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Eight years ago plus one day, we sat in an orphanage office half way around the world awaiting the arrival of our two new daughters. Today is our youngest daughter's ninth birthday. Time flew by so fast in between these two occurences in my life it's unbelievable! It seems like yesterday that I met this sweet face. Since that time, she has flown on a plane for 22 hours, met her four older brothers, moved into her brand new home, met … [Continue reading...]
I LOVE using old and discarded things as creative decorations. I also LOVE pictures. I love creating photo albums, cool photo gallery walls, unique pictures inside cool frames. So when I see an AWESOME picture frame like this Source I copy, copy, copy!!!! On one of my many trips to the ReStore I found this six-pane weathered window for … [Continue reading...]
We got a little work done on our family room built-ins last week. How exciting!! If you can remember we bought a whole set of kitchen cabinets from The Habitat for Humanity ReStore. We got a little side tracked with the tv niche. But the LOML thinks he wants to do "easy" cuts [...]
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We were very busy this weekend getting a little frustration out and getting a lot of work done all at the same time! We're building built-in bookcases on one whole side of our family room. I've primed the ReStore cabinets we bought with two coats of KILZ. Tomorrow I'll paint two coats of white [...]
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This Memorial Day weekend, I am blessed to have the whole gang home. This is my absolute favorite time EVER! For the holiday, I made a yummy dessert the LOML has been begging for. BANANA PUDDING INGREDIENTS 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1 (14 ounces) can of sweetened condensed milk [...]
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Having a baby is one of the most exciting times in a girl's life! For all her friends, the shower is a way to celebrate this exciting time. I have a dear friend…she's Daughter #1's fourth grade teacher. She was also Son #3 & Son #4's teacher, too. She is expecting her first baby. I think [...]
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We've been so busy lately that our fireplace mantel project has been stuck looking like this FOREVER!!!!!! So this weekend, the LOML mudded it and me and Son #3 sanded it….TWICE! My arms are killing me! There was a thick layer of dried mud on everything! YUCK! I painted the space with two coats [...]
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I am becoming the queen of trash recycling. Not the "where you fill up the recycle bin and put it at the side of the road to be picked up once a week" kind. I'm more the "instead of throwing it out, I try to use it for something else" kind. I was throwing [...]
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Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own home?? My family room looks like a tornado ran through it, picked everything up, then spit it back into my family room. AAAHHHHH!! What really came through was Charlie, the electrician from CJS Electric Company here in Raleigh, NC. We hired him to put [...]
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The girls are doing a little crafting today in our house. I love teaching my girls different craft ideas and home improvements so they won't be afraid to try things in their own homes some day. I'm just learning now how to craft and DIY. I'm having so much fun, I hope my girls will [...]
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