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weekly photo challenge: saturated
I often times think my decorating style is…saturated. Wish I could go…simple…you think? …nnnaaahhh!!!… ………hugmamma.Filed under: antiques, furnishings, holidays, humor, inspiration, pets, photography,...
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twiddling my thumbs…
…and writing like it’s going out of style!!! What my daughter knows that you don’t is that I’ve been sitting around twiddling my thumbs…when I’m not churning out posts one after another. My fellow...
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My Old Stuff
Originally posted on Storyshucker:My coworker, Clarice, frantically motioned me into her office as I walked towards the copier. She barely looked up from her computer as her hand rapidly waved me...
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weekly photo challenge: grand
Hubby and I were very fortunate to cruise the British Isles a couple of years ago on the Grande Dame of vessels…the Queen Mary 2. Getting lost was always a definite possibility. …but discovering all...
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friday fictioneers: cinderella’s glass slipper
As I was growing up, our small, $26 a month rental was jam-packed with mis-matched, second-hand furnishings. ...
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weekly photo challenge: inside
Would you like a closer look inside the doll house??? Don’t mind the dust… …a hobby my daughter and i shared when we were both…younger… ………hugmamma.Filed under: antiques, family, furnishings,...
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friday fictioneers: purgatory…enroute to heaven
“House…I know what you’re going through.” Remodeling is no fun. Not the kind you go through to get things spiffied up around one’s castle, or the kind you go through to keep things working inside your...
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nurturing thursdays: get ready, get set…get moving
I’ve done my fair share of packing up households because of a new job. Never my own. Always my husband’s…and now my daughter’s. Let’s see, a change in jobs in 1976 landed my husband and me in The Big...
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nurturing thursdays: a simple ending…
There are moments…usually quiet ones…where I find myself contemplating life’s purpose. While I may not practice my Catholic faith as religiously as I did in the past, I continue to believe in a...
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organizer par excellence…
That’s me! Give me a dwelling, any dwelling, and I can turn it into a cozy home. Ask my husband and daughter. They’ll swear I’m a miracle worker when it comes to making the most of any amount of square...
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friday fictioneers: one artist’s rendering…
Remodeling spaces is a form of art. Could it be that Picasso dabbled in fixer-uppers before painting anatomically grotesque women? An artist begins with a blank canvas. So it is when I behold the...
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after decades…relinquishing control…
We wives and moms metamorphose all our lives. Sometimes we’re butterflies. Wowee!!! Look at me flutter… Most times, however…we’re just plain, ole moths. Hardworking, for sure. No time to flit around...
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vacation home rentals…
It’s become a thriving business…renting your home to vacationing tourists. And in our family’s case, short term rentals for our daughter when she’s gone out of town for dance gigs. The first rental I...
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…slow as molasses…
That’s how I feel as I set about decorating for the holidays. What use to take me a week and a half, may take me until Christmas morning this year. I kid you not. In the past I’d decorate 7 or 8 trees,...
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stream of consciousness saturday: “store”
Store as in “put away.” Something at which I’m an expert. I have so much stuff…mostly cherished vintage collectibles…it’s scary. While I continually vow to downsize, I find it difficult to actually do...
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do you still…???
Clean your house? Or is that chore relegated to some unlucky soul? Well, in my house…I’m IT! Fortunately for me my husband isn’t picky about dust collecting, even though he suffers from the occasional...
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