tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73916914728474070282024-03-14T07:32:55.611-05:00Ranger 911Vickie @ Ranger 911http://www.blogger.com/profile/12847126296813987337noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7391691472847407028.post-9230308262725856332017-12-21T23:31:00.001-06:002017-12-22T07:12:34.607-06:00Better late than never Christmas tour.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm incapable of getting my Christmas act together until all the holiday house tours</div>
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in Blogland have come and gone. I don't make big changes in the way</div>
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I decorate for Christmas from year to year, but I felt the need to publish a post</div>
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to pull my blog out of the toilet, so to speak.(I'm referring to my last post.)</div>
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Sunshine and days off rarely coincide, so here's our dining room<br />
on a gray winter day. I had to take dozens of photos just to get a few shots<br />
with <b>all</b> the chandelier lights shining. I got my workout going up and down<br />
the chair to screw in one temperamental light bulb and then hightail it<br />
back to my camera to quickly snap a shot before it flickered out.<br />
So there you have it. All 250 watts burning bright.<br />
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Total calories burned during my chair stepper routine = 250 (I wish!)<br />
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The chandelier crystals take on a new persona at night<br />
when they catch the rays of the 24/7 light show next door.<br />
Red and green and flashing all over. :o)</div>
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An old quilt is my table dressing for the season.</div>
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I added some glittery wood snowflakes to my autumn acorn garland.</div>
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Green trees in teacups and an angel in a birdcage?<br />
There is no logic involved in Christmas decorating.<br />
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I retired my sheet music wreath and resurrected "swamp thing"</div>
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with a piece of pine garland and red berries. The Swedish candle holder</div>
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was a thrift store find. Score!</div>
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Red white & blue brighten up this corner of the room.</div>
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I keep the buffet top simple so I can easily move everything<br />
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I made little gingerbread houses to decorate the kitchen shelves,<br />
and as of today there have been no uninvited guests<br />
nibbling on the walls. Whew!<br />
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The red and white mugs were a World Market find this year.<br />
I also found a cookie cutter at WM for mini gingerbread houses<br />
that will make assembling the houses so much easier next year!<br />
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I spruced up the sofa with a fun new throw from TJMaxx.</div>
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A round red placemat from Target brightens the basket on the wall.<br />
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On my to do list for several years was to make a big chalkboard (3 ft. x 4 ft.)<br />
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I wonder how long my chalk art will last when our grands arrive?<br />
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The only thing I've yet to do is assemble candles and votive cups<br />
for the luminaries we line our sidewalk with on Christmas Eve.<br />
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Our son-in-law Jeremy has taken on the duty of lighting<br />
the luminaries each year, which is not an easy task when it's<br />
cold and windy. I'll be watching from the nice warm house.<br />
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It was a difficult year for us at 911, but as 2017 draws to an end,<br />
I realize how truly blessed we are.<br />
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We love you Santa.<br />
It wouldn't be Christmas without you.<br />
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Thanks so much for visiting and Merry Christmas</div>
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from our house to yours!</div>
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Vickie @ Ranger 911http://www.blogger.com/profile/12847126296813987337noreply@blogger.com85tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7391691472847407028.post-86927823502847233382017-11-16T12:10:00.000-06:002017-11-16T12:17:17.293-06:00Another fine mess.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Please put all food and beverages aside for a moment.<br />
We'll be visiting in the bathroom today. :o)</div>
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After we spent countless hours on wallpaper removal and plaster repair</div>
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in our upstairs bathroom (8 months ago) was I any happier with the room?<br />
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After the wallpaper was gone and the upper walls were painted white<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Worst Case Scenario</span> is what we uncover<br />
every blankety-blank time we start a project. You'd think <b>just once</b><br />
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As you can see, progress has been made, but I foresee nothing but problems<br />
nailing base trim around the room (that slopes downhill)<br />
onto walls that are not remotely level or plumb. There will be a lot of standing around<br />
and head scratching whilst we try to figure this out.<br />
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If you've visited the Cosmos Mystery Area in the Black Hills of<br />
South Dakota, you have an idea of what we're dealing with in our bathroom.<br />
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I'm <i>trying</i> to be more of a glass is half-full type of person,<br />
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1. No black mold was found in the crumbling walls.<br />
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2. No small rodents or insects crawled through the holes in the walls.<br />
(I watch every episode of Infested.)<br />
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3. We already have new plumbing, wiring, toilet, sink,<br />
medicine cabinet, and window so this facelift should be fairly inexpensive.<br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">*Estimated cost x 4 (or 10) = Actual cost.</span><br />
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4. I'm not a participant in a blogger ORC.<br />
