Happy Halloween!

That’s the first pumpkin I’ve carved in about 10 years. Carving it brought back a lot of childhood memories, from the pumpkin smell to the slimy coldness of the “guts”. I meant to have eyeballs in the eyes, but, well, Matthew’s Cutco knives were just too much for me to handle. So, empty sockets. The [...]

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Corners of our Living Room

Well, I didn’t get photos of our new living room art in the daytime. It was too messy to justify those and I wanted to get outside in the crisp air (finally!) and carve our pumpkin before the big night gets here on Wednesday. So, you get the following, poor lighting and all, but at [...]

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Unique World Trends (and stuff…)

I spent part of my day at my friend Jennifer’s gift party. She runs a business out of her home called Unique World Trends. All of her items are imported and handmade. She and her husband Mark spent time in Asia and made connections that resulted in this business.
Her merchandise is lovely and the pictures on [...]

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I Like Mike

I’ve been traveling, again, for work all week, so excuse the blogging slack. I’m in the far western part of North Carolina, but it’s been raining all week (which is very needed in our drought riddled state) so my pics are few and far between. And obviously, any work on the house has been nonexistant.
So, [...]

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Another reason to buy small…

 
In addition to the environmentally friendly reasons to buy a tiny house, here’s a completely different, but totally valid, one:
“Let me be clear: Despite strong economic fundamentals, the housing decline is still unfolding, and I view it as the most significant current risk to our economy,” Mr. Paulson said in a speech at a Georgetown [...]

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Tiny House

Today is Blog Action Day, which is new to me and most likely most of you reading this. I learned about it from www.houseblogs.net, which gave this as an explanation:
“A day when thousands of blogs are joining together to blog about a single important issue…the environment. Blog Action Day is not pushing a specific point [...]

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Hello Fall!

      
(Southeastern Seminary, Wake Forest, NC)
We’re slowly working on the house, but it’s so hard to do when fall has finally arrived in Wake Forest, complete with crisp air, changing leaves and sweaters. Unfortunately, we can have neither bonfires or trips to the apple orchards. We are in such a severe state of drought that burning [...]

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And here I thought I was without an accent…

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak “Standard English straight out of the dictionary” but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like “Are you from Wisconsin?” or “Are you from Chicago?” Chances are you call carbonated drinks “pop.”
What American accent do [...]

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More Befores- And Some In Betweens…

I thought it would be good to post more photos of the house in its “before” state and where is stands as of today. Why, you ask? Well, because renovation projects take a really long time around here and if you people up North ever want to see where it is we live, this is your [...]

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Look ma, new flooring!

My dear hubby completely surprised me today by laying the new flooring in our master bedroom while I was at work. For the last sixs months, we’ve been using it as a storage area, waiting on the day when we would have time to patch, paint and lay flooring. Apparently, today’s the day!
Here’s what it [...]

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