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WORD FOR 2012 ~ I may need some HELP!

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I just read Traci from Beneath My Heart‘s recent post about Layla’s The Lettered Cottage “Word of the Year” linking party. She’s challenging us to pick a special word that will resonate, resound, remind, and represent our life all year long. This got my little brain ticking extra fast. Our family has had the tradition of writing down […]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!

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LOOK WHAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS!  Merry Christmas to me! It’s a Canon EOS Rebel T3 Digital camera. I’m having fun reading the directions and learning all the fun things I can do with my new toy. My next dilemma: a camera bag that doesn’t cost me one of my children’s college educations! I did […]

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OUR GINGERBREAD HOUSE

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This weekend, the family worked on our annual gingerbread house. Daughter #1 designed the backdoor and one side and half of the roof while Daughter #2 designed the front door, the other side and the other half of the roof. The brothers helped with the frosting application. Then the girls and I designed the backyard. […]

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I “so” DO NOT SEW ~ and new pillows!

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Remember my new leather ottoman that I covered with the pretty plaid fabric? If you’d like to be reminded you can see the project here. I’ve mentioned before that I “so” do not sew! But I really wanted to make coordinating pillows for the eggplant colored couch to match the ottoman. I was in a dilemma. […]

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KEEP ON DECORATING…No stop it!

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As I told you in my last post, our family decorates early so we can celebrate Christmas during a Thanksgiving visit from out of town family. For the next month after they leave, I continue decorating, and decorating, and decorating!! Here’s some fun stuff I’ve been working on: One of our favorite family traditions is […]

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