(for those of you unfamiliar, ORC is a one room challenge<br />
<b><i>completed</i></b> in a few short weeks. I'd crack under the pressure.)<br />
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Now let's look at my timeline, shall we?<br />
Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner.<br />
Six adults and 4 small children.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Is this not the perfect time</span><br />
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Timing is everything.<br />
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Evening view from under the shelter of our porch roof.</div>
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I wasn't feeling particularly creative over the past few months,</div>
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They're rather fiddly to knit and sew together,</div>
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Kung Fu Panda.</div>
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and requests for more baby animals for both girls.<br />
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I've seen so many lovely rooms decorated in neutral tones for autumn,</div>
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Orange candles and twigs from our yard decorate the mantel.</div>
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I have very little left in my decorating stash - and I'm not at all sad about it.</div>
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Our grands won't be here for Easter, but if they were, I'd have no shortage of baskets.<br />
Should the Easter Bunny choose to fill <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">my</span></b> vintage baskets with yummy chocolates,<br />
who am I to argue?<br />
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By the way, I did finish the Whole 30. No sugar for 30 looooong days.<br />
I've found that I don't feel so exhausted all the time, so I'm trying my hardest<br />
to stay away from chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies, and bakery, and desserts,<br />
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I replaced my mannequin head on top of this old cupboard with baskets.</div>
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I think our visiting grands will sleep easier without her sinister eyes looking at them!<br />
(If you haven't met her, she's up there in my blog header.)<br />
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Here she is dressed up for Halloween.<br />
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All the women in my knitting group are knitting <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sling-shawl">this shawl</a><br />
designed by the shop owner. Wouldn't my dressmaker's form look<br />
oh-so-chic with a lacy shawl draped over her shoulders? I think I need to join<br />
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I don't buy many vintage items these days, with the exception of old baskets.<br />
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This is the piece I said I'd never paint, but when I saw the <span style="font-size: x-large;">same dresser</span><br />
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Across from the dresser is another old cupboard I painted a few years ago.<br />
It's the perfect size to store my sewing machine, quilt fabrics for my someday quilt,<br />
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On top is an old sewing basket.<br />
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The painted lamp belonged to my great-grandmother, and on the wall<br />
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Thanks so much for visiting and have a Happy Easter!<br />
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We're getting our first taste of spring up north, and even though it's only 42<br />
and overcast today, Delores Claiborne and I are hanging our sheets out to dry.<br />
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While they're drying I'm puttering around inside with a few new<br />
acquisitions I've made over the winter. The demijohn and oil painting<br />
fit perfectly on the wood shelf over our fridge. I never thought I'd have<br />
anything pink in our kitchen, but I like it!<br />
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I've been trying to freshen things up in the living room, too.</div>
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The red rug is deteriorating and discoloring our wood floors,</div>
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Here's what I bought to replace it....</div>
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It's a <span style="font-size: x-large;">gorgeous</span> wool rug from World Market, but unfortunately it reads</div>
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27 sofa years= 108 human years.<br />
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All I need is a few candelabras, some cobwebs.......<br />
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The rug is expensive and if history repeats itself, I don't want to be<br />
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If our living room looked like this......</div>
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(All 3 living rooms via Pottery Barn.)</div>
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I'd keep it! But at the moment, our living room looks nothing like this.<br />
It's like putting lipstick on a pig.</div>
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I gave the rug a fair chance and left in on the floor for a few days</div>
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hoping it would grow on me. It didn't. It's just so.......</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">brown</span>.<br />
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And stinky. And it sheds.<br />
And my coffee spills when I drag the coffee table over its bumpy surface.<br />
And I have no idea what sort of insects could be making a home in it.<br />
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I looked out the window and it's the exact color of </div>
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our freeze dried lawn. No likey.</div>
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With the outrageous cost of return shipping, I may as well</div>
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keep the darn thing and try to sell it on Facebook. (Since I never</div>
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visit my Facebook Buy and Sell account I set up, this will require</div>
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Here's the rug cemetery on a bedroom floor.<br />
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As long as you made the trek up here,<br />
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I love it!<br />
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I'm past the dusty plaster repair and onto the paint phase.</div>
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Have you ever tried manhoovering a wood stepladder in a 2 x 2 room?<br />
