
    • Do I lose my DIY membership card for this?
    • Like Clockwork
    • My Red Lipstick
    • Not the kind of girl your mom wants you to bring home for supper.
    • Recycling Cabinet: Side panels
    • Starting off Right: A Message to All DIYers
    • Suprised I still own all ten toes.
    • The pinacle of self-restraint.
    • Thoreau on Loneliness
    • We don't use the "C" word in this house.
    • Where I Got It
    • Wherein "Someone" has a Heart Attack. Literally.
    • Wherein I interview a guy at the DIY Network
  • +DIY Resources (7)
    • DIY Resources: For Sale By Owner
    • DIY Resources: iPhone Apps, Calculators, and Idea Galleries
    • DIY Resources: Things About Water
    • Favorite New DIY Web Resources
    • How to Install a Woven-Wire Fence
    • Snipi: Perfect for DIY design
    • Things I Learned in Contractors Class: You Do Not Know It All
  • +Garrison House (64)
    • A Little Oops
    • And, Deep Breath, Garrison Road is For Sale
    • Back to Business & Bathrooms
    • Badass Pergola COMPLETE!
    • Basement Floor (aka Fun with Stick Tiles!)
    • Basement Transformation
    • Crooked Bench
    • Demolition
    • Digger of Trenches.
    • DIY & Memorial House Update
    • DIY Cedar Raised Garden Bed
    • DIY Fridays
    • DIY: How To Cope Crown Molding Joints with a Dremmel
    • Every day is an Adventure
    • Hey, it actually looks like a....
    • Hopefully the last time in my life I have to rip up stink carpet.
    • I knew there was beauty in you...
    • I Still Have All My Fingers...
    • In the world of fence installation, my mother and I are Rockstars.
    • Insanity Continues
    • Just about had my fill of stick tiles...
    • Lesson One: How to get rid of a Smell
    • Likes to get her fingers dirty (with mortar)...
    • Looking for an excuse not to accidentally electrocute myself.
    • Looks like someplace you could work in...
    • Memorial House: Demolition Begins
    • My Favorite Things & Zen Laundry Room Part II
    • No one likes to see a girl shovel alone...
    • Nook.
    • Not as Badass as I would like...
    • Now THAT'S a color.
    • Oh. Dear. God.
    • One Step at a Time: Refinishing Continues
    • Rapidly Approaching Completion (Or Not.)
    • Reason #372 Why I Don't Clean
    • Redemption
    • Sonofa...
    • Stuck Between a Root and a Hard Pipe.
    • That girl can drywall...
    • The Crooked Kitchen
    • The Great Wall of..
    • The Life-Cycle of a Kitchen
    • The Mysteriously Regenerating Concrete Wall
    • The Pergola Countdown Begins
    • Utility Room Zen & Kung Fu Nailing
    • Wheelbarrow, Sledgehammer, & High Heels.
    • Wherein I break a box of tile over a contractors head.
    • Wherein my sanity is tested by toothpicks and popsicle sticks...
    • Would you cook here?
    • +Badass Pergola (15)
      • A Little Oops
      • Badass Pergola COMPLETE!
      • Crooked Bench
      • Digger of Trenches.
      • Every day is an Adventure
      • Hey, it actually looks like a....
      • In the world of fence installation, my mother and I are Rockstars.
      • No one likes to see a girl shovel alone...
      • Not as Badass as I would like...
      • Rapidly Approaching Completion (Or Not.)
      • Stuck Between a Root and a Hard Pipe.
      • The Great Wall of..
      • The Mysteriously Regenerating Concrete Wall
      • The Pergola Countdown Begins
      • Wheelbarrow, Sledgehammer, & High Heels.
  • +Memorial House (62)
    • *Heart* Dumpster
    • 2009: We've Got Big Plans
    • 52 Weeks: F*ck Composition
    • A little taste of our future life...
    • At First Sight
    • Beachfront Property
    • Big Plans & A Little Trim
    • Change of Plans (aka Thank You Tom Petty)
    • Convergence
    • Could have smelled A LOT worse
    • Country Livin' & A Big WOO HOO
    • DIY & Memorial House Update
    • DIY Addition: Step 1 - House Plans
    • DIY Cedar Raised Garden Bed
    • DIY Resources: Things About Water
    • DIY Video: Framing in a Custom Window
    • Drywall 101: Success Through Slave Labor
    • Exceedingly likely that I fall from a great height.
