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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A few weeks ago we spent a Saturday in Brady, Texas </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">new antique store, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DJsGoodOleDays" target="_blank">D&J's Good Ole Days</a>, in the town square.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We picked up a light for the newly redecorated office.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's the perfect shade of green with white interior.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My husband hung it with a little old pulley at the top.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">for these with new ones that allow us to dim the lights</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to the perfect brightness.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">These big lights can be pretty bright.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">all the pictures I took of their store.</span></div>
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I finally completed the new office makeover. </div>
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Well, its not actually complete but probably as complete as it will get.</div>
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Is any room ever really complete?</div>
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Let's revisit the "before." </div>
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It was dark; dark green walls with dark furniture.</div>
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My husband loves green and cycling </div>
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and our alma mater, the University of North Texas.</div>
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I wanted bright, clean, vintage, industrial.</div>
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bright, clean, vintage, industrial, green, cycling, UNT </div>
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office on a shoestring budget.</div>
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Well, it's light, bright, clean but it didn't turn out as I planned.</div>
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We spent less than $400 to redo this office.</div>
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We spent about $50 on this desk from Ikea. </div>
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It is a big workspace and very easy to clean.</div>
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I tried to incorporate little touches to please my husband.</div>
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I found this old vintage Dr. Pepper bottle to hold </div>
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whatever these things are I put in it.</div>
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Let me point out at this point that the floors are not dirty.</div>
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They are painted concrete and a little worn.</div>
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They chip a bit and wear in places and sort of look</div>
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like the floor you might see in an old industrial loft.</div>
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I'm saying I like that look for right now</div>
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because I'm just too <strike>lazy</strike> busy to repaint.</div>
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These chairs were free. Yep free.</div>
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They are 1950s original iron butterfly chairs that belonged to my godparents.</div>
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They originally had late 1950's turquoisy-aqua covers and sat</div>
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to sit in these as a young child.</div>
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I spent about $100 on new duck cotton covers.</div>
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This lamp was free as well.</div>
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This work lamp was attached to my father's old jeweler's workbench.</div>
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I took it off and attached it to this little stool as a lamp for the office.</div>
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Its so cool and swivels and adjusts to almost any position.</div>
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I didn't plan to have vintage midcentury modern butterfly chairs</div>
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With the exception of appliances, cars and my iphone, </div>
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I just don't like anything really that's modern but these work.</div>
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I may warm them up a bit with a neutral throw when I find the right one.</div>
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These reproduction french maps on linen paper are perfect for my husband.</div>
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As a cyclist, he is a huge fan of the Tour de France so these maps fit right in.</div>
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This bookcase was already in the office. I just painted it and </div>
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Besides neutral colors of cream, white and light brown, </div>
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I think they were on sale for about $35 for both.</div>
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Inside the basket are several vintage green chalkboards.</div>
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I may hang those on the wall. I'm not sure yet.</div>
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These cute little things are perfect card or note holders.</div>
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Shag? Yep, shag. Its really comfy.</div>
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The huge green windmill in the corner was reworked into a floor lamp.</div>
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I'm waiting for my husband to hide those TV cords. </div>
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COTTAG3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12843182432726747861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553855640593117259.post-9015718554064846492013-10-20T07:19:00.000-07:002013-11-29T14:59:34.198-08:00windmill floor lamp #2<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yep, we made another windmill floor lamp</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">...for the new office this time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You may remember last year when we made this one.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> It's one of my favorite lamps.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> We started with this old windmill base.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> We added a shade and in just a few minutes </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">we just had to make another one.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> This base is a little bigger than the other one.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It also has that great shelf like base at the top.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That made it a little more difficult to figure out</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">would make the entire lamp soooooo tall.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> So, we decided to use an Edison bulb </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and let the bulb show; no shade.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The top of this windmill looks a little like a cage already</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">so that cage would be the "shade."