morning, noon, and night

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Hooked On Lamps

Baby Boy’s Nursery Lamp Redo Can I, as a blogger, do anything anymore, without making a docu-drama out of it? Without the hint of a major blog-dom project party to link posts to, do other, non-bloggers, actually DO projects without their camera? Hmmm….. Thanks to the draw of one such a project-post blog party, called [...]

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Home: Where I Can Do Something

I am so blessed to have a warm place to call home during these cold winter months. I am safe, sound, and generally welcomed in my home (Lord help us! Mama is throwing frying Pans Made with Steel again!). But, what happens when home doesn’t feel warm? What if home feels like the fangs of  [...]

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A Month Below Freezing

It’s a heatwave…a tropical heatwave! Just Kidding! If we make it to the weekend, without rising above 32 degrees F., Minnesota will have the fourth month on record, since the 1880s, to not have a single day above freezing. When the air is colder than cold, and the sun is brighter than bright, just upon [...]

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morning, noon and night

I am inspired by a photo series, morning, noon and night, produced by the blog, beauty that moves. I thought I’d give it a go… morning, noon and night truly,  just a blink

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Hooked on Play Rooms

Julia, from a blog called Hooked on Houses, hosts a “Hooked On” party every Friday. Readers share what they are hooked on each week. I am hooked on play rooms and spaces for children. My recent attic closet to playroom transformation has been such a crucial infusion of play space into our 1000 square foot [...]

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Make Room for the Play Room

How to Make an Old Closet into a Play Room in 9 steps Note: I’ll spare you the real before photo of our pre-attic closet disaster,  and go straight for the cute photos of how to make room for the play room. I know, it hurts my before-and-after loving gene, not to have documentation of [...]

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Muffin Tin – Blue and Purple Edition

Blue tinted 1% milk Purple “berries” from Berry Kix Dried blueberries Grape Jell-O Grape jelly in tortilla Blueberry yogurt with a fruit snack This muffin tin (cupcake liner) lunch added a much needed levity to our day. Pencil on the wall, book torn apart, car doors being locked…oh my! Thank goodness for sunshine and artificial [...]

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Yes, I Found It! Stillness.

Yeah! Yes, Yes, So Wicked Awesome! I am doing the River Dance with a raise the roof (yes, I am that big of a dork) over here. I finally did it! What, you ask? Did I finally finish my bathroom before & after? No. Did I have paint my junk dresser and install new hardware? [...]

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Busted…A Toddler’s Journey in iPhone Pics

I love sneaking up on Molly with my camera when she is being naughty. No, I don’t laugh (in front of her) to encourage the behavior. But, I do snap her picture, usually with my iPhone cause it is always near by. She is so darn curious, independant, and risky, that I can’t help but [...]

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