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It's <span style="font-size: x-large;">impossible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">the bathroom décor. I just need to find the right </span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">rug.</span></i></div>
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In the end, this is how our living room will look until I either find a rug I like<br />
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but I'm not <i>too </i>concerned because there <b>will</b> be a rug covering them.....eventually.<br />
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This is the last you'll be seeing of this room for quite a while.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What </span>have I learned from this rug buying fiasco?<br />
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1. Ordering rugs online is risky business, and costly too.<br />
2. I need color in our home to combat all the gray gloomy months.<br />
3. Online companies should provide color samples of the rugs they offer.<br />
4. If a store has a good return policy and the rug fits in our car..... :o).</div>
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5. My arms will be ready for kayak season this year. 6 x 9 rugs are <b><i>heavy!</i></b></div>
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In the past few days, my microwave handle broke ($90 for the plastic handle,<br />
so instead I've glued it with E6000), my beloved black clock<br />
in the kitchen died (but I was able to temporarily resuscitate it),<br />
and my one month old laptop made a visit to the computer hospital.<br />
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On the other hand, spring has arrived and that's a <span style="font-size: x-large;">good thing</span>.<br />
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Thanks so much for stopping by!<br />
Vickie<br />
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Swamp Thing (my straggly green wreath) has been replaced with tulips<br />
to brighten up this rainy day. There's snow in the forecast later this week<br />
and our flowers won't be blooming here for quite a while,<br />
but I'm looking forward to green grass and leaves on the trees.<br />
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I wonder what it would look like in sepia tones with a wood frame around it?<br />
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How would it look hanging above my sofa?<br />
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I've got a thousand nail holes above our sofa, yet I still haven't found "the look" I'm after.<br />
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Instead of a grouping, I actually want just <span style="font-size: x-large;">one <span style="font-size: large;">statement piece</span></span><br />
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of how it would look. An extra-large unframed canvas would be perfect.<br />
Round it out with a few small items like a new sofa,<br />
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Gasp! This is <span style="font-size: x-large;">the one</span>. Perfect size and subject matter. If anybody has one<br />
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I bought the vintage photo for a discount price at a local shop</div>
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Here's the grand opening of the national park in 1954. I suppose the photo I own</div>
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I'm on a mission to collect photos of our home in its early days when it was</div>
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surrounded by <b><i>cow pastures</i></b>. I know they exist because a former owner told me</div>
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her daughter has them in storage. If possible, I'd like to enlarge</div>
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one and frame it (in the frame above) to hang in our upstairs hallway.</div>
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Holes waaaaaaay up high where I don't want to paint again.</div>
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Although March is officially my least favorite month of the year,</div>
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this year I'm <i>celebrating</i> the turning of the calendar page.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Only 6 days left of The Whole 30!!!</span> </div>
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I thought I'd celebrate making it this far with a selfie.<br />
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<i><b> </b></i> You were expecting a Marie Osmond <b>before & after</b>? hehe<br />
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In my world, a selfie is a gift to ones self. It's the easiest gift to buy<br />
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I spotted these brackets in a box of junk at a local shop. They aren't exactly square<br />
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......for my old brackets. Simple wood planks across the brackets.<br />
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I do like the baskets above (as well as the floor, walls, and ceiling),<br />
but I already own something to display on the shelf...<br />
when I get around to making it, that is. <i>You</i> know my decorating MO.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">The cart before the horse.</span><br />
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This little cabin was in the <span style="font-size: x-large;">out</span> pile, but I decided to give it another chance.<br />
I need to channel my inner Chip and Joanna Gaines for <b>this</b> fixer-upper. <br />
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The big door has been cut in half and window openings cut into each door.<br />
I'm still contemplating how to trim them out.<br />
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As you can see, it still needs lots of work,<br />
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This post is not about decorating for Valentine's day,<br />
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Anybody who's followed my blog knows that I have a sweet tooth.</div>
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Mmmmmmm. Buttery, sugary, melt-in-your-mouth caramels.</div>
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Chocolate is my favorite.<br />
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those ingredients that are <span style="font-size: x-large;">mi-t-fine</span>, if I do say so myself.</div>
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No sugar. No artificial sugar. No natural sugar. No bacon or sausage cured with sugar.</div>
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No butter. No grains. No corn. No legumes. Yada yada yada.</div>
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....no more Cheerios for breakfast!!!!!<br />
