tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75465425058128628212024-03-05T10:49:11.964-08:00The Smallest AcreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546542505812862821.post-31996591364894560632015-05-17T09:22:00.001-07:002015-05-17T09:22:21.699-07:00A Brief Note of FarewellOur house did end up selling. We were very busy with the final move. Our new house is no longer on an acre so I felt I should wrap up this blog.<br />
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I've started another blog to go with our new life and new projects. You can find it here:<br />
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I hope you'll follow along because it's going to be spectacular!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546542505812862821.post-7201217375571489282015-04-05T17:55:00.001-07:002015-04-08T08:08:29.356-07:00Round Topped Out<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm having a very big day of rest today. I went to Round Top this past Saturday. Boy am I pooped. My dogs are barking and my calves are mooing! I ended up with 35 pictures, although I wanted 100. Sometimes my mind wandered off and I forgot I was supposed to be taking photos. Anyway, here's what I saw at Round Top...</div>
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Round Top is full of style. In fact, it's full of many different styles and multiples of the same style. It's also full of some interesting and stylish people. Thousands and thousands of them.</div>
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I started in an area with a lot of metal work and large pieces.</div>
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Beautiful stained glass. Thousands to choose from.</div>
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These would probably make a great table.</div>
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Or I could prop my feet up on this industrial coffee table.</div>
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A lot of old parts could surely be repurposed into an intriguing design element.</div>
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Some things don't require much imagination. I'd have a hard time putting one of these in my yard but I enjoying seeing them here every time.</div>
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Perhaps a refreshing drink of water?</div>
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If you've ever had chickens, you can appreciate these lovely looking egg laying boxes.</div>
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Animals seem to reign supreme out here.<br />
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Would you like a ride? What you can't see is all the dishes. I really don't know how this booth sets up or packs up. I probably wouldn't be far off in saying they have at least 10,000 pieces of china and glassware.</div>
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I loved this old door, though I don't know what I would do with it. Maybe it's something you would see in a restaurant?<br />
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Lovely rusted pieces. I had one weird experience where an owner said not to buy from them, but go further down where it was cheaper. Of course I never found the other vendor. <br />
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I definitely should have bought this. I have had a lot of moments kicking myself for missing out on some items.<br />
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So much silverware. Can you imagine having to wash all of these?<br />
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Some more loveable metal. I didn't see as many old stoves as I thought I would.<br />
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These are so gorgeous. I am too chicken to even ask how much they cost.<br />
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Lots of toys. Fire engines and military airplanes are popular.<br />
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A lovely toy cabinet. Not a lot of dollhouses.<br />
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These typewriters were so neat! I can't think of ever seeing one before. There is a dial you turn to the letter you want and then press the big thing that looks like a space bar. And those phones? There's no dial. I'm guessing the operator would have to connect you to your number.<br />
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You never know what you'll come across. This little lady was holding up this pillar and she wasn't complaining at all. So quiet.<br />
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This clock comes as close to something I've been looking for, which is Swedish. It's hard to see in the picture, but there is a picture of a ship at the bottom of the clock. Just out of my price range. Sad face.<br />
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Chandelier tree! I will need a chandelier, but now is not the time to buy one. I'll have to pass for now. These are lovely to look at in the meantime.<br />
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I shouldn't have seen this. I was not happy. The chandelier is quite pretty, yes. The mistake I made was crossing the street to this venue, walking all the way through it, and finding it had nothing I was interested in buying. My husband asked what was the "theme" in this venue. I called it "faux rustic." It's nice but it's also manufactured, new, I can find it all day long on the internet. When time is at a premium I don't want to end up in an area with mass produced items. If I was buying things for myself I would absolutely buy that chandelier and stick it in my bathroom/laundry room/dining room.<br />
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This is my most favorite piece! Of course it was sold. How could it not sell? I think if you have 12 foot ceilings there may be enough room in your house. Absolutely gorgeous piece. I hope they brought a lot of help to load it.<br />