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to clip pictures, photos or papers to with some vintage clips.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The rest of the new office is coming along.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I hope to have it finished later today or next weekend.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm just working on the fun part, decorating!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I just can't decide exactly where I want things to be.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the beginning of this year,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I wrote a <a href="http://www.cottag3.com/2013/01/lets-get-little-real-as-we-start-new.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">post</span></a> documenting my home project goals for the year.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's pretty clear that I won't be accomplishing very many of these projects </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">but I have actually been working on a couple of them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">#9 redo office: "We did the office about 3 years ago in the style my husband wanted. </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It had a lot of green and a lot of wood. It was a bit manly let's say but nice. </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was so nice that my son slowly started taking in his music equipment bit by bit and before we knew it, the office became his recording studio. Do you know how neat and tidy and careful young teenage boys are? Let's just say the office isn't so nice anymore. </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My son has moved his equipment to his room upstairs now so the office is ready to become our home office again. Yes, I have everything I need for this room too and I might have the will to do it. I just need to pick a paint color." Jan. 2013</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, we have dark green walls which my husband loves</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">but I don't. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We also have a dark green antique chair that's okay. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then we have an old, but not old in a good way, huge stained </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">(supposed to be there wood stain and not supposed to be there soda stain) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">The desk has a place for a computer CPU and a pull out keyboard</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">all of which was really nice 12 years ago. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Oh and yep, that's an old Victrola in the corner.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">I want this office to look completely different. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">I want it to look bright, fresh and clean </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">with vintage and industrial touches I like</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">but also incorporating my husband's favorite green color</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">and love of cycling and our alma mater.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Luckily, we went to the University of North Texas </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">and the university's color is green. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">So, this should be easy.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">We've done quite a bit but the office isn't quite finished.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">bought a couple of inexpensive repro green metal things for storage.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few years ago, I picked up these "look old but I don't think they really are"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">french maps that are vintage looking paper on linen. They are super cool</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and remind my husband of the stages of the Tour de France.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Picked this up for next to nothing at Hobby Lobby a few years ago.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Found this huge old green windmill base hiding in someone's garage.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://rubygraces.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Denis, who writes the blog, RubyGrace's</span></a> and is a dealer at our antique mall</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and he let me take it off his hands at a really reasonable price.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks Denis!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have big plans for it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have a pair of authentic mid-century butterfly chair frames.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">replacement covers for them. Love these!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Someday I'll get it done because I just can't wait for this office to be finished!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you are ever in the north Texas area, you must visit </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> How many stores do you go into and actually marvel at the walls of the building or notice the ceiling and the floors. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">is a restaurant icon around here. How cool.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">but you will be inspired with decorating ideas.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know. Your jaw dropped.</span></div>
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<br />COTTAG3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12843182432726747861noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553855640593117259.post-46925492594893889082013-07-03T19:29:00.001-07:002013-07-03T19:29:46.771-07:004th of July party needs<div style="text-align: center;">
There's a little town in Texas called Dublin. </div>
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If you don't live around here, you may have never heard of it. </div>
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It's really small. </div>
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Maybe you have heard of it though.</div>
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Ever heard of Dublin Dr. Pepper?</div>
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It's been in the news.</div>
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<a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/01/11/3653725/dr-pepper-deal-leaves-small-town.html" target="_blank">It's a long story.</a></div>
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My husband's family is from that part of Texas.</div>
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He had relatives from Dublin.</div>
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Recently, he and my son stopped in at the former Dublin Dr. Pepper plant</div>
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which is now <a href="http://www.dublinbottlingworks.com/" target="_blank">Dublin Bottling Works</a> on their way to DeLeon</div>
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(which is an even smaller town).</div>
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They brought home a case of this:</div>
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If you can't get to Dublin, you can order some.</div>
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How about some cherry limeade, cream soda, cheerwine,</div>
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Texas root beer, blueberry breeze, cola, lemonade or gingerale?</div>