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Well, I've started the Whole 30.</div>
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On day 3, I was in tears trying to choke down my veggie egg bake</div>
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I was ready to call it quits.<br />
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The recipe can be found <a href="http://www.paleorunningmomma.com/sweet-potato-apple-breakfast-bake-paleo-whole30/#comment-45551">here.</a><br />
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A half serving of this makes my half serving of<br />
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9 days down and counting!<br />
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If you've got issues of your own,</div>
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here are a few books I've read to help me on this journey:</div>
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A special thank you to my life coaches, Julie and Megan,</div>
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for inspiring me and helping me to see the humor</div>
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when I get overwhelmed by it all.</div>
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xxoo, Mom<br />
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I made a list of things I want to complete before summer</div>
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and I've already crossed off number one.</div>
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It may not sound like much of an accomplishment,</div>
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but just imagine giving 6 of these chairs (1,000,000 spindles)<br />
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This was the first thing on my list after I saw how bad they looked</div>
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when I set up my dining room for Christmas dinner. They were all</div>
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different shades of white, and 2 of them had just a coat of primer.</div>
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There are only 2 chairs alike, but now at least they're all the same color.<br />
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Our dining room in my early days of blogging.<br />
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What a difference a few coats of paint can make!<br />
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I hated the wallpaper (already removed in this photo) in this bathroom from first sight,</div>
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but it's taken me over 12 years to tackle this project,</div>
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because I knew exactly what to expect.....</div>
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.......hours of scrubbing to remove wallpaper glue, followed by sanding,</div>
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priming, and a skim coat of mud on the plaster walls.</div>
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The truck is going bye-bye, along with all my turquoise thingies.</div>
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We installed the reproduction medicine cabinet, pedestal sink, and new toilet,</div>
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so it's just the walls and window trim that need work....</div>
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and the window that was installed a number of years ago will finally be painted.</div>
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All work and no play make this Ranger cranky,</div>
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so in the evenings I've been working on this......</div>
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Making the squares is fiddly work, but crocheting them together</div>
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Vickie @ Ranger 911http://www.blogger.com/profile/12847126296813987337noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7391691472847407028.post-37142108676262879702017-01-12T16:20:00.000-06:002017-01-18T20:19:06.293-06:00Sunshine on a cold winter's day.<div style="text-align: center;">
It's amazing how much more energetic I feel with just a small dose of sunshine!</div>
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I've been busy filling holes in the walls and making lots of new ones, too.</div>
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I got tired of the busyness of my picture gallery wall, so I gathered what I could find</div>
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to create a quieter neutral grouping. I took the mirrored panes out of my old window</div>
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and turned it around to the chippy white painted side.</div>
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I bought this rickety old window on July 4, 1999 at my hometown antique shop</div>
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10 minutes ago). I'm amazed that the <i><span style="font-size: x-large;">old window</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">trend </span></i> </div>
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has lasted 2 decades and it's still going strong! Our girls were high school students</div>
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when I bought it and now <i><b>their</b></i> kids are starting school!!</div>
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I replaced the old hats on the wall in this corner with a woven basket</div>
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found for a steal at an antique shop. The folk art carved angel was also purchased</div>
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at an antique shop, but neither are old. She was a medium wood tone</div>
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when I found her, but I lightened her up with whitish paint.</div>
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She's kind of a hot mess right now, because I mistakenly added</div>
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<b>sanded grout </b>to my chalk paint. Looks a bit like she's been flapping</div>
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around in a sandbox. Poor thing.<br />
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Gone are all the reds that filled our house over the holidays.</div>
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I'm not much of a frilly flower girl, but these funky pom pom flowers</div>
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in a nice earthy green are just my style. On sale for only $5 a bunch at Hobby Lobby,</div>
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I splurged on 3 bunches, two for this bucket and one for the mantel.<br />
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Any room looks better with sunshine streaming through the drafty old windows.<br />
Lots of fresh -20 degree air blowing in, too.</div>