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A smaller and still impressive piece. All working drawers and bins. If I get to a point I could sell bigger items, I would probably choose something like this.<br />
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An even smaller piece. I can't remember why I didn't buy it. Late in the day it becomes more difficult to figure out where something would go, how it could be used, and is it really authentic/original/able to sell.<br />
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Nice piece. Is the color original? Would it look better in a natural color? Repurpose ideas?<br />
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I own a similar piece to this, which is probably why I thought, "Look at that piece, it's great. You've got amazing taste." I was also interested in the wooden boxes below and the gold wind. Here was another big problem. I would tell dealers PRICE YOUR STUFF. If you have tons of customers, you don't have time to answer every question about how much something costs. A lot of people are tired, too tired to ask you anything. Or the dealer might want to bargain with you, just offer them a price. I dunno...a dollar? Well, now you're insulted. See? No one wins. I walked away from more than 10 items because there was no pricing or not helpful at all in getting to a price.<br />
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Clever...price was good. I didn't buy it. Another miss. I have a feeling I'll run into something similar, or even the complete actual machinery I can tear apart on my own. This is a good piece for using in juxtaposition vignettes.<br />
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Fabulous display! I love the banner. Lots of draping. A nice piece of furniture that looks shabby but is cleaned up enough to not have spider webs, etc. Cute lights and little signs. I was on the hunt all day long for a little sheep...or cow...bucolic country life. No dice. I did find one sheep but it had been painted with pastel polka dots......whut?<br />
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I think I need some relaxation.<br />
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I think I'll just go get in line and hopefully get home by dark. This line extended both ways from horizon to horizon.<br />
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Overall, I had a great time, saw some original items, bought some sought after items for the shop, and came up with a plan for the Fall show. Yes, I will be going back.<br />
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In my next post, I hope to share with you some of the items I did find.<br />
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Think I need a nap.<br />
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Shared with:<br />
http://mamaldiane.com/the-gathering-spot-147/<br />
http://www.adelightsomelife.com/2015/04/a-return-to-loveliness-80.html<br />
http://www.loulougirls.com/2015/04/lou-lou-girls-fabulous-party-53.html<br />
http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/2015/04/wired.html?utm_source=Friends<br />
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With some time on my hands I get to work on something I dislike...getting things ready for the shop. Here's a couple of things I found this week. </div>
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Once I bring an item home it has to be cleaned. Most everything at estate sales comes in an "As Is" condition. Things must be cleaned as there's always dirt and deficiencies not noticed at the sale in the poor lighting. Hours can be spent on cleaning and finding the correct polish to give it just the right shine. Once the items are cleaned they must be researched to find a fair price. I'm pretty spot on in guessing what I think it can sell for, but there's a few times I have been made weak in the knees to find out what they are really worth. I recommend sitting when finding out what items are worth. I still find researching time consuming and wish I didn't have to do it.</div>
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Aren't these shish-ka-bobs or skewers quaint? They are pewter, made in Greece, and represent farm life. </div>
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Another thing that qualifies as "research" is reading blogs. It's an essential part of having a shop space for me. It provides necessary clues as to what I need to shop for, what's trending, what's hot! I also take design cues and display ideas from you ladies. For all these things, I say, "Thank You!" Without all <i>your</i> hard work, I couldn't do my job. </div>
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This week will be wonderfully quiet as I get ready for a big day at my job...Shopping the last day of spring at Round Top. This is an incredible experience that I look forward to like a little child. But it's business and boy howdy do I mean business when I'm there. Giddy and laughing inside, but still business. I feel like I should be doing stretches and squats or something to get ready for this. Did I tell you where Hubby put my super-special shopping cart for this? Yep, in the very back corner of a 9x10 storage unit. Impossible to get to. Luckily I still have the wagon. I have visions of Scarlett O'Hara holding a wagon handle in one hand and a raised fist saying, "I shall never go cartless again!"</div>
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I'll be bringing you pictures from that adventure soon. One thing I learned about pictures from Round Top last year is the more the better. My goal is 100 pictures. Can't wait to share with you.</div>
