Here we are at week 7, the final week of my Dining Room project for the One Room Challenge. (I updated via Instagram for Week 6, but didn’t make a post for the blog, It …
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The Hidden Post – Week 5
I’m not sure HOW hidden this post will be, but it’s a quick one, that’s for sure! The rules of the One Room Challenge are to provide weekly updates, via blog or Instagram. If you …
Continue readingORC – Half-way – Week 4
Here we are! Half-way home on the big Dirr Dining Room Extravaganza. I’m still pretty much on schedule to complete the room within the One Room Challenge projected timeline, but this week has less to …
Continue readingGet ready to be so jealous of my glamorous life
Well, I wake up in the morning feeling like….. (Hold that thought. I have to check something.) Phew! I almost made the kind of very embarrassing mistake often reserved for out-of-touch old people who attempt …
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That time I did what I said I’d do – ORC Week 3
Can we just take a moment to absorb… I said that this week I would show you the completed buffet, and–Yay–I’m actually going to. Promise kept. It’s been a busy week, for sure. My little …
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ORC – Week Two
ORC…I’m here hoping you read last week’s post. Otherwise, you might be expecting a photo of a creature from Lord of the Rings. This is Week Two of the One Room Challenge…. Oh, that ORC. …
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You signed up for WHAT!!!???
No, I wasn’t drinking. And I’m not sure if women my age even get hormonal, so I doubt that’s it. I’m pretty sure it’s because the last of our kiddos is escaping exiting the helipad …
Continue readingThe Case of the Shiny Penny
Bless my friend, Bettye @Fashion Schlub, and the other participant friends of Where Bloggers Live for keeping my space open so I could come back today to enthrall you with “How I Do….” How you …
Continue readingDon’t make me choose
Gosh, I love a great find. It’s definitely a genetic thing, My mom is a supreme bargain hunter. At 86, she’s not web savvy enough to find her way to my blog (Phew!!!), but she …
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That time I didn’t go overboard…
…is now. If I were a NORMAL person, I probably wouldn’t think of the following four words as the kiss of death: “Did you make that?” But hearing that well-intended, perhaps even complimentary question sends …
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