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mmmmm.</div>
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Aren't these great retro vintage style bottles?</div>
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They're chillin' in our fridge.</div>
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They would be great chillin' in a big tub of ice</div>
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The twist off caps would make cute little</div>
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They would also look great with these pretty little paper straws.</div>
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I want some of these pretty little straws so bad.</div>
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I like these chevron straws too...but not quite as much.</div>
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I'd like to add the pretty little straws to these.</div>
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All of these would make a fun celebration</div>
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COTTAG3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12843182432726747861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553855640593117259.post-35299855646556489232013-06-17T04:25:00.000-07:002013-06-17T04:25:51.584-07:00porch and garden makeover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These first two pictures of my front porch seem to be the post popular pictures on my blog.</div>
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They have been pinned and repinned hundreds of times.<br />
I'm so surprised by that. </div>
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It seems people like the bench and window table.</div>
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I do too. However, the material covering the bench gets really dirty</div>
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and a pane in the window table cracked so it's now missing a pane.</div>
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We'll get that replaced but for now it's been moved safely to the garage.<br />
That means I get to redecorate the porch! </div>
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The little pop up red camping tables are filling in</div>
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This fabric pattern is different for me but I like it.</div>
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It's a bit brighter in person and really perks up the place.</div>
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We dug up most of the plants in the garden and started over.</div>
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The plants are already starting to fill in and soon</div>
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the garden will be full of red and white color.</div>
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I love my little front porch and garden.</div>
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Lantana in the bucket. Lantana is the best plant for the</div>
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A little water occasionally and sun and they thrive.</div>
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My husband's attempt at following a Pinterest idea.</div>
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See his little water feature? It's like a miniature birdbath.</div>
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The new bright bench fabric goes well with the new door mat.</div>
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It's a nice welcome home.</div>
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We've never discussed solar lights or any other lights for that matter.</div>
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I had no idea he thought we needed these.</div>
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We have a pretty bright porch light about where I'm standing </div>
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to take the picture that lights up the backyard.</div>
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So, I asked my husband, "Why do you think we need these?"</div>
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His reply? "We don't. The dogs do."</div>
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Yes, these lights are for the dogs.</div>
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Sometimes he has to let them out in the middle of the night.</div>
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He doesn't want to turn on the bright porch light</div>
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but he does want them to have a little bit of light</div>
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so they can see when they take care of business.</div>
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They do look kind of nice.</div>
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They only line this one fence.</div>
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where the pups take care of business...</div>
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which is by the back door...</div>
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not on the other side of the yard that we don't use much...</div>
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and we'll have an abundance of smell...</div>
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if he doesn't remove the dogs' business regularly...</div>
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because two of these dogs are big labs....</div>
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who poop logs...</div>
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a lot.</div>
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They give off a nice little glow.</div>
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Not actual light, just a little glow.</div>
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Not really any usable light to actually see anything by</div>
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but more of ambience...a glow</div>
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because every average backyard </div>
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in which no entertaining takes place needs that.</div>
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So, if you read the last post before this one,</div>
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with a little makeover</div>
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and apparently we brightened up the dog's main bathroom</div>
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with a little makeover.</div>
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Awesome.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(yep, with a little sarcastic tone)</span></div>
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We had painted the cabinets black and changed the toilet seat to black.</div>
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The plaid patchwork shower curtain matched his bed quilt.</div>
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My son's artwork hung on the wall.</div>
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The vintage black medicine cabinet was on the opposite wall.</div>
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We managed to brighten it up for a whopping 60 bucks. </div>
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Here we go! It's so much brighter and seems so fresh.</div>
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The shower curtain is from Ikea for about $14.</div>
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We got this shelf from our neighbor's garage sale for I think $15.</div>
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We painted it grey.</div>
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Nothing says fresh and clean like white towels.</div>
