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Just Another Awkward Happening
{Notice something missing there? We'll get to that in a second...} So I have this issue. I can't keep things to myself. I can for a while...then, I just spill it. Wait, I'm giving you the wrong idea. I don't mean I can't keep a secret. I'm very good with...
No-Sew Valentine’s Day Pillows
Hi there. So...as promised, today I'm going to show you how I whipped up these pillows. Now, you are not even going to believe how long these took. Ready? 9 minutes 35 seconds. Did I just blow your mind. Okay, total transparency...they took that long to make...
Oh My Word It’s Cold Here.
Let me be honest. Never in my life have I felt air as cold as what I felt today in Practically Canada. I've been cold before. My senior year of college classes were cancelled because it was just so cold. Highs of 3 degrees with -20 wind chill. Well...Muncie, IN...
7 Upgrades for Old Dresser Drawers
A week ago I pinned this lovely idea to a board titled "Pretties Please." Every day since then I've gotten notifications that it had been pinned and repinned and pinned some more. The image links to a good page of 5 sweet ideas for upcycling old dressers. And that...
Bamboo Flooring Reveal
Here it is! It hardly looks like the same room. I know, amazing...right? I'll just let the photos speak for themselves tonight. Here's a tiny peek at the process. Luckily we ran into some friends at the hardware store who offered the services of their brad gun,...
Coping with Project Aftermath
So often we can be fooled by DIY project photos. And I'm guilty of misleading you too. We see the hideous "before." The beautiful "after." Photos of the steps that fall in between. But you know what you don't see very often? The project aftermath. The aftermath...
…So I Kept Shoveling
As I've told you before, its quite snowy here. A few days ago I set out to do a routine shoveling. You see, I'd {we'd} slacked off a bit and let things pile up. A flurry here, a dusting there. Barely seems like enough to clear off. Eventually...the flurries and...
The Before’s
So when we moved in to our house here in Minot I was still blogging at my old blog. Since then I've moved here. To this prettier, roomier site. When I posted the carpet-rip-up post yesterday I realized that maybe I should house all the house before photos here. If...
Remember when I USED to have brown carpet?
If you saw the Facebook post I made last night...you know I was up to something. Here's the thing. Derek went to a friends house to work on a project for a while. Ever since the Christmas hubbub came to an end I've been itching to do a project. Not a craft {I did...
Welcome to the Man Camp.
A while back when things when I was feeling a little down about my {lack of} work situation my phone rang. Weird number...so I screened it. Voicemail...interesting. It was a guy named Matt from a production company called Studio Now. Long story short, they work on...
The Lamp on the Dryer {Hope in the Basement}
The light in our basement went out the other day. Our basement is very unfinished. The previous light was a fluorescent fixture that hung from a couple of ducts and plugged into the wall above the dryer. It's just one of several very ghetto-rigged lights down...
An Awkward Photo Recap
This is the first day of a new year. Obviously. What better way to look to the future than learn from the past? So lets take a look back at my year's most awkwardly photographed moments. I'll try to put them in chronological order. 2012 kicked off with a stellar...
My 2013 List {33 Things On My “do” List}
At the stroke of midnight a new year will begin. Each year I come up with a list of things I'd like to do in the upcoming year. But as with most things in my mind/life...it's not a typical list. Sure I have diet goals, career goals and all that jazz. I just tend...
Unlikely Gifts that Blew Me Away
Wow. My goodness I've missed you. The big holiday is behind us...and New Year's Eve is on the brink. I didn't mean to take so much time off...but it happened. And, like I've told you before, I'd rather not write to you...then write you a load of garbage. Believe...
Merry Christmas to All
As usual, I had good intentions of writing to you diligently while I've been home in Elkhart {IN}. I also had good intentions of working out...since I teach a triple {three classes in one day} the day after we return home. {Woof.} I even brought me super sweet new...