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One thing I've been doing and haven't told about is renting a shop space. I've been doing this for 4 months now, and 3 months at this particular shop. It has kept me busy and my mind off of waiting for the sale of the house to go through.</div>
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Many weird and wonderful things happen at estate sales. Some people really do fight over items...and break them. There's people like me looking to resell, some buying for themselves, and some are collectors. Above all there is "treasure" to be had.</div>
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Sometimes I find something and can't believe my eyes. How did no one else buy this? How did I get so lucky? Most things end up in the shop but a few get to stick around, like this painting. I considered it a total steal. Most people wouldn't. You see there's a problem with this painting in that it's been around so long the paint is starting to flake off on the bottom right. </div>
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Most people don't like flaky paintings. I don't mind. This painting is extremely vivid and I can't help but stare at it. Even though it is signed I could eventually mix up some paint and blend it in. You'll never know. I've done it before. It's called "restoration." Either way, for now it's off to storage till after the big move.</div>
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This was another outstanding find. Funny story. This town has two streets named Button. One is Button Drive and the other is Button Place...or circle...The point is that while everyone was waiting for the opening time at one street I was on the other, and first in the door on this sale. Replacements has this tureen without the lid and there's a similar one on Ebay, but it's a mismatched tureen and lid. I feel pretty good about it selling, and I'm a sucker for transferware if I have to keep it. </div>
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After a few months of this I relaxed. The house stayed mostly clean but I wasn't mopping my floors every day. I'd make the realtor wait or schedule a convenient time, giving me plenty of notice. We had a few realtors who were perturbed when I said I couldn't show the house in the next 30 minutes. The nerve of me!<br />
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Now we have an offer! We were elated. We didn't know what to do with ourselves. We were quickly brought back down to earth. There's the contract and stipulations. Then there's the inspection and the option period. I don't like this part. I have no inkling if the inspection went well, yet, or if the buyer will back out. I just have to keep telling myself out of all the houses they saw, they bid on ours.<br />
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One of the stipulations on the contract is the buyer wants to take possession of the property on April 1st. Ha ha that's funny, April Fool's! No? You're not kidding? Oh... So that leaves basically 4 weeks to get packed and get out. Except we're in the option period for a few more days. So there's no packing. Just waiting. It is an uncomfortable feeling.<br />
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This January I had started the whole backwards hanger thing for my clothes and was planning on taking out the unworn items in June. I'm speeding that up to today. I need to do this anyway. In some ways I feel I'm slowly being forced into a minimalist existence. <br />
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You see, we have made plans for temporary housing. In case we leave by April 1st, we have nowhere to go without that sale check in hand. Our temporary housing will be in one of those big 5th wheel RV's. They are actually roomier than a New York apartment. But I obviously can't take a whole house worth of stuff. Our goal is to only stay one or two months at most. In the meantime everything goes into storage.<br />
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I decided to experiment. I substituted the 1/3 cup of oil the brownie mix called for with 1/3 cup of melted peanut butter and chocolate chips. I added a little extra water till I felt it had the right consistency. </div>
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Smells delicious! Someone's little hand can hardly stay away. </div>
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I don't think I'm ever going to make brownies any other way again. These were absolute perfection! </div>
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We have survived our first house showing. Over the last month I was working hard on fixing the house up for sale, but for one of those weeks we took a vacation. It took me awhile to get to this post but I wanted to do it right. One place we stopped was in Round Top, Tx. I've never been there for the antiques market and I'm not sure if I'll ever make it back since we're considering moving to far, far away land.<br />
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Round Top itself is an interesting little...hamlet. Not sure I would call it a town. The population is 90. During the antiques market it can grow to 250,000. If I was an actual resident I would probably rent my house out and just leave town. The biggest business we saw was the bank, which is pretty large for a town of this size. I'm guessing they have a big vault for storing all the antique market cash those guys are raking in.<br />
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We were there one week before the mad rush. We managed to snag one of the last hotel rooms, 30 miles away!<br />
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This is something I highly recommend. Bring a wagon! Or a cart. There is so, so much walking. Forever walking. Having a wagon puller who works for cheap comes in handy. For perspective, we were at about the midpoint for this section. There's an equal amount of section behind me. The red and white tent is a halfway point, so there's more past it. Then there's at least 10 more of these rows. This comprised half of one venue. There are other venues stretching for 25 miles and on both sides of the road. Every booth we saw was taken.</div>