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Little fuzzy green snowballs.</div>
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I painted over my dark wood candlesticks, which look like</div>
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I unearthed them at an archaeological dig (same gritty <b>sanded grout </b><br />
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A new basket holds another wool throw I've been knitting during<br />
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Side note: My <a href="http://daranger911.blogspot.com/2016/12/dark-and-cozy.html">cedar Christmas garland</a> stayed green for a full month!</div>
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It was dry and crispy, but it still looked good and that's all that matters, right?</div>
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I gathered all my woven goodies together to fill this tray.</div>
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I wound a discount greenery swag (also from Hobby Lobby)<br />
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I think it's supposed to be some type of eucalyptus and I chose it because<br />
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I bought and returned several styles of lamps to replace the dated buffet lamps</div>
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so I'm keeping them. I've got another spot in mind for them, so it's all good.</div>
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More faux greens fill an old sugar bowl. I can <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">not</span></b> keep house plants alive,</div>
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so <span style="font-size: x-large;">If you can't grow, go faux</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">!</span> is my motto.<br />
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I've had a lovely day off with the house all to myself,<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">way too many cups of coffee</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span> and a few pieces of orange chocolate biscotti.<br />
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I'll probably be up all night.<br />
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Thanks so much for visiting and stay warm!<br />
Vickie<br />
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Let me turn the music down so we can visit. I've got speakers wired into<br />
our kitchen so I can play all my favorite Christmas tunes while I bake.<br />
I think it's my favorite place to be at Christmastime.<br />
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You've seen the wall above numerous times, but this winter it <b>feels</b> warmer<br />
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Since our kitchen wears red and green all year long, decorating for Christmas</div>
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takes just a few minutes. I keep the few things I put out in a small basket<br />
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I moved this set of coasters way up high and out of reach of little fingers. </div>
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There are only 2 smiling faces left and I want to preserve them.<br />
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Do you hear that Maggie, our little climber?<br />
Future firefighter perhaps? <br />
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Note to self: <b>Hide</b> <i>my </i>ladder.</div>
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It's nice to be able to add small pops of color on my open shelving.<br />
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as you can see under the bakery sign. Leftover kitchen "greens" and a pine cone wreath<br />
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The reclining <b>elf-on-the-sewing-machine-drawer-shelf</b> is joined by<br />
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This is the room where we coffee drinkers like to hang out,<br />
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Kid tested, grandma approved. </div>
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Once again, the boss man keeps an eye on what's happening below.<br />
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Now it's time to crank up my Christmas tunes and <span style="font-size: x-large;">bake some cookies!</span> <br />
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This year's Christmas selfie (gift bought for one's self) is the set of 3 bowls<br />
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For years, I've marveled over the pretty gingerbread houses<br />
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so today I made time to bake and decorate my own.<br />
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They are way more labor intensive than one would think,<br />
so of the 5 dozen cookies my recipe made, this is as many as my<br />
stiff slightly arthritic hands could decorate at one time! <br />
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Unfortunately they will not be hanging in the windows and strung across shelves.<br />
They will be locked up tight in covered containers.<br />
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Have you read <a href="http://thistlewoodfarms.com/a-gingerbread-story/">KariAnne's</a> story about her disappearing gingerbread men?<br />
(If not, click on her name for the lowdown. Let me tell you, it's all<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">fun & games</span> when you're reading about <i>somebody else's</i> house.)<br />
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Much to my horror and dismay, we discovered a pair uninvited guests<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">stirring in <i>our</i> house</span> this holiday season. Eeek!!!!<br />
Let's add a few more !!!!!!! to let you know how I <i>really </i>feel about them!!!!!<br />
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They've now been "escorted off the property", so to speak, and I <span style="font-size: x-large;">don't</span> think I'll be<br />
inviting them back in any time soon for biscuits and tea.<br />
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This time of year, everybody's in a great big hurry,<br />
so if you're here for a quick dining room tour, welcome!<br />
For those of you who want the inside scoop,<br />
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The biggest change this year is my all white (I <i>know) </i>mantel<br />
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I thought I'd impress you with what I learned during my deux months</div>
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of high school French class. My instructor was surely a twin sister to the </div>
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Wicked Witch of the West, so I dropped the class despite her dire warning</div>
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that <span style="font-size: x-large;">I'd live to regret my decision.</span></div>
