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Putting out fires…

October 3, 2012

Ever have one of those weeks (or several) where you literally can’t step away from your desk for a minute without a fire starting? That describes the last few for me. Lots of big projects winding down while new projects are sliding in and ramping up. Hopefully the silver lining is near, I have so [...]

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Taming the terror.

September 13, 2012

My mom is currently in New Ulm visiting my aunt and uncle, and she asked if I would take a few pictures of the furniture we received from my grandparents estate as it looks in our house. Even though it’s forever a work in progress, things are shaping up quite nicely over here, so I [...]

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Unplugged. Rewired. Upgraded.

August 27, 2012

Where have the past five days gone? Sorry for disappearing (I feel like I say this every week) but between a business trip and our first major house project being in progress, we’ve been somewhat unplugged over here. We’ve slowly started having the electrical redone throughout the house. Going into the purchase of an old [...]

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Cleaning up our dust

August 19, 2012

We were finally out in the yard this weekend for the first time in nearly 3 months. It’s the first weekend we were a) both home and b) it isn’t at least 100 degrees outside. Our yard is in a pretty sad state, which sucks because we had so many plans for it this summer. [...]

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Redneck landscaping: How to remove old shrubs without digging

June 10, 2012

That title may be a little offensive, but honestly, I don’t know what else to call our little Saturday morning project. We’ve hated the hedges in front of our house since day one. They are spindly, misshapen and overgrown and looked dated and boring. In simple terms, uglier than shit. We’ve been mulling removing them [...]

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Friday Shenanigans

May 4, 2012

Japanese Maple in the ground… Some boxwoods on deck (or next to?) to replace these: I call them “evergreen vomit.” Anyone else have these in their yard? HATE! Some salvia for the herb garden. Hope it perks back up soon… Approved evergreen… Some starts from my mom’s garden. I love some of their names… Jack [...]

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Paleo Roasted Banana Bread and Practical Kitchens

January 18, 2012

My collection of hoarded black bananas in the back of my freezer emerged to yield another loaf of my favorite quick bread. I love all things banana (evidence here, here and here)! This time, purely out of curiosity, I decided to give Paleo banana bread a try. Over Christmas break, my mom brought several pounds [...]