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- 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)
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- 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)
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- —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)
- +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)
- +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
- +Creative (18)
- +DIY Video (2)
- +Doing it For REAL (3)
- +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)
- +Weight Loss Challenge (7)
- 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)
- +Miniature Donkeys (4)
- +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
- +Doing It TOGETHER (13)
- +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)
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- 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
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