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Dead or Dormant?

Just got back from a long work trip and found myself with some rare free time and decided to wrap up the mulch on the last flower bed I added.  It had been a couple weeks or more since the last time i had been over on that side of the house and right away […]

September 30th, 2011
Time for a Snowblower

I know.  It’s only September.  It’s not going to snow in Jersey for at least another two or three months!  What gives? So two years ago we lived here… (I can’t find a photo of our old house after all the exterior trim work was done, oh well)  We had all about 20 square feet […]

September 21st, 2011
How to Get a Deep Espresso Stain

Since Lisa and I started to assemble the nursery last December, we knew we would probably need a bedside table. We had a little extra space for another piece, so something small and round seemed like the best choice since it would probably be where we rest the lamp and the baby’s angel care monitor. […]

September 15th, 2011
Using a Shrub as a Tree

Ever have one of those weekends where you plan to do a couple simple, well planned chores and despite all your efforts, you don’t finish either one?  Well, I had one of those weekends.  I planned to start and finish two projects, the first one, which I’m writing about in this post is the flower […]

September 12th, 2011
Baby Proofing

So for about the last month, our baby girl has been crawling all over the place.  She’s even walking while keeping her hands on the couches!!  It’s CRAZY!!  At only seven months old now, we’re very proud of our little mover and shaker.  While it’s a ton of fun to chase her around our family […]

September 9th, 2011
Our Morning Room

As I made my daily cup of Tassimo latte this morning (well, not really daily anymore, more like a once a week treat now; super splurge, I know!), I looked over to our morning room just off the kitchen and I noticed the sun was extraordinarily bright and the light was coming through all the […]

September 1st, 2011
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