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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD

Today my Dad would have been 79 years old. I miss him everyday…but feel him with me in everything I do… ……in the Maine Sunsets… …..in Coopers unrelenting WIT and his infectious Smile…. …in Phoebe’s WARMTH and her passion for LIFE! …Tate’s HUGE HEART , and absolute laser-like focus on his goals…. I hear my… Read More HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD

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BIRTHDAY FLOWERS

I LOVE MY BIRTHDAY. Last year was my first birthday with no parents…the ones who GAVE me a Birthday…they were gone and with them – the excitement of the day…They had always made our birthdays such special days…NOT with lavish parties in fact I honestly cannot recall one themed event…but the day was MINE…all mine… Read More BIRTHDAY FLOWERS

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MONDAY MAKEOVER – FORMICA 180x CALACATTA MARBLE COUNTER TOPS – ROUND TWO

Last week we finally closed the chapter on the Kitchen Renovation!  Whats that you say? Didn’t you finish your Kitchen makeover a year ago? Yes…we did. but last week….our Formica 180x counter tops were replaced with the SAME counter tops…. but in a different edge profile ……the edge profile I had originally wanted. FORMICA, in… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – FORMICA 180x CALACATTA MARBLE COUNTER TOPS – ROUND TWO