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With only one full day spent here we barely even scratched the surface. Maybe that's a good thing for our first time going.</div>
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Not everything here is actual antiques. There a real mish-mash of everything from high end to I-know-you-brought-that-from-the-dollar-store. So you have to be very discerning about your purchases. </div>
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I'm taking a pic of the metal see-saw. You might not be able to see it at first with all the other surrounding metal work. If I wasn't moving I would have bought this. </div>
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Beautiful, beautiful dishes. I thought it was a sure thing that I would come across some Homer Laughlin pieces, and I did, but it was the wrong design. Otherwise, you can spend hours sorting through dishes.</div>
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Some people sold only silverware and others sold things they made out of silverware.</div>
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Many booths were jammed packed with every kind of knick knack and bauble you could think of.</div>
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Don't forget to bring your hat, or you'll be buying one.</div>
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See what I mean? Definitely not antique. Very silly. If you need a pole dancing frog in a bikini, I will not judge you.</div>
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I'm not sure the seller even knew what this was. I did. It's an old piece of healthcare equipment. It would have been used in caring for respiratory patients.</div>
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So let's go back to my house, because I bought some things to show you.</div>
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The number one reason I went was to buy quilts. Actually I was hoping to buy quilts but I had no idea how much they would be. I learned an inexpensive lesson on being patient. The more we walked around the more we noticed there were several, if not lots of, opportunities to buy the same or similar thing. I kid you not, I saw a quilt at one booth for $80 and we drove down the road and someone had it for $20. This particular quilt above is a king size double wedding ring with some scalloped edges. I could have left the whole market after buying this and been perfectly happy. In fact, I did run a little because I was sure they made a mistake on the price and were going to come after me. </div>
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This chair was my first purchase. I have forever been needing a chair to go with our desk but couldn't find one which was narrow enough. It can't be more than 17 inches wide. I took my measuring tape and it was 16 1/2 inches! It's a nice solid chair which I bargained down to $20. This is definitely worth it since I've been looking for 6 months for a chair.</div>
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Maybe covered in this fabric? This is some vintage fabric I bought for my daughter, who loves all things Paris. Except this Paris fabric. She doesn't like it.</div>
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I bargained a little on this. There were some all metal washboards with no wood for a few dollars less, but I really wanted this one. So I looked at it, held it, held the metal one, walked away. I did this several times and the seller finally said, "<strike>Would you just make up your mind.</strike>" Not really, he gave me the cheaper price on the one I really wanted. </div>
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Last but not least is a little everyday necklace. Certainly not vintage but a lovely trinket with blue ribbon.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed this brief tour of Round Top. The next antique fair starts March 20th, 2015. Some venues are not open during the whole fair, most are free (we even got free parking), some charge admission and parking. Some venues, like Big Red Barn, have additional shows year round. I'm posting some links below in case you're interested in more information or pictures.</div>
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The other day we were able to take part in Sea World's home school day. At $4 per person and free parking it was hard to refuse. Now before you think that is unfair since a regular one day admission is $69, be aware that no rides, waterpark, or restaurants were open. (The gift shop was open, naturally.) It was specifically to see and learn about the animals.</div>
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Their big forehead is called a melon. It does the echolocation stuff. So being called a melon head could actually be a compliment, right?</div>
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That concludes another wonderful field trip. We've been very lucky to come across many wonderful opportunities for field trips this year. I wonder what the next one will be? </div>
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Last week we took our first home school field trip of the year. This is also the first time we have ventured far enough to need a hotel room. I really want the little girl to have fun and enjoyable outings to foster a love for learning. (Ha! We went for the ice cream!)</div>
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Picture time with the Blue Bell statue.</div>
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<b>"Blue Bell Creameries</b>, founded in 1907, is the manufacturer of <b>Blue Bell</b> brand <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream" title="Ice cream">ice cream</a>.<br />
