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I’ve had one project after another over the past few weeks. Well, actually, I’m an all or nothing kind of gal so I’ve had more like 97 projects going at one time…. but that’s beside the point. One of the projects I’ve been tackling is giving a face-lift to my Granny’s old kitchen table and [...]

I love spray paint! It makes life super simple when something in the house needs a face-lift. I was not a fan of the ugly gold light fixtures in my kitchen so…. I painted them! Here’s the first one: Ugly gold light fixture See what I mean? Ewwwww…. “the seventies called and they want their [...]

In July when Shannon and Madison came to visit, she worked HARD helping me in redo my kitchen. (We also decorated another room that was a blank slate… more on that later.) Yes, the doorless kitchen cabinets have DOORS now! (Well, I had the doors. They were just stacked under the bed in the guest [...]

Since I’ve been so incredibly slack-tacular lately, I’ve decided to bite the bullet and join NaBloPoMo for August. The theme for the month is GREEN…. Of course, this is a busy month… I’m heading out of town for several days to a dental hygiene conference, school starts on the 11th, going with my sister Lena [...]

Dear Gillette, Have you ever just get a thought in your head and it won’t quite go away? I was standing in Walmart the other day, looking for razor blade refills to purchase when it occurred to me… why is it that razor blades cost so darn much? $19.77 for eight stinkin razor blades? That’s [...]

Can you pinpoint a single moment in time where you made an awful mistake? I’ve made many mistakes in my life….  too many to name each. Some of them, though, still haunt me. I think I can honestly say that the mistakes I’ve made as a mother are the ones that I can’t forgive myself [...]

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday – since it’s all about family and food! What could be better than that? I mean, don’t get me wrong…. presents at Christmas are nice and all but, there is so much less stress on Thanksgiving. In my opinion anyway. Maybe had I hosted the whole shindig at [...]

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Thirteen Things I am Thankful for this year (in no particular order): 1. My husband, the fabulous Mr. Lucky 2. My thoughtful and kind oldest daughter, Suki 3. My generous and soft-hearted second daughter, Beebo 4. My funny and carefree youngest daughter, Luby 5. The animals that live with us 6. My bestest friend in [...]