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The little pot with our family's number 3</div>
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The grey bath mat and super cool new cream trash can</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let's get a little real as we start the new year. I've got secrets to share and they aren't pretty. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm coming clean about some things I need to fix. Maybe if I list them here, it will motivate me to make changes and get things done before year's end. I'm not including pictures yet because to see them all in one blog post would be, well, embarrassing. There are a lot of projects that need to be done around here and a few projects that I would like to do but aren't as necessary. If I can get even half of these done...a third of these done...even one or two of these done, I would be happy. Do I have hope that I can do it? Sure, there's always hope. Am I confident that I will do it? No way. Did you see my 2012 best projects post? That's because there wasn't one. That's because I didn't do any projects this past year. Oh wait, there's one; my big huge <a href="http://www.cottag3.com/2012/01/my-first-2012-project-is-ginormous.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">industrial chalkboard</span></a> but that's it. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So here's what I would like to accomplish this year (sorry it's kind of wordy):</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">stairs: we have nasty carpet on our stairs and I would like to take it off and paint them. Two years ago (yes, TWO YEARS ago), we took the carpet off the first two steps to see what the wooden stairs underneath looked like. It's been two years since then folks. I was that disappointed.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">garage: what garage? It is a storage warehouse and filled to the brim. We have never had a car in our garage because there is no room. I've got to change that. You would be shocked to see what's in there. That space (and thankfully only that space) could be on "Hoarders". Hopefully there are no dead anythings.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">entry closet: we never use it. I have no idea what's even in there but my husband says it's full. I want to clean it out, put up shelves and make it a second pantry to store small appliances, etc. That would free up so much room in our kitchen.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">tornado room: there's a great story behind this room but I'll save it until I post about it's redo. This should be an easy one to accomplish. Fingers crossed.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">master bedroom: it's time to freshen up this room. I've got everything I need to do it except paint...and the will to start it. It's going to be a lot of work. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">master bath: Technically, it's not a health hazard but it's a mess. No offense to homebuilders or homebuilding designers but one of them is an idiot to put carpet in a master bath. It needs to come up. I also need to pick up my clothes I often throw on the floor in a pile even though there's a HUGE walk in closet two steps away. I have ideas for this room too and all the stuff I need to do it except paint and that dang will to start again. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">redoing main bath/updating: this one isn't a must but I would like to change it up a bit. There's nothing wrong with it. It's just been a few years since it was done. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">DONE</span><a href="http://www.cottag3.com/2013/06/on-bright-side.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">!</span></a></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">painting kitchen cabinets: This will never happen. Remember that will to start thing? I don't even want to think about how much work is involved.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">redo office: We did the office about 3 years ago in the style my husband wanted. It had a lot of green and a lot of wood. It was a bit manly let's say but nice. It was so nice that my son slowly started taking in his music equipment bit by bit and before we knew it, the office became his recording studio. Do you know how neat and tidy and careful young teenage boys are? Let's just say the office isn't so nice anymore. My son has moved his equipment to his room upstairs now so the office is ready to become our home office again. Yes, I have everything I need for this room too and I might have the will to do it. I just need to pick a paint color.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">laundry room, upstairs tv room, guest room: there are little projects I would like to do in these rooms.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>more projects completed and more blog posts</i></span></div>
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This year we had to improvise with our Christmas decorations.</div>
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Remember this cute little puppy, Scarlett, we got earlier this year?</div>
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and of course, our little Maisy we got the year before? </div>
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Well, now they are partners in crime. </div>
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Scarlett is 10 months old. </div>
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10 month old lab youngsters and Christmas trees just don't mix.</div>
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Instead of putting up our big tree, we put up a little one</div>
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I'm very traditional when it comes to the holidays.</div>
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Then, I saw the possibilities; decorating with things</div>
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This old chip clip became our Christmas card holder</div>
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that hung on one side of the rack.</div>
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Our fun friends, the Yarbroughs, dressed up as Elvis.</div>
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(That's mom, dad and two beautiful girls).</div>
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a bunch of old outdoor faucet knobs tied with wire</div>
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Red velvet ribbon, silver beads and mercury glass little ornaments</div>
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All of the shelves are really kind of handy.</div>
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I haven't posted in several months and to be honest, I haven't missed it as much as I thought I would. Sometimes real life consumes you and relatively unimportant things, like blogging, tend to fall by the wayside. My blog tends to focus on more of my home decor and projects with a tiny bit of personal life thrown in but in these past several months, I could have focused completely on personal life with no home decor or projects thrown in at all...because I haven't completed a project or decorated anything in months.</div>
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So, while I ponder whether or not to continue blogging, I'll fill you in on all that has consumed my thoughts in the past several months. Some of it is exciting and fun and wonderful and some of it breaks my heart. Some days I'm so excited by things going on around me and other days it's hard to concentrate. Where to start? Grab a cup of coffee. It's going to be a long post.<br />