    • Eye level with a Canadian Goose
    • Fun with Gas (and possible explosions)
    • Gas Station History
    • Has Tools, Will Travel, Needs Sleep
    • Hopefully the last time in my life I have to rip up stink carpet.
    • How to Install a Woven-Wire Fence
    • Insanity Continues
    • It's gonna look like this.
    • Kitten, this ain't no city livin'.
    • Master of My Domain
    • Memorial House Style: Rustic-Art-Somethingorother
    • Memorial House Tour
    • Memorial House: Demolition Begins
    • Miscellaneous May
    • Old & Good
    • Relief
    • Sown
    • Stain on the Brain
    • Station Progress: Let's call it halfway.
    • Summer Shots
    • Sunday Night Fence Edition
    • Testing the limits of our relationship.
    • The Bible of My Future Life
    • The Memorial House: Year(s) In Review
    • These trees will protect me from the Crazy.
    • Twisted
    • Using Photoshop to Illustrate the Depths of our Madness
    • Varmit
    • Wood, Meet Ceiling
  • +Style (14)
    • Blank Slate: Man-Cave Bathroom Style
    • Contemplating Life in a Gas Station
    • DIY House Addition: Cool house features to consider before you build.
    • Memorial House Style: Rustic-Art-Somethingorother
    • Stain on the Brain
    • Using Photoshop to Illustrate the Depths of our Madness
  • +Tool Time (18)
    • Another reason why boobs are singularly annoying appendages.
    • Badass or BS? Things for around the home.
    • Contest: You Need This (Courtesy of DIY Network)
    • For Your DIYdiva: Holiday gift ideas for the badass woman in your life.
    • Grizzly Hand-held Pneumatic Drum Sander = LOVE
    • Loves Tools, Needs Life
    • Someone at Makita must read this website.
    • Things I Learned About Myself While Cleaning My Workshop
    • What's in YOUR Toolbox?
    • Wishlist
  • Advice for the Unmarried: Building or Buying a House Together
  • Big Plans & A Little Trim
  • Drywall 101: Hanging Wallboard By Yourself & Other Hard-Learned Lessons
  • Drywall 101: Success Through Slave Labor
  • I Still Have All My Fingers...
  • More Great DIY Reads
  • One Step at a Time: Refinishing Continues
  • Picking up a different kind of paintbrush...
  • The Memorial House: Year(s) In Review
  • Tile 101: How to Lay Floor Tile
• +DIY Video (2)
  • DIY Video: Framing in a Custom Window
  • DIY Video: Silent Bench Building
• +Doing it For REAL (3)
  • Do I lose my DIY membership card for this?
  • Things I Learned in Contractors Class: How Not to Die
  • Things I Learned in Contractors Class: You Do Not Know It All
• +Eat Happy! (17)
  • Brought to you without the use of powertools...
  • Eat Happy! Garden Fresh Potato Salad
  • Eat Happy: "This is damn good" Chicken Pot Pie
  • Eat Happy: Accidentally Awesome Spinach Pie
  • Eat Happy: Baked Feta with Pita Snackers
  • Eat Happy: Beer & Cheese Soup
  • Eat Happy: Cube Steak Sandwich
  • Eat Happy: Fresh Raspberry Ice Cream Topping
  • Eat Happy: Fried Spaghetti
  • Eat Happy: Grilled Corn & French Onions
  • Eat Happy: Homemade Cherry Pie
  • Eat Happy: Personal Sized Vegetable Quiche
  • Eat Happy: Pesto Marinated Steak with Roasted Garlic
  • Eat Happy: Roasted Pears with Blackberry Sauce
  • Eat Happy: Scrumptious Stuffed Red Peppers
  • Eat Happy: Tortellini in Cream Sauce with Peas
  • Eat Happy: Whatever you've got in your fridge Chili
• +Livin' It (54)
  • +Tucked Away in Toledo (1)
    • Tucked Away in Toledo: ZOOtoDO
  • +Weight Loss Challenge (7)
    • Checking Things Off The List
    • In desperate need of shedding a few pounds.