Blue Bell sells its ice cream directly in only 23 states, mostly in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>, although Blue Bell ice cream has also been eaten aboard the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> and at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David" title="Camp David">Camp David</a>. Despite being sold in only 23 states, Blue Bell is the third highest-selling ice cream brand in the United States as a whole.<br />
Corporate headquarters are at the "Little Creamery" in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenham,_Texas" title="Brenham, Texas">Brenham, Texas</a>.<span>" -Wikipedia</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During the 45 minute tour of the factory we weren't allowed to take any pictures. They did show us every detail of how the ice cream was made. They answered every question anyone on the tour asked. They walked us through the entire production line from start to finish, past an employee break room, and administrative offices. It feels a little like being in Willy Wonka's factory. </div>
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The prize for this trip was meeting this guy. This is the importance of being a good student. I recognized him from studying all the pictures on the wall before the tour started. As we were eating our ice cream I noticed him standing against the wall and said, "Aren't you the guy in the picture downstairs?" He said, "Oh I hate when people recognize me from my picture." Sarcasm of course. </div>
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This is Paul Kruse. He's the CEO of Blue Bell. He is incredibly nice and loves to talk and make people laugh. I know this because he came and sat down with us and talked about everything under the sun. He answered all our additional questions about making ice cream. We even got the inside scoop (get it?) on why they bake their own cookies for the cookies and cream ice cream. Bet you didn't know it was one of the most troublesome flavors to make. </div>
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In my last post I addressed the very basic information that we are selling our home. After we got over the shock and wrapped our minds around it (not sure if we have completely), we had some work to do. It would be real easy to blow thousands of dollars getting the house ready but I don't have thousands of dollars, or a million dollar house, and I have a hard time spending money on things that will ultimately be left behind for the new owners. </div>
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<b>1) Light Bulbs.</b> We don't live like slobs, but a 100 watt bulb can sure illuminate a lot of things we overlooked. Like dust. On the ceiling. Lighting can also change the mood/vibe of a room without additional decorating or painting. Eco-friendly shmeeko-friendly, I'm trying to sell a house. No one is going to buy a house if they have to view it by candlelight. Box of 4 $6. I'll need about $50 worth of light bulbs. </div>
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<b>2) Small Decor Items.</b> I knew I needed to have updated decor items. I spend a lot of time looking at other listings and their pictures. Seeing items from the 1970's cannot be a good selling point. I already owned this small key hook rack but had a kid's school picture hanging above it. I'm removing personal items and replaced the picture with this doorknob and hook combo from Ross. Cost $7.99</div>
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The impersonal whimsy factor. I've had this sign forever. I remember getting it at Hobby Lobby. It resides in the master bath. It would have to have been on sale so I'm going to guess I spent $10 or less. </div>
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<b>3) Broken/Dirty Globes/Glass.</b> I needed to replace the glass on the ceiling fan since one had broken. Of course they don't have the same one I already had so I had to replace 3. Lowe's $3.48 each.</div>
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<b>4) Curb appeal.</b> I'm really loving these. They'll only grow bigger and flower more. I'm undecided on getting more because I'm afraid my dogs will get tangled up in them and drag them across the yard. They're kind of dumb like that. Walmart $3.98 each. The yellow upside down pot is being used to elevate the other mum and was clearance priced for $1.</div>
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I'll continue to give updates and my reasoning for the choices I'm making. Do you think I can pull this off for under $1000?<br />
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That day in April after I washed clothes I went to put them away in the little girl's room. Her room was a disaster as usual. I wondered why I even bothered with putting things away. Then I decided to clean. A deep clean. The black Hefty trash bag kind of clean. The kind of clean your kids live in fear of because you'll probably throw out all their treasures.</div>
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Once the cleaning was done I decided to finally redo her room. When we moved into this house the little girl was 2 and other areas of the house needed more attention. She also switched bedrooms several times. Now she is getting into her preteen years and saying goodbye to all her "baby" stuff.</div>
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We were working on her bedding because we also upgraded her bed to a queen size. Her room is actually larger than the master bedroom. That's kind of frustrating. As we were doing that this arrived... </div>