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Let's start with the exciting and least emotional. As many of you long time followers know, I'm a pediatric speech-language pathologist (SLP) in my professional life and I love it. I mentioned many months ago that I had the honor of being elected Vice President of Professional Services for my state association, the Texas Speech-Language and Hearing Association (TSHA). I've been an "elect" for the past year and officially took office this past July. It's fun and exciting and quite a bit of work at times. I'm on my computer a lot answering emails, working on projects, etc., which leaves less time for blogging. My term ends in June, 2014.<br />
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Let's move on to still exciting but with more emotion. My last post was April. After that post, I became swamped at work. In my position, I work closely with the school's psychologist. In happy news, she became pregnant for the first time. However, her impending maternity leave meant we had to work hard to get as much done as possible before she left and the end of the school year is already crazy busy. The tough part was we had no idea when she would have to go on leave. Why? She was expecting quads! It was day to day and at any time she may have to go on bed rest. She had her quads this summer and started a blog. It's a crazy fun thing to read. You can check it out at: <a href="http://fourtoadore.wordpress.com/">http://fourtoadore.wordpress.com/</a> and you should really read her inspirational turtle story and about the poop chute.</div>
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Moving on to more emotion and still excitement but not in the way you would think. My soon to be 16 year old son had his first serious girlfriend. They were madly in love for 6 months. That meant I had to be on my toes and he needed as much supervision and boundaries as he he did when he was little. There is an extremely fine line to walk when your teenager is in love. You want them to open up to you but say one wrong thing and they won't talk at all. This first love took the same course as most and they recently broke up. Watching your teenager experience their first big heartbreak is in some ways as tough as anything else you've had to watch them go through and there's not a lot you can do to ease it for them. He's doing okay now. He's handling it well and I'm proud of him. Oh, and he's learning to drive. That's a whole 'nother story.<br />
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Now to the most emotional with absolutely no excitement. As I eagerly watch for updated posts from my friend with her new babies (those quads), I also eagerly watch for updated posts from another friend who also just became a first time mom. Her baby girl is about seven months old. Her posts are not her own right now but mostly her husband's and they are not from a blog but CaringBridge. About a month after her baby was born, my friend discovered she had liver cancer. Today, I received an update that explained how much time she has left with us. It's just overwhelming. I am friends with two first time moms about the same age experiencing unbelievable journeys for vastly different reasons. The highs and lows consume my thoughts most days. If you want to send prayers to my friend, you can read her journey at <a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/roxannaruizfelter">http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/roxannaruizfelter</a>. <br />
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So, why did I take time to post all of this today? Today I enter a new decade. I leave my forties behind and turn the big 50. I'm excited about it. I loved my forties and I hear that fifties are great too. Somebody could have given me a head's up that my AARP invite would come a couple of weeks before this milestone. I wasn't expecting that at all. Isn't 50 a little young to be an AARP member?<br />
(AARP: American Association of Retired Persons). Really? I have years before I can retire and frankly I wouldn't now even if I could. <br />
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...and many others too numerous to post (Tom Cruise, Jodie Foster, Trace Adkins, Emilio Estevez, Axl Rose and on and on). You can google to see a full list.<br />
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Today was a good day to take some time for myself and reflect on all that is happening. There is quite a bit more but those above have been the biggest. I'm sure I'll get busy on projects or at least some holiday decorating and I'm sure I'll continue to blog. Somedays I even think about starting a second one about SLP ideas. I do enjoy it when I get time. I'm also sure I won't be posting regularly for the foreseeable future. However, I am sure I'll post more non-decor stuff as much as decor so this blog will be more well-rounded. It helps to write about all of this stuff.</div>
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COTTAG3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12843182432726747861noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553855640593117259.post-22754249906798024082012-04-10T19:23:00.000-07:002012-04-10T19:23:15.909-07:00This is so cool<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This past Saturday I went to the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/TreasureSpotters/157745637609034">Treasure Spotters Flea Market in McKinney</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Brandy from Pocket Full of Heirlooms takes vintage campers</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and completely makes them over.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pocket-Full-Of-Heirlooms/126940457368709"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pocket Full Of Heirlooms on Facebook</span></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out her Facebook page and the photos for how she does this</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and how she created her space at the Flea Market.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There were two campers to view, a pink one and a blue one.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First up, the pink one.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">since we lost <a href="http://www.cottag3.com/2012/01/little-chocolate-bella.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Bella</span></a> back in January.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We just couldn't take it anymore.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, we've added a new member to our family.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's time to move on; time for a new beginning.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">or at least that's her name right now.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Harlow, Marlowe, Bailey, Bijou, who knows?)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">touched down across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was at work, at an elementary school in far south Fort Worth near I-20, working with a graduate student who was providing speech-language therapy services to two young fourth grade students.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We were in "duck and cover" mode for two hours in a small office.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The two young students were scared I'm sure but they were so awesome.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They were mature, followed instructions, remained calm and quiet at all time,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">with out one complaint; no whiny, no panic, nothing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He said his administrators had assured them</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">they were in no "imminent" danger and he was fine but</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(His cafeteria area is surrounded by huge windows which is not safe.) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Luckily, the tornadoes missed our area.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I picked up this inexpensive red metal lamp</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>at World Market last weekend.</i></span></div>
