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Dead Mouse

…you think you wouldn’t know it when you smell it… but you do. Death in the house. It starts out like really stinky feet, or a mildewed towel or a bad diaper, just smelly, so…you take the first line of defense…you clean. And for a minute anyway, the cleaners overpower the stink and you feel… Read More Dead Mouse

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Few things… can you say… Did you see? Million Dollar Decorators!!! OMG OMG OMG  I am completely obsessed with this show.  I have watched and re-watched it 4 times already! I want to go to Nathan Turner’ store and dream: Nathan Turner – Amanda Peet’s House Jeffery Allan Marks – “You should always decorate a… Read More

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Good Bye Oprah…

…we spent the weekend, on the soccer fields, watching our kids, play their hearts out, in the heat.  One child’s team came in dead last,  one in the middle and  one team ended the weekend as “Champions”.  We ran the gamut. Yesterday morning, I woke up and my instinct was to jump put of bed… Read More Good Bye Oprah…

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Robotics

…speaking of legos, My 4rth grader is in RoboticsI asked him to explain to me what they do… Cooper said, “we make robots out of legos and then we have to program them. We also have a lego brick which we plug into the computer and go onto an NXT (don’t ask me!) file on… Read More Robotics

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BORED is good!

…I know a lot of really busy people…some have kids…some don’t… but they all have a million things to do…. and we all run around like chickens with our heads cut off.  I even have friends who have chickens! They are VERY busy! But here is something I have noticed.  Many of us, though we… Read More BORED is good!

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I can DREAM!

…in my dreams, I own these lamps I adore Blue Opaline Glass and they sit here: in this room….hmmm, nice but maybe TOO pretty… ….maybe this room….simple…fireplace… House Beautiful No, this room! …I LOVE a Chesterfield Sofa!!!! IN THIS HOUSE!!!! Martha’s Vineyard …in my dreams…

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You Decoupage a Lamp

Question: -What do you do when you have…an old lamp…bored kids… and a hankering to DO somethingbut you don’t feel like doing any of the 1000 things youSHOULD do?Answer: You decoupage your Red Target lamp!!!! That’s just what we did…and you can too! What you need:  Lamp, or something you want to cover; picture frame, chair,… Read More You Decoupage a Lamp