We got the little room done for Jill. She was so excited. I wish I had a picture of her painting it. I trimmed it out and she did most of the rest. Her first "real" painting project. I'm so proud of her.

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I just can't get over Angel Food ( Read more... )

My youngest wants a room. Actually my middle wants her own room and unless the house decides to grow another one, it ain't gonna happen. So middle daughter always locks herself in their room to talk on the phone, etc. And youngest daughter feels left out and like she has no place to call her own. When I found her in the minivan the other day, I ( Read more... )

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So *everything* would come up and look fabulous. Then after it sprouted true leaves, they would slowly start to yellow, then brown, then get crinkly edges. My zucchini died outright ( Read more... )

Just for somewhere to save it before I forget how I did it ( Read more... )

I decided to pull up my little basil and thyme. I have no idea what possessed me to plant it when it was so small, but that was obviously a mistake. I've got it safely in containers now. I plan to plant the thyme directly in the ground. And the basil I'm going to consolidate into one square so that I can get some okra in ( Read more... )

So the overgrown hedges in the front yard have been driving me crazy for literally years. They're the sticker bush type hedges and I've never loved them even when they looked less overgrown. We'd talked about pulling them out but was almost afraid of pulling up the foundation of the house. Especially when we started cutting them back. It was ( Read more... )

I found myself with a bit of free time and someone who shall remain nameless forgot to pick up any meat at the grocery today so I decided to try a tilapia recipe that I've had for a while. It was very good.


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