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<br />COTTAG3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12843182432726747861noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553855640593117259.post-19088404833921081012012-03-17T10:04:00.000-07:002012-03-17T10:04:38.581-07:00booth update<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just a quick post to let you know</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">that Jennie and I updated our booth</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">at Lonestar Antique Mall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you're in the area, we hope you'll stop by</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">and check it out along with all of the other great vendors there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I take a look at everything from all different angles</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Perhaps a few more cute pillows and </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Finally, a little something different on the front door.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I wanted something different from the usual wreath.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My son doesn't like it. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He thinks people will stand at the door</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">trying to figure out how to make it ring</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I assured him only his fellow teenage friends will do that</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">until they remember the real doorbell is just to their right.</span></div>
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<br /></div>COTTAG3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12843182432726747861noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553855640593117259.post-57508446221762700302012-03-12T08:45:00.001-07:002012-03-16T19:29:38.496-07:00Spring changes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Spring is arriving here in north Texas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and with it comes changes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bQi_iMxW-6yz1ryPnENUmTvSeYRCWHpa6C3zI9ZEKd4HQdU5T0kyowZOnXALB_ApfOUgX0eA5XGtyiyRx6WvMI8p0f-rhs6dJPsDOlhf1qzrx_PQQFzjk9f6RJazsb9_TLoMuyJoE9A/s1600/100_2846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bQi_iMxW-6yz1ryPnENUmTvSeYRCWHpa6C3zI9ZEKd4HQdU5T0kyowZOnXALB_ApfOUgX0eA5XGtyiyRx6WvMI8p0f-rhs6dJPsDOlhf1qzrx_PQQFzjk9f6RJazsb9_TLoMuyJoE9A/s320/100_2846.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This particular picture below of my front porch apparently is popular.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I get several notices per day that it has been pinned and re-pinned on</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/">Pinterest.</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1A9g4pgoZ0G79NT4S657C1m7VjFKflpRjGMAQWDxuA6euSN8sGiadVeF3-RWJH9TgK0CzE8W_23L_PK2XYvht_0FP4ViY8JBkQqCGE9fneMnnzaD6KfwNRvRmkBf0uJ1vzFeoPI1DJAs/s1600/100_2184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1A9g4pgoZ0G79NT4S657C1m7VjFKflpRjGMAQWDxuA6euSN8sGiadVeF3-RWJH9TgK0CzE8W_23L_PK2XYvht_0FP4ViY8JBkQqCGE9fneMnnzaD6KfwNRvRmkBf0uJ1vzFeoPI1DJAs/s320/100_2184.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm not sure why it is so popular. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some like the window table while others like the bench. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've read comments about nearly every little detail in this picture. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You know what? This picture certainly doesn't tell the whole story.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Front porches are wonderful but can be quite a bit of work.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now that winter is coming to an end around here,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">it's time to change up the front porch...and it doesn't start out pretty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_4c8ARCzWGLtFE8C7X8ei_-sC-GDnXD8KKcVVQ3eoOd5qgy83Y4iR50ThguDl8YwTWb0eSZwlYug5izEogwuaU-xJlbvR-e-SYpjXC4qNCrSq8cUEYYdAVSaqsLHxHI2Q0luWXvAfyg/s1600/100_2824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_4c8ARCzWGLtFE8C7X8ei_-sC-GDnXD8KKcVVQ3eoOd5qgy83Y4iR50ThguDl8YwTWb0eSZwlYug5izEogwuaU-xJlbvR-e-SYpjXC4qNCrSq8cUEYYdAVSaqsLHxHI2Q0luWXvAfyg/s320/100_2824.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All of the dead plants were removed before the Christmas holidays</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and this planter was filled with red ornaments and poinsettias.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Those are all gone now too. It's been empty for a couple of months.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZ5K4SNtsJbsBeN9BnebNzYYq6_Da5lvmpcQpImwGa1xE3DRIsWTM5sFabXDFw3j9MP4Uf3flz75T8P2n-KQTPCtQnPeGg4yj3f4zE_Kz-QwMlxWzs1eEzDtp1nBhdXZLzs1GHQtFjrU/s1600/100_2825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZ5K4SNtsJbsBeN9BnebNzYYq6_Da5lvmpcQpImwGa1xE3DRIsWTM5sFabXDFw3j9MP4Uf3flz75T8P2n-KQTPCtQnPeGg4yj3f4zE_Kz-QwMlxWzs1eEzDtp1nBhdXZLzs1GHQtFjrU/s320/100_2825.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wreaths off the door, holiday and winter decorations put away</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and the porch is relatively bare.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9TIrqwWw5V3b4BXayJJDBPoiJhuNy2KJxbLQ9q8TMnpfU_Cj72gAFLcYKzHetEtfEO8VuqdU3N_HAmmBt_wSw8qOZXpG14EtXqrn8aXBIpcTfS1ugj9YdEtAZinF7qmxyM4ODz7W0Bw/s1600/100_2826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9TIrqwWw5V3b4BXayJJDBPoiJhuNy2KJxbLQ9q8TMnpfU_Cj72gAFLcYKzHetEtfEO8VuqdU3N_HAmmBt_wSw8qOZXpG14EtXqrn8aXBIpcTfS1ugj9YdEtAZinF7qmxyM4ODz7W0Bw/s320/100_2826.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Winter blankets and pillows are put away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6-CbrI8nyx4LVOybhQCmwy2lZUKG31_IRueQp1K_vyF8NJRwpEKVLHkXgHR59zJv8Sk9F9odEziAukU0Uh2kjtgM4xG04oV2_bblxEIHk9dNCVv2TwfOSf5tfYtlZ5UyHdkmzAN3JL4/s1600/100_2827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6-CbrI8nyx4LVOybhQCmwy2lZUKG31_IRueQp1K_vyF8NJRwpEKVLHkXgHR59zJv8Sk9F9odEziAukU0Uh2kjtgM4xG04oV2_bblxEIHk9dNCVv2TwfOSf5tfYtlZ5UyHdkmzAN3JL4/s320/100_2827.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The porch is a mess with winter debris and dirt...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and did you notice something missing in the table?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWPXYcsZ3Flk6sRRWogE_AH-TC3w7SJh_IXCfGwve8IvZXc5gKDvtO-8Sav9KlDt-dbiL72L1Ud8JryRSNhYrhAKEuHX3BnBYJQcRc-J3hlQsVa9woJuUvfXT7oWOGU7Zmlvi5lwR-is/s1600/100_2828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWPXYcsZ3Flk6sRRWogE_AH-TC3w7SJh_IXCfGwve8IvZXc5gKDvtO-8Sav9KlDt-dbiL72L1Ud8JryRSNhYrhAKEuHX3BnBYJQcRc-J3hlQsVa9woJuUvfXT7oWOGU7Zmlvi5lwR-is/s320/100_2828.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's missing an original pane of glass. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like most parts of the country, we had a crazy winter here;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">one day it was freezing with snow flurries and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">the next day it was sunny and really warm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I guess the extreme and quick fluctuations in temperatures</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">caused the table to expand and contract weakening the hold</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">on the glass and this pane fell out and broke.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We're getting a replacement.