Archive | June, 2009

Towel Rack from a 25 cent Shutter

25 June 2009

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Just Beachy {Linked up to Trash to Treasure Tuesdays at Reinvented.} I painted a shutter from a garage sale in my pre-blogging days. Hence, no true before photo. It was just wood. Next, it was glorious, in it’s sage and black shabbiness. It was ideal for the top of my kitchen cabs as a backdrop [...]

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Signs of Summer

23 June 2009

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Around Here Lately… Summer in Minnesota is a frenzy of outdoor relaxation, family activities and work projects.

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The Twins are Girls!

21 June 2009

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19 week Ultrasound It’s offical, I will have two more daughters come this fall! Ryan, 4, is ready to be the only brother and he has already been planning to buy more kitchen toys and baby dolls to accommodate the “girl land”, as he puts it, that will ensue.

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Making a Kid’s Room Transition Go Well

19 June 2009

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Moving phases for nostalgic  freaks (like Ryan and Me): Phase one: Treasure the present. Feel the room with your eyes and heart. Take pictures. Phase two: Talk about setting what “is” into the what “was” category. Nuts and bolts of the moving plan can be discussed. Phase three: Firm up memories. Remember when you did [...]

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Too much clutter? Got the urge to purge?

10 June 2009

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My Farm Window Rescue When clearing way in your home for breathing room, or twins on the way, purging stuff will have to happen. It is liberating to shed the waiting and neglected items lurking in the closets. When is keeping our junk okay? There such a thing as purge protection! Consider your item: You [...]

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The Last Day of My Twenties

5 June 2009

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I’ll be 30 this weekend photo credit My Birthday I’d love to have some powerful words to express about the last 30 years or the next 30 years. But really, right now I’m trying to get my almost 2 year old out of her Dad’s night stand (which stores all sorts of man treasures like [...]

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BZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz

3 June 2009

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Busy as a Bee I have been sorting, tossing, labeling and basically trying to do a complete overhaul of my family’s belongings. Today I started to tackle the kids’ toys, with the ever-helpful assistance from a friend with special home-making skills, of course. Yikes! Yikes! That is the only word I can think of to [...]

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Little Things on My Table

2 June 2009

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Bits of Joy My family has gone through a loss this week. My Uncle Wayne passed away from cancer. In the midst of grief and funeral planning  a few bits of joy came across my kitchen table to take my mind off of the heavy topic of death of a few moments. In an effort [...]

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