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Oh, I don't <i>think </i>so Prunella Prunepuss.</div>
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Guess who's <strike>laughing</strike> cackling now, my <i><b>pretty</b></i>?</div>
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Do you see the unsightly black box under our buffet?<br />
1990 sound system gone bad.<br />
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Two years ago the drawer to this CD player snapped off when I was trying to</div>
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Bedroom no. 3 is by no means done, but here's where it's at this holiday season.</div>
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The chore board and shelf were hand-me-downs from our youngest daughter.</div>
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This darling deer was left in a dresser that I'll show you in an upcoming post.<br />
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The "hooks" (or <b><i>hookers </i></b>as our youngest grandson calls them)</div>
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The petite size of this smoking stand works well as a bedside table.</div>
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It's topped with one of my many doll dressers.</div>
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After 5 years of kicking this buffet topper around, I've finally found a use for it.</div>
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I filled in the mirror opening with plywood cut to size and painted with<br />
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The deer I made decades ago have been spiffed up with new glittery wreaths.</div>
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Last year's ho hum candle ring has become this year's window wreath.<br />
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Vickie @ Ranger 911http://www.blogger.com/profile/12847126296813987337noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7391691472847407028.post-1409019317869726002016-12-04T18:16:00.001-06:002016-12-04T22:36:05.592-06:00Dark and cozy.<div style="text-align: center;">
After I removed this mirror from the wall behind the Christmas tree,</div>
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I gave it a try over our fireplace...... <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>and</i></span> (insert angels singing).......</div>
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....lo and behold, I actually <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>liked </i></span>our stodgy old fireplace for the very first time!</div>
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Here's how it looks in the light of day.<br />
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And in the early evening hours. Sigh. <br />
I think I'll just sit here for awhile before I clean up the big mess I made.<br />
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Thanks so much for visiting! I've got a few more changes going on that I'll share<br />
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and enjoy the season!<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels!</div>
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I finished my yarn cubby.</div>
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but other than that, I planned and built the cubby all by myself. Soooo,<br />
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Remember, <b>primitive.</b> <br />
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I've got Vanna White standing next to the cubby just to give you an idea of its size.<br />
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It will be screwed into wall studs in a small recessed area behind the door to the<br />
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Over the past year, I've been selling or donating my vintage stash<br />
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I painted it this past summer (big mistake), but my assistant was kind enough<br />
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It still needs some finishing touches, but I think it's a keeper.<br />
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Here's how it looked when I bought it at an estate sale back in December of 2011.<br />
Where has the time gone?!<br />
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You can't imagine <b>how many times</b> I stubbed my toe on this heavy,<br />
mirrorless buffet top while it was collecting dust under a bed.<br />
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Nabbed from youngest daughter's sell pile at our vintage sale in October.<br />
The last line says "To Bed on Time".<br />
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I truly hope this leaded glass window works in the bedroom....<br />
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... because I'm getting tired of filling holes in the walls where I've hung it previously.<br />
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I'm sure there are any number of tutorials out there for building a cubby,<br />
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It's constructed of 1 x 12 stock pine with a plywood back. For a non-toxic, no VOC finish,</div>
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I aged the wood with steel wool soaked overnight in vinegar. <b><i>Beware!</i></b> The vinegar</div>
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solution permanently <span style="background-color: white;">stains clothing and anything else it comes in contact with.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I should not have been wearing those 10 year old jeans anyway, but there you have it.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I've been forced by the hand of fate to update my wardrobe. :o) </span><br />
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As you can see, I left enough room on top for a basket to hold </div>
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yarn remnants and works in progress. The cubby is only 12 inches deep, but the small<br />
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I've got 2 coats of paint on the baseboard trim, but there are a few dozen other things<br />
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Thanks so much for visiting!</div>
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Our oldest granddaughter pointed out that it's a boy. <br />
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Other than a photo for Mother's Day, I haven't published a blog post<br />
in almost 6 months, and <span style="font-size: x-large;">how quickly</span> those months have flown by!</div>
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In August I held my <i><b>very last </b></i>garage sale. I no longer change things up for the seasons</div>
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During my hiatus from blogging, I finally got around to painting my dry sink.<br />
