Category: home
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analogue
Hello, my pretties. Brace yourselves. I am about to put down some words about things that are NOT depressing. Or whiny. Pretty exciting. Back in September, someone in the vintage Coach collectors Facebook group posted something about planners. Like the old-school Filofax kind with calendars in them. And she mentioned that there were VIDEOS of […]
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garden dinner party!
It’s no secret that I like a good party. I especially like to throw a good party. It involves lots of my favorite things: food, drinks, shiny things and my friends. I am also a Leo. I am bossy and a control freak about certain things. When it came time to decide what to do […]
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just right
You guys. We did it. So, yeah. The days of endless projects and prep are over. I survived and lived to tell about it. Thanks for your kind words here and on Facebook about my last post. You guys are the best. And in other news, I just saw the before photos of the kitchen – […]
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missing
One day, about six months ago, I was signing The Girl Child up for a two week stint at Camp Colman, where she spent two weeks last year and had a great time. I wanted The Boy Child to go this year, too. He’s never been, and as it was such a great experience and […]
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one off the list
Disclaimer: The following photos may not be suitable for you orderly types. Consider yourself warned. We have lived in this house for nearly 5 years. As has been previously mentioned, it is small. There are two storage closets – one we use for linens, and the other for everything else. Well, besides the massive piles […]
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resolve
Seriously. Now that we’ve survived the Holidaze and things are pretty much packed away until next year, I can catch my breath a bit. And consider 2013. This isn’t the first time it’s occurred to me that there is entirely too much screen usage in this house. Especially by certain junior members of the household. […]
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revelation
Truth be told, there has been an obscene amount of struggle in our house in recent months. I chalked it up to hormones, mostly in a certain 14 year old girl child. The tiniest little thing can spin into an argument about god knows what. Of course, these problems had nothing to do with ME. […]
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creep
Those who know me well would never say I am a tidy person, much to the consternation of The Geek, whose mother is the Queen of All Things Clean and Tidy. I can remember as a kid doing a big clean of my bedroom once or twice a year. It would stay that way maybe […]
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scenic beach
I lost my camping mojo after the last trip of last year. Just didn’t think I had it in me for this summer. For the first time in many years, I didn’t stalk parks.wa.gov site 9 months out, waiting to scoop up my favorite sites. Usually we camp 3 or 4 times in a year, […]
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control
Here’s the thing, which will not come as a shock to anyone who knows me. I am bossy. I like to control whatever I can. Sometimes so that it gets done right. Sometimes because someone needs a nudge. Sometimes because it is security. But it doesn’t always work out well or as planned. And that […]
foible and folly 