    • The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
    • Weight Loss Challenge: Week 2
    • Weight Loss Challenge: Week 3
    • Weight Loss Challenge: Week 4
    • Weight Loss Challenge: Week 5
  • Air Force Tanker Deal: A little dose of something you don't usually get here...
  • Am Not.
  • Attention: I have something to say about being a girl.
  • Badass Cat
  • Brought to you without the use of powertools...
  • Checking Things Off The List
  • Chinese Germs & Jet Lag
  • Football Insanity
  • Free Shredding of Legal Documents
  • Giving Thanks for Football
  • He's Getting Older.
  • Here and Gone
  • Holiday Miscellany
  • In desperate need of shedding a few pounds.
  • It's in the Genes.
  • Miniature Donkeys: Small, smart, and ALL MINE
  • Miscellany
  • Of Birthdays & Pictures
  • On my way to spinsterhood.
  • One of those days...
  • One Step Closer to 30
  • Only in Ohio
  • Opulence
  • Photo Essay: A day in the life.
  • Pink-on-Pink & Heaven
  • Please welcome her to the Technology Age...
  • Post Christmas Post Part I: Ingenious
  • Post Christmas Post Part II: Spoilt
  • Recipe for Disaster (but a pretty one)
  • Requisite Spooky Post
  • Scruff for Charity
  • The Classiest Thanksgiving Ever.
  • The day I fell in love with Bees.
  • The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
  • The Most Satisfying Infliction of Retnal Scarring... Ever.
  • This man is smarter than I am.
  • Utterly
  • Was it Professor Plum in the conservatory with the wrench?
  • Weakness
  • Weekend Excursion
  • Weight Loss Challenge: Week 2
  • Weight Loss Challenge: Week 3
  • Weight Loss Challenge: Week 4
  • What does kicking people in the head have to do with it?
  • Wherein "Someone" has a Heart Attack. Literally.
  • Who Needs Walls?
• +Makes Me Laugh (11)
  • Has Tools, Will Travel, Needs Sleep
  • Holiday Miscellany
  • Houseblogs: Weekly Wrap-up
  • It's my life, and welcome to it.
  • Karma: Large Bird Edition
  • Representational of my Holiday Enthusiasm
  • Sometimes, it's all you can do...
  • Things Boys Will Do for Football
  • Very. Scary.
  • Who Needs Walls?
  • Without Words
• +Miniature Donkeys (4)
  • +Haulin' Ass Tour 2010 (1)
    • Haulin' Ass Tour 2010: The Countdown Begins
  • Haulin' Ass Tour 2010: The Countdown Begins
  • How to Install a Woven-Wire Fence
  • Miniature Donkeys: Small, smart, and ALL MINE
• +MysteryMan (45)
  • +Doing It TOGETHER (13)
    • A little taste of our future life...
    • Advice for the Unmarried: Building or Buying a House Together
    • Drywall 101: Success Through Slave Labor
    • Exceedingly likely that I fall from a great height.
    • Fun with Gas (and possible explosions)
    • Insanity Continues
    • It's gonna look like this.
    • Kitten, this ain't no city livin'.
    • Loves Tools, Needs Life
    • Memorial House Tour
    • Station Progress: Let's call it halfway.
    • Sunday Night Fence Edition
    • Without Words
  • 52 Weeks: F*ck Composition
  • 52 Weeks: Zen Griller & Country Boy
  • A little taste of our future life...
  • Chicago Part I: Wherein MysteryMan makes me laugh so hard I almost pee my pants, but instead decide to write on napkins.
  • Contemplating Life in a Gas Station
  • DIY & Memorial House Update
  • Exceedingly likely that I fall from a great height.
  • Eye level with a Canadian Goose
  • Fun with Gas (and possible explosions)
  • Gas Station History
  • Geminis Flirting.
  • Giving Thanks for Football
  • Has Tools, Will Travel, Needs Sleep
  • Insanity Continues
  • It's gonna look like this.
  • It's my life, and welcome to it.
  • Long Overdue...
  • Male Mentality
  • Memorial House Tour
  • Miscellany
  • Post Christmas Post Part I: Ingenious
  • Post Christmas Post Part II: Spoilt
  • Requisite Spooky Post
  • Scruff for Charity
  • Sometimes, it's all you can do...