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My sister made the adorable felted wool sheep for my birthday in June.</div>
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She's knitting a wee little scarf....with toothpicks!</div>
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I haven't joined up with my knitting group all summer long,</div>
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The old straw hat is another recent Sally Ann purchase.</div>
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How I'm going to miss the best place in town to shop for</div>
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I've made <b>some </b>progress upstairs.</div>
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I'm in the middle of building a piece of furniture for the room,</div>
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Our kitchen looks pretty much the same as it did last fall.<br />
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One small change is the simple sign I painted to fill the empty space</div>
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The sky is blue and the sun is shining, so I'm headed outside to enjoy</div>
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one of the rare warm sunny days of the season.<br />
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Also, I hope Mr. Sun will work his magic on my bad DIY hair color<br />
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Thanks for visiting and I hope you're enjoying the autumn colors, too!</div>
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Our little town up north in the middle of nowhere hosts the last curling bonspiel</div>
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As I've been dragging junk out from under the beds for my next garage sale,</div>
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Sometimes all it needs is a little refresh.</div>
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I asked my design assistant to remove the shiny black paint from this old window frame</div>
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and voila! Gorgeous weathered wood hiding underneath!</div>
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I picked up these sconces in July of 2011 and they've<br />
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On May 7 (Just like the birth of our daughters, I remember the <b>exact day</b> they were delivered.)<br />
our sofa and love seat will celebrate their 26th birthday. Our daughters flew the coop<br />
at 18 years of age, but our faded and worn furniture is reluctant to leave. sigh<br />
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As you may remember, after reading her <a href="http://daranger911.blogspot.com/2015/09/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go.html">book</a> last summer, Marie Kondo changed my life.<br />
After selling a garage full of vintage items for pennies on the dollar, I'm much more discriminate<br />
as to what I'll fork out hard earned dollars for. I actually went to an estate sale<br />
today and left without spending a dime!<br />
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But.....<br />
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Lookie what I found in our youngest daughter's garage sale donations!<br />
I violated Rule #625: Do not look through items your daughters are giving away. <br />
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I held them in my hands and contemplated their fate.<br />
Do I <span style="font-size: large;"><b>really</b></span> need them?<br />
Yes, I do. No, I don't.<br />
What to do, what to do........ <br />
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Have you noticed that Pinterest seems to know exactly what you're thinking about?<br />
I clicked on Pinterest last night and look what popped up....<br />
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That settles it.<br />
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Rufus and Barkley will be staying.<br />
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So.<br />
It seems I've still got some work to do before I'm completely cured,<br />
but those dogs didn't cost me a dime!<br />
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Well, actually, I did buy one of them.<br />
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Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!<br />
Vickie<br />
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It's moving day!</div>
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A little more than 3 months behind schedule, but the dollhouse is done</div>
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It resembles the new 2 story homes that are replacing the single story dwellings<br />
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It's got a little <span style="font-size: x-large;">Mr. T</span> bling going on with the bright brass door handles and hinges,<br />
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The flokati rugs and oversized chalkboard fit right in with their uptown style.<br />
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<b>prematurely-gray-haired Father</b> in the chair instead of Brother. hehe<br />
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for fun times with the addition of a glittery disco ball (Hobby Lobby Christmas ornament).<br />
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flokati left over for makeshift beds. Also, we've seen how Maggie plays with the house.<br />
She empties out the house and fills each room with a large stuffed animal.<br />
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Father and Gramps discuss politics in the living room.<br />
Let's get out of here!</div>
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I'd like to be a mouse in the corner when the dolls use the facilities. :o)<br />
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Partially furnished house. It's just right for a 3 year old and her brother.<br />
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So long Rangers! Minneapolis, here we come!<br />
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Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful weekend!<br />
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Back in the days of big permed hair and stirrup pants, nearly every room</div>
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After spending 30 plus hours on a ladder stenciling faux wallpaper</div>
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in our former dining room (almost 30 years ago!), I swore I'd never stencil another wall.<br />
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As you know, I haven't been happy with the sterile whitish walls in our kitchen,</div>
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so when I came across this <a href="http://www.lauraashleyusa.com/collections/home-furnishings-shop-by-collection-silver-serenity/products/mr-jones-dove-grey-wallpaper">Laura Ashley wallpaper</a>.....</div>