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIBtucqbkpRE6DA0CLsfWRqY4cURuVybnMHIfE7gkTRA3FJ_3QWQbm_oW6mgnhfIs5OeLW3pBlgo_TIdnsYzN1wOkHLsYdTPlvq7ruNc5HPnhCAdogxkoKob9LiZookzz3RwpTSseVAM/s1600/100_2829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIBtucqbkpRE6DA0CLsfWRqY4cURuVybnMHIfE7gkTRA3FJ_3QWQbm_oW6mgnhfIs5OeLW3pBlgo_TIdnsYzN1wOkHLsYdTPlvq7ruNc5HPnhCAdogxkoKob9LiZookzz3RwpTSseVAM/s320/100_2829.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Everything is out of place and dirty...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0tvA3Xpv75guWxXuIoGy0TQnk8z-r-tGJbcjdHcv8Yub6mSsTWx7ZHQf8e_dTOPe7bv1yUegu3wIYLa0cKykGq5OWoVDL2BmnRX_QfZ6pVKfVaLc7TOet1g7Bizwg5Jja5CJWGmKXD4/s1600/100_2830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0tvA3Xpv75guWxXuIoGy0TQnk8z-r-tGJbcjdHcv8Yub6mSsTWx7ZHQf8e_dTOPe7bv1yUegu3wIYLa0cKykGq5OWoVDL2BmnRX_QfZ6pVKfVaLc7TOet1g7Bizwg5Jja5CJWGmKXD4/s320/100_2830.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...or bare.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZY5hO8eF9DHycuI5wzd6aB7bBw4zZMlblrAKl5FRszEudEvvAG0wy9yUcF9jSgetUmFZU4nnLoO7YL2grZ6RrJXJOMwvJZgYCJlDJUg5Wl7iG3StAXeToXQtp8ONCk5-pym2NtAF8iZw/s1600/100_2831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZY5hO8eF9DHycuI5wzd6aB7bBw4zZMlblrAKl5FRszEudEvvAG0wy9yUcF9jSgetUmFZU4nnLoO7YL2grZ6RrJXJOMwvJZgYCJlDJUg5Wl7iG3StAXeToXQtp8ONCk5-pym2NtAF8iZw/s320/100_2831.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It all has to be cleaned and packed away for another season.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Little changes are coming soon though.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a sneak peak.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5DovWh-4ngqNFsodDZ3oFELPsGqo3b-L_uQVYIACwlQSiCPMNdxv7rN00yiy7Nboq9n5uAfrCpHvE3hRLOVGw0GnrzPrjLLcJwg2G2OqDZhOAswEus_pAqBv4qf92KvO_Nj6t4ZrhrE/s1600/100_2848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5DovWh-4ngqNFsodDZ3oFELPsGqo3b-L_uQVYIACwlQSiCPMNdxv7rN00yiy7Nboq9n5uAfrCpHvE3hRLOVGw0GnrzPrjLLcJwg2G2OqDZhOAswEus_pAqBv4qf92KvO_Nj6t4ZrhrE/s320/100_2848.JPG" width="263" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm on spring break this week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">yay!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div>COTTAG3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12843182432726747861noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553855640593117259.post-48844292643280189962012-02-12T07:01:00.000-08:002012-02-12T07:01:58.541-08:00How cute are these?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I came across these real moss plants in old thimbles.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yes, tiny little vintage thimbles.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How cute are these?</span><br />
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</tbody></table>COTTAG3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12843182432726747861noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553855640593117259.post-31230751708508045882012-02-05T07:09:00.000-08:002012-02-05T07:09:35.843-08:00new way to follow blogs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Google Friends Connect (which is the way most of us follow blogs) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">will be going away for many on March 1 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and may go away for everyone shortly after.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, there's a new kid in town and it looks like it's even better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EauedBfMBgY/TysMY0RFVkI/AAAAAAAALHk/EyMybQHLLyo/LinkyFollowersLogo1%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EauedBfMBgY/TysMY0RFVkI/AAAAAAAALHk/EyMybQHLLyo/LinkyFollowersLogo1%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For all the details and to sign up for free, visit <a href="http://www.linkyfollowers.com/">www.linkyfollowers.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For information about how this tool came about, hop over to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-way-to-follow-blogs.html">Linda at Coastal Charm's blog</a></div>COTTAG3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12843182432726747861noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553855640593117259.post-9077785941043331372012-01-16T08:46:00.000-08:002012-01-16T08:46:49.802-08:00little chocolate bella<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0cc33b3127ccefb8dd2753ace00000050O02AYuWLFu2bswe3nw8/cC/f=0/ps=50/r=0/rx=550/ry=400/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</i></span></div>COTTAG3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12843182432726747861noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553855640593117259.post-84701773298429162342012-01-10T19:16:00.000-08:002012-02-06T19:29:05.286-08:00My first 2012 project is ginormous<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We have this huge blank wall in our main living area.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We've lived in our house for 10 years and that wall</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">has always been an unfinished project.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We've tried to decorate it but nothing looks right.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rZRifSzpkcO2diRScSFtXxAt8ZCMBhVbrOnt3By-rntgPvBP-RbcgORuAzPFNv9V0y1t0zNS3QSpThWYSXzRq9d1NdCjTaFcNU6XTFl3AFtOlVD1c-1F8DvRe60Mqkwl_JBqmQ4rc1o/s1600/100_2136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rZRifSzpkcO2diRScSFtXxAt8ZCMBhVbrOnt3By-rntgPvBP-RbcgORuAzPFNv9V0y1t0zNS3QSpThWYSXzRq9d1NdCjTaFcNU6XTFl3AFtOlVD1c-1F8DvRe60Mqkwl_JBqmQ4rc1o/s320/100_2136.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A few mid-sized pieces just don't work.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd0WlX1yi4jwG6sp01fSpbUDfwNUux_buUX9b3RXrRsZ6Tj1RrcBKAhyJIdgyugvqeaZGJIx6YQdWToyPiBfr12MLrA-JpJ36gglBETj85qYut8zCpzf3JvbuApD0-POdzbPCJUoyjTE/s1600/100_2272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd0WlX1yi4jwG6sp01fSpbUDfwNUux_buUX9b3RXrRsZ6Tj1RrcBKAhyJIdgyugvqeaZGJIx6YQdWToyPiBfr12MLrA-JpJ36gglBETj85qYut8zCpzf3JvbuApD0-POdzbPCJUoyjTE/s320/100_2272.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We added an old door but again, it just wasn't right.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I think it either needs a wall of framed prints or one huge statement piece.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qWskqXnL5QmU6GN9BqEym_T5GNspBFSIF45vJcKOnZRh_D38B3rupnNewATAYIbfULjXALLgkGY8HBLlRS_yzCma2svwiYgk0ylHZC4ac_onHP4xfzuPLEj7K2nXjDJPAaBk_01jVic/s1600/100_2815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qWskqXnL5QmU6GN9BqEym_T5GNspBFSIF45vJcKOnZRh_D38B3rupnNewATAYIbfULjXALLgkGY8HBLlRS_yzCma2svwiYgk0ylHZC4ac_onHP4xfzuPLEj7K2nXjDJPAaBk_01jVic/s320/100_2815.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What would be cool is a huge old chalkboard </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">that looks like this smaller one in the entry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Where would I find one of those?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How much would something that big cost?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm guessing not much...if you make it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXic5v-0MwTM2ssEqIoctVHZeDIvvmuHX1QOiNJtyWcSVKizDXtbAYStGTXUoeLNQopPlCnzloS5Ta4uLQz1wCaAWKrNMk4_aM5leWYiO57oYwlCH1qHpOlNFM1Fb4TZD5bJf1iQYdW0/s1600/100_2536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXic5v-0MwTM2ssEqIoctVHZeDIvvmuHX1QOiNJtyWcSVKizDXtbAYStGTXUoeLNQopPlCnzloS5Ta4uLQz1wCaAWKrNMk4_aM5leWYiO57oYwlCH1qHpOlNFM1Fb4TZD5bJf1iQYdW0/s320/100_2536.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We bought a huge piece of plywood (I think it's 4'by8').