  • Sown
  • Testing the limits of our relationship.
  • These trees will protect me from the Crazy.
  • Things Boys Will Do for Football
  • This man is smarter than I am.
  • Truth.
  • Wood, Meet Ceiling
• +Photography (34)
  • 52 Weeks: Beach Bum
  • 52 Weeks: F*ck Composition
  • 52 Weeks: He Likes It!
  • 52 Weeks: If These Hands Could Talk
  • 52 Weeks: Zen Griller & Country Boy
  • Austin Adventures
  • Big Plans & A Little Trim
  • Cat Face
  • Chinese Germs & Jet Lag
  • Color
  • Contemplating Life in a Gas Station
  • Drywall 101: Hanging Wallboard By Yourself & Other Hard-Learned Lessons
  • Greetings from Narnia
  • Has Tools, Will Travel, Needs Sleep
  • In the sibling department, I lucked the hell out.
  • Long Overdue...
  • Loves Tools, Needs Life
  • Miniature Donkeys: Small, smart, and ALL MINE
  • Miscellaneous May
  • Of Birthdays & Pictures
  • Old & Good
  • Photo Essay: A day in the life.
  • Picking up a different kind of paintbrush...
  • Portrait of a DIY Friday: 01-25-08
  • Red & White
  • Regal.
  • Silhouette.
  • Sown
  • Summer Shots
  • Things I Learned About Myself While Cleaning My Workshop
  • Utterly
  • Weekend Excursion
  • Wood, Meet Ceiling
  • Working Portraits
• +Quickies (14)
  • Apologies to Pink Floyd...
  • Badass Cat
  • Got the Point
  • Greetings from Narnia
  • He's Getting Older.
  • Houseblogs: Weekly Wrap-up
  • It's in the Genes.
  • Karma: Large Bird Edition
  • Not a Bad Idea
  • Sunday LAX
  • Unique.
  • Updates
  • Very. Scary.
  • Weekly Wrap Up: Truer Words
• —Uncategorized (60)
  • A Must Have
  • Baby Minature Donkey... As Promised.
  • Because in this house, "beige" ain't a color.
  • Been to Hell and back again... almost.
  • Brought to you courtesy of cold medicine.
  • Censored
  • Contest Winners: Consider your lives complete!
  • Diploma Irony
  • Dirt, Wood, Steel & Smirks
  • DIY and the TV
  • DIY Cedar Raised Garden Bed
  • DIY Challenge - Wine Rack
  • Explosives: Not just for kids anymore.
  • Farm Girl
  • Feeding the Addiction: Porter Cable 2-1/2 x 14" Belt Sander
  • Fist, Meet Face (Or So The Universe Said)
  • Freakish
  • Girl, we couldn't get much higher.
  • Got Questions for Ty Pennington and Oprah?
  • Had to happen sometime...
  • Harvest
  • Has Very Nearly Lost It
  • Here to Help
  • I plead insomnia.
  • I'm thinking of adopting...
  • iTouch Giveaway:Results (and a way we can all win something)
  • Keeping you in suspense...
  • Knocked Down
  • Like Superwoman, But Dirtier
  • LittleFish On Relationships:
  • Lunchbreak
  • Nearly Updated...
  • Need to take a little time...
  • No wonder life is so complicated.
  • Perplexing
  • Pickins
  • Playin' girl for a while is fun...
  • Portrait of a DIY Friday: 01-04-08
  • Powertools plus wine
  • Ready For Next Year: Harvesting Dried Bean Seeds
  • Recycling Cabinet Progress Overseen by Harold the Critic
  • Relief
  • Smokin'
  • Spare Parts
  • Station Progress: Let's call it halfway.
  • Summer Project: The Entryway
  • Taking matters into my own hands.
  • Thanksgiving Breakfast
  • The Birds & The Bees
  • The last best day.
  • The Pythagorean Theorem finally has a purpose
  • There is a Heisman Trophy in my family.
  • These trees will protect me from the Crazy.
  • True Fact
  • Tucked Away in Toledo: It's Friday! @ Toledo Museum
  • Tucked Away in Toledo: ZOOtoDO
  • Typical.
  • What the heck are you talking about?
  • Who Needs Walls?
  • Whooped