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With my indecisive nature, I was afraid to buy wallpaper online</div>
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I started willy-nilly on this wall with no real plan in mind.</div>
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The latex paint bled through in multiple places and in some areas</div>
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but it's a very subtle design and the imperfections are hardly noticeable.........</div>
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unless you're looking at a photo of the wall. :o)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Somebody</span> in our house was famous for crossing the days off his calendar </div>
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with big fat x's at the end of a work day........before retirement, that is.</div>
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I do believe the x's have now been replaced with smiley faces. :o)</div>
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By the time <b>I</b> get home from work, throw some food on the table,</div>
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than I usually do, I'm pushing myself to do <i>something </i>productive at home and</div>
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crank out one or two of these each evening......</div>
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I did it.</div>
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I <b>finally</b> learned how to crochet!</div>
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The owner of the yarn shop where I joined a knitting group</div>
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volunteered to teach us how to crochet a granny square.</div>
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I was the <span style="font-size: x-large;">only one</span> who did not go home with a finished square that night.<br />
"If everybody's done with the first color, pass your yarn to the right."<br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wait for me!!</span></i> Did I mention I'm a slow learner?<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></i></div>
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I was feeling a bit like a failure until the graduates confessed that they've all crocheted before.</div>
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Cheaters.</div>
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to what I now refer to as Tuesday night group therapy.</div>
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said afghan, Norwegian blogger Solveig of the blog <a href="http://solgrim.blogspot.no/">Solstrikke</a></div>
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I chose this pattern after viewing her easy to follow tutorial <a href="http://solgrim.blogspot.no/2013/04/flowers-in-snow-pattern-in-english.html">here.</a></div>
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She made it look so easy, and it is! I haven't reached the part where the flowers<br />
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I'm currently working on my doctorate.</div>
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While many of you are already cleaning out your flower beds and planting flowers,</div>
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a scarf and a hat are essential to keep us warm. You've got to strategically time your walk,<br />
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Our long dark winters are the perfect time to knit a wooly afghan to cover an outdated chair.<br />
It took about 3 weeks of knitting in the evenings while watching TV,<br />
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Free lap blanket pattern from <a href="http://www.petalstopicots.com/2015/10/cables-and-columns-knit-blanket-pattern/">Petals to Picots.</a> <br />
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I actually finished them before Christmas, but I just got around to painting over the primer.<br />
My excuse is that the ladder was out in the garage. In the cold.<br />
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I finished the cable knit pillow, but it's too small for my liking,<br />
so I won't be knitting another. Perhaps I'll throw it in the wash on the hot setting.<br />
Me thinks it could possibly shrink enough to be a mini pillow for the dollhouse....<br />
<b><i>that we're still working on</i></b>. Shame on us!<br />
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Our excuse? The dollhouse is in the basement. In the cold. <br />
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My Pottery Barn plants are the only plants that will thrive<br />
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We even went so far as to drag the dining room fireplace in front of the brick<br />
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It didn't inspire me to get moving on a new <strike>fiasco </strike>project.<br />
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I don't want fire hazards cluttering up the hearth,<br />
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It's nice to be home during the day when the sun is warming up the house........<br />
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....and at night when I've got the fireplace remote by my side. :o)<br />
( PDF link for Nola's slipper pattern <a href="http://cas.seamenschurch.org/sites/default/files/sci-nolas-slippers.pdf">here</a>. Super warm and comfy! )<br />
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Thanks for visiting and stay warm!<br />
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On the other hand, it's the perfect place to show off my new vent. :o)<br />
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still in the same spot on the floor when we stopped back in December. </div>
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With the discount I asked for, it was only $25, so I bought it</div>
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and stashed it in the basement until after the holidays.</div>
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The wood was originally almost black, but my assistant</div>
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sanded it down to the pretty wood tone it's sporting now.</div>
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The only other change in the kitchen is that I switched out my beige buffalo check shades<br />
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Of course, now I've got to rearrange the plates hanging on the soffit,</div>
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but there's no need to <span style="font-size: x-large;">vent</span> about that.<br />
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We've been enjoying a few spring-like days up north,<br />
as you can see by the sun streaming through the dining room window below.<br />
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It's time to get outdoors and feel that sun on my face! </div>
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