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Skyrockets in flight Dishwasher delight! Oh … is that not how the song goes? We have a working dishwasher! It’s running right this second, washing the few dirty dishes we had … we just couldn’t wait to test it out. Read more details about its installation here. D and his dad also installed the new [...]

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There’s always something new. But every daaaaay’s a holiday … When I’m near to yooooouuuu … The lights on my tree I wish you could see; I wish it every daaaaaaay OK, sorry. Had to quote my favorite holiday song, “Merry Christmas, Darling” by the Carpenters. My parents and sister came over for T’giving dinner [...]

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My mom found a cache of armoires at a business salvage place she frequents to buy shelving and junk for her costume store. We went there yesterday on my lunch break. Jackpot! I bought TWO armoires and a trunk, all for the low, low price of … no, I can’t tell you. You’ll be too [...]

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Two Thanksgiving dinners down, one to go. I had T’giving with work people on Friday. Then we went to D’s parents’ house for an early T’giving dinner on Saturday, so we didn’t get much done on the house this weekend. But it was pretty fun. I played with the nieces and nephews (alternating in pretend-world [...]

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I feel so unworthy. Like Wayne and Garth when they meet Heather Locklear – we’re not worthy, we’re not worthy. Today at Old House Web, someone posted a link to a woman’s photos of her kitchen. *SIGH* This kitchen is fabulous. Not a built-in cabinet to be seen anywhere. It had a hoosier cabinet and [...]

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No, not mine! Two old houses in a row next door to us are for sale. One was built in the 1830s – can’t remember where I heard that? – and the other was built in the 1840s, though the facade was changed in 1910. Surely there’s an old house lover out there who wants [...]

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