</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcqqSrVK-8pLm-f8mNe0RVhZqZKtff6l13JEWphGTYWvC6EQhvp9wAvwMMAeObmo_1lUcD9kzulDaGHvSgX84pd3yrBJUS8Jzrb8vb7ffjBxnZNeAvga8Ok7ugnPykeh8-njFDslsRio/s1600/100_2541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcqqSrVK-8pLm-f8mNe0RVhZqZKtff6l13JEWphGTYWvC6EQhvp9wAvwMMAeObmo_1lUcD9kzulDaGHvSgX84pd3yrBJUS8Jzrb8vb7ffjBxnZNeAvga8Ok7ugnPykeh8-njFDslsRio/s320/100_2541.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I sanded it down to make it smoother. Plywood can be kind of rough</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">so it certainly wasn't a perfect surface but that works in my plan.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf52YW1Pq6VdmFjygn9ogTb8TBHDWIxgAwJ-HXmkFWuYeTa7SAWXeWfevxvT91cn4IWODWBxmLjsXUjEZZ_Cgg8DSwtSb_mxeHEF3KN1DKhs9zEG0LkdaA1eMbGQwgiTlkLGTsD2r_5KE/s1600/100_2542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf52YW1Pq6VdmFjygn9ogTb8TBHDWIxgAwJ-HXmkFWuYeTa7SAWXeWfevxvT91cn4IWODWBxmLjsXUjEZZ_Cgg8DSwtSb_mxeHEF3KN1DKhs9zEG0LkdaA1eMbGQwgiTlkLGTsD2r_5KE/s320/100_2542.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I used a black matte spray paint to give it a base coat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then I sprayed a coat of the chalkboard spray paint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I switched to a can of chalkboard paint and used a brush </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to paint thick coats.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJK9HjJ1IVfejpMrvkPVMjwUMgDUk8wVhCwg5LOg162jppV3kH8nKrHrKkuzeP4cls_aikitnhdWkHqhQSkTOGDpp5Z3Hkw1aW5nYGPGgJNs32C1_5pcsuO9r9O12n9tWXvLn8AB8B1M/s1600/100_2791.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJK9HjJ1IVfejpMrvkPVMjwUMgDUk8wVhCwg5LOg162jppV3kH8nKrHrKkuzeP4cls_aikitnhdWkHqhQSkTOGDpp5Z3Hkw1aW5nYGPGgJNs32C1_5pcsuO9r9O12n9tWXvLn8AB8B1M/s320/100_2791.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then we added simple moulding. I stained it with an uneven finish</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">so that it looks a bit worn with age.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SYZDe-GVf4Bw8zht3Uxm905Zt49BP6KwON2SR4PwjPfj3TjZXOVg_1kmdJ65Mj5o99a_buvbXZl_YOO9_V4ZdPZqzd4o8c0-T5c5d5RLz1-se2myp-LaZk__uerisK52Egs7ppp5duE/s1600/100_2794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SYZDe-GVf4Bw8zht3Uxm905Zt49BP6KwON2SR4PwjPfj3TjZXOVg_1kmdJ65Mj5o99a_buvbXZl_YOO9_V4ZdPZqzd4o8c0-T5c5d5RLz1-se2myp-LaZk__uerisK52Egs7ppp5duE/s320/100_2794.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There we have it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's one huge chalkboard. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We attached it with screws, putting one in each corner which</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">adds to the industrial effect.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxg2qLSwA0cN0zZzvf6MtBXrNpLdcO30fSioe9bXwEDkhzby36cHYALpQRzdYTMC6r0gCI5cA6QoKIjYuefPVSOu4ncD3zpLu2veapdKcW4ZufcAq7E14MyrlxOBCczSxF8BcBLtn_EY8/s1600/100_2809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxg2qLSwA0cN0zZzvf6MtBXrNpLdcO30fSioe9bXwEDkhzby36cHYALpQRzdYTMC6r0gCI5cA6QoKIjYuefPVSOu4ncD3zpLu2veapdKcW4ZufcAq7E14MyrlxOBCczSxF8BcBLtn_EY8/s320/100_2809.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We hung the clock on it because I love that clock</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and it covers a huge defect in the wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDg4uaVhiZkBIs_k21XGuv4YK8Zax_DccylnxOpB_faUX_U6qgfGkjCWTDcM17g89rE9YniwpOV6xFkssGUryCJnrzDc1BSEvWlHER1QFq8VGsm54BL6_AIixN9qWCtAuK_yhF3BXubY/s1600/100_2807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDg4uaVhiZkBIs_k21XGuv4YK8Zax_DccylnxOpB_faUX_U6qgfGkjCWTDcM17g89rE9YniwpOV6xFkssGUryCJnrzDc1BSEvWlHER1QFq8VGsm54BL6_AIixN9qWCtAuK_yhF3BXubY/s320/100_2807.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I added some of the lyrics from our family song.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Over time, we will find just right the things</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to write on our chalkboard that will become </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">permanent artwork.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-6NiQdyASeOIow0hxP-ZeIunhCggwYLpJtKk32E2VFjcow1Z1rCOocdAJBYjW_xiDyh-4I4_-E5xh2q8s3coaEom00DF7KHQIa-hx3g7nUgLu30e-qqfjXE1GNxtQWsGY-OmeFZNzyI/s1600/100_2805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-6NiQdyASeOIow0hxP-ZeIunhCggwYLpJtKk32E2VFjcow1Z1rCOocdAJBYjW_xiDyh-4I4_-E5xh2q8s3coaEom00DF7KHQIa-hx3g7nUgLu30e-qqfjXE1GNxtQWsGY-OmeFZNzyI/s320/100_2805.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In some of the pictures, you can see cracks and imperfections in the wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I love that. I think it makes it look older.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-0FYe7vBkbe003swp8Azgp_3JXgXFfmlqFe3xPGD-0q4ZHGRCIrpNGxCjhqk3IB-_p1iW5RfQrE7Sn4Q8p7hUguLjbib712yWkLgIkeiOX2y9n8OgPLIXpuY4kqCEgD7iZKMzqC8rfc/s1600/100_2806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-0FYe7vBkbe003swp8Azgp_3JXgXFfmlqFe3xPGD-0q4ZHGRCIrpNGxCjhqk3IB-_p1iW5RfQrE7Sn4Q8p7hUguLjbib712yWkLgIkeiOX2y9n8OgPLIXpuY4kqCEgD7iZKMzqC8rfc/s320/100_2806.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillI2o95jmqQ-Fvuzy9rD8-4gg6GxhZVFRcBWiomWuIJbLIzvaQrLRFYSIm7i7TUYFy-XEP2tub3XRc_9_8KpEUSbtSZKXBTkInqSKQSszws7QUBq1oUw4T_Yh20KXFcPLEBnYeQCZdAY/s1600/100_2812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillI2o95jmqQ-Fvuzy9rD8-4gg6GxhZVFRcBWiomWuIJbLIzvaQrLRFYSIm7i7TUYFy-XEP2tub3XRc_9_8KpEUSbtSZKXBTkInqSKQSszws7QUBq1oUw4T_Yh20KXFcPLEBnYeQCZdAY/s320/100_2812.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Isn't that cool? Those cracks make it look like an old schoolhouse chalkboard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXCtd0uqpVc0UIzPdqqaWLEAVAOZKhXNA1ACbaFHP_byBPAWEp8gu76bWPQhW4PGZjwRuFgpSL_-qQOdidLFsAqUUI4PDYcMuOVF1kr_Mr9sIcvBbC6YuYnCv2euQenIivu9N0OI31aQ/s1600/100_2813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXCtd0uqpVc0UIzPdqqaWLEAVAOZKhXNA1ACbaFHP_byBPAWEp8gu76bWPQhW4PGZjwRuFgpSL_-qQOdidLFsAqUUI4PDYcMuOVF1kr_Mr9sIcvBbC6YuYnCv2euQenIivu9N0OI31aQ/s320/100_2813.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtug17rqb5n9EQg1RJ4YWgMY-8J4u_itp5aAvGXD0RdZXDe-m8F-Dzr2zx1Nrlwnvind0OTCSAY-eNALwx7kYgML6Z0D6qVjILBCkx9E28NMVNmyGPxgJwjBX24UR1e3-cO45Y-Gem2Q/s1600/100_2808.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtug17rqb5n9EQg1RJ4YWgMY-8J4u_itp5aAvGXD0RdZXDe-m8F-Dzr2zx1Nrlwnvind0OTCSAY-eNALwx7kYgML6Z0D6qVjILBCkx9E28NMVNmyGPxgJwjBX24UR1e3-cO45Y-Gem2Q/s320/100_2808.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdA171-HKoXgUutvHnAm5XOCZ-uErbxxBzh-MKoyFiw5ti5CKXccTZFxKBtBVSdF0RFeLuzrpK4bhx7pArrtVGQsu7Syoi-i8dNfFjlA7OuvY0eJFNsqXY4y9hGudSNao-HNmUUZ5L7Ag/s1600/100_2817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdA171-HKoXgUutvHnAm5XOCZ-uErbxxBzh-MKoyFiw5ti5CKXccTZFxKBtBVSdF0RFeLuzrpK4bhx7pArrtVGQsu7Syoi-i8dNfFjlA7OuvY0eJFNsqXY4y9hGudSNao-HNmUUZ5L7Ag/s320/100_2817.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRoXQqlfzQlgMO6XvEtfwjaRFd6WnOnOID_d9XMNwzK4o583iVxdKHaX7T7ckVQvBeYM7rvNyaqvsdJOSHlpJBkhBEeoslka0nmPaGDc_oMGmrzLfMmWR5Xhg_w29vn0i1goEP0H3JbA/s1600/100_2816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRoXQqlfzQlgMO6XvEtfwjaRFd6WnOnOID_d9XMNwzK4o583iVxdKHaX7T7ckVQvBeYM7rvNyaqvsdJOSHlpJBkhBEeoslka0nmPaGDc_oMGmrzLfMmWR5Xhg_w29vn0i1goEP0H3JbA/s320/100_2816.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now, I know that little dresser underneath it is too small</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">sitting there all alone under that huge thing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Either something longer will go there or</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">that dresser will get some company.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What do you think?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Do you like the "vintage" huge "schoolhouse" chalkboard?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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