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A few weeks ago, I was coming home from working out. Around these parts, Garage and Estate sales start on Thursday and it was an early Thursday morning. I was talking to my BFF at the time and was just telling her how I was …
I saw that the CSI project for this week is spray paint. Since becoming a blog follower, I have discovered the joy to be found in a can. Yes, I’m talking about you, Krylon. The joy you distribute in a can marked Oil-Rubbed Bronze. Oh, …
Remember this sweater vest from my recent Garage Sale Finds? What follows is a blatant blogland rip-off. I can’t remember where I saw this, but I liked it so I’m doing one for me. Well, today I was looking for a quick and easy project. …
If’ you’ve read about me on my page here, or already know me, you know that I’ve moved a lot. Most moves come with a few casualties, like the time our silverware went missing for nearly 6 months. Or some thing or another doesn’t make …
I tried to hang a shelf last weekend when Hubs was gone with the boys. I got the shelf too high on the first go round and ended up with a hole in the wall.
I have a sunroom that has a bank of three windows. These windows look out to a hill behind our house. The previous tenants took all the window treatments and since we didn’t need curtains for privacy purposes, I decided to leave the windows untreated–nekkid, …
This project was inspired by Donna for her Gitter Done Link Party. A couple of years ago, when I was still living in Idaho, I saw a Craigslist posting for some free windows. I wanted a few, so I called the guy, but when I showed he said …
I was driving to pick Hubs up from work a few weeks ago (we only have 1 car at the moment) and I saw a little table in a pile of stuff in front of a house.
I think I made a break through tonight. Here’s what happened. A few weeks back, one of the neighboring communities was having a town-wide garage sale and during a run to our bank, we stumbled upon this event. We’ve only lived in this part of Ohio for …
Several years ago, back when my kids were all living at home and we were dumb enough to do a paper route, I came upon a little fish tank stand that one of our customers was throwing out.