I'm looking for a recommendation for a dry cleaner, preferably located in Fayetteville. I have a handmade quilt that my grandmother gave to me before she passed away, and it's very dear to me, so I'm a little nervous about putting it in someone else's hands. Does anyone know of a dry cleaner that they'd trust with this kind of thing? I've never ( Read more... )

I've been making cards for years. After Christmas and birthdays when I was a kid, my parents required my sister and me to make thank-you cards for anyone who had given us a gift. We couldn't get our allowance until our thank-you cards were finished and ready to send. As a result, our thank-you cards weren't always sent immediately after the ( Read more... )

Sage wanted me to post about his latest creation, so I told him to write something about it. Read on ( Read more... )

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I got Sage a sewing machine for his birthday last week. He wasn't really familiar with using one but wanted to learn. I hooked him up with a Kenmore sewing machine which happens to be the top-rated basic model in the April Consumer Reports magazine (because I'm a dork and check on things like that). Anyway, Sage has spent much of the past week ( Read more... )

Recently I decided to reorganize the bookshelf I have in my living room. It was overloaded with books, and I wanted it to intersperse some photos and pretty things in with the books. I wish I had a picture from before I reorganized it, but I didn't take any. I am really happy with how it turned out though:


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1. Sometimes I go on online shopping sprees at Crate and Barrel and CB2. I love shopping for home decor stuff!
   
2. I'm a sucker for a sale. If it's a good enough deal, I'll buy almost anything.
   
3. I broke my front tooth in half when I was seven. I was carrying firewood and tripped and fell. I have to get it re-filled every couple of years.
   
4. When I was a kid, ( Read more... )

Sage and I try to cook yummy dinners from scratch most nights of the week. Sage is the chef around here; I cook once a week to give him a night off. We used to buy whatever looked good at the grocery store, but we were spending a lot of money, and more often than not, we'd somehow wind up with nothing to make for dinner ( Read more... )

Sage and I have been watching a lot of "Dexter" lately. We're halfway through season two. It's fascinating-- great acting, good storylines, and lots of surprises. You end up sympathizing with a serial killer. After going to the Marcyniuk trial, I had to take a month off from watching it. I couldn't deal with it. The break did the trick, though, and ( Read more... )