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Things started coming together like the perfect storm. The husband's job is ending. The boss is retiring and there's no guarantee the company will keep him on. We don't like the amount of money we will have paid for this house with a traditional mortgage. We don't want to be paying a mortgage in 20 years. We'd like to go back to the mountains. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546542505812862821.post-85707308510410677762014-06-18T11:12:00.001-07:002014-06-18T11:32:07.151-07:00Cheap Summer FunLast year we started going to Movies In The Park. This is a free activity provided by our Parks and Recreation department. It's also sponsored by some local businesses.<br />
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We've continued going this year. I think it's becoming a tradition. There's no alcohol and no smoking. Just good family fun.<br />
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We get there early enough to claim a good spot. We bring a picnic dinner. Last night we had fried chicken, potato salad, and some popcorn. We ate it all before I thought to take pictures.<br />
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Last night they showed Despicable Me 2. Next week they will show Frozen. I can hardly wait! Hundreds of children (and adults) all singing the songs. I'm already menu planning for next week's picnic dinner.<br />
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Yep, just another typical day. While she does her work I'm usually cooking. We're going to the movies in the park so I was making potato salad. She doesn't like the smell of boiled eggs. This was her solution. She also threw them away later. We don't use erasers with boogers.<br />
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Now let's move on to the first Teacup. I wrote about unpacking teacups in my last post over <a href="http://thesmallestacre.com/1/post/2014/05/hidden-in-the-depths.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I decided I was going to pack some of them back up and rotate them out for different decorating themes. My Granny was quite the traveler after my Pawpaw passed away. Some of the cups are my only way of knowing where she went.<br />
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This teacup and saucer are from Estes Park, Colorado. I didn't know she went there. In fact, I bought my first collectible teacup in Estes Park 10 years ago. Ha! What are the odds?<br />
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There's nothing else particularly special about the cup. No markings. I never thought about buying a teacup and saucer with the location as a souvenir.<br />
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I went to several yard sales last weekend. I bought a microwave. Right, we did not have a microwave. We haven't had one for about 5 years. The husband decided we should really get another one for reheating left overs. I refused to pay the $70 I see a lot of them costing. The yard sale I stopped by was given by a lady from a different congregation but within our same meeting hall. Hence, she can be trusted. The microwave was essentially new and works fine. I paid $20.<br />
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One steal I got at another sale was a set, or most of a set, of Homer Laughlin china. The shape, not the pattern, is Village Rose. Trying to find the name of the pattern is not easy. I've only found mislabeled pictures that don't match up with Replacements.com. It is not Moss Rose or Fluffy Rose. This set was produced over several years from December 1960-1962. I considered it a good deal for $15 as I was looking for a nice set of dishes to use for dinner.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546542505812862821.post-45998430850081400402014-04-02T20:25:00.000-07:002014-04-02T20:25:38.503-07:00Moving to WordPressAfter the ambitious amount of writing I've done (all 45 posts), I've decided to move things over to WordPress. I have pretty much the same address just without the "blogspot."<br />
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The first post is up. Not terribly stunning, just informative and short. I hope you'll come visit me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546542505812862821.post-7069643636103468092014-04-01T12:48:00.000-07:002014-04-02T16:58:33.847-07:00Herb de Provence BreadHappy April Fool's Day!<br />
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I'm doing my taxes today. What better day I figure. Afterwards I usually need some comfort food. I decided to make some homemade bread with a little twist.<br />
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I bought a breadmaker at Goodwill a few years ago for the sole purpose of having it make my dough and saving me the hard work of making homemade bread. It has worked out wonderfully. I put my ingredients in the breadmaker, select the "Dough" setting, let it do all the muscle work, and then pop it into the oven to bake some fresh bread.<br />
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The breadmaker came with a book full of bread and dough recipes.<br />
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I'm using the French Bread recipe for 2 pounds. The ingredients are as follows:</div>
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<li>1 1/2 cups of water 80F degrees</li>
<li>2 TBL oil (I used olive)</li>
<li>1 tsp lemon juice</li>
<li>1 tsp salt</li>
<li>2 TBL sugar</li>
<li>4 cups bread flour</li>
<li>2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast</li>
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To make Herb de Provence bread I simply added 2 tablespoons of Herb de Provence after adding 2 tablespoons of sugar.<br />
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My bread turned out delicious! You can tweak the amount of Herb de Provence to your liking. This bread goes great with dinner or to make sandwiches. (Also good if you're sulking about your taxes)<br />
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If you like super thin slices of bread, as I've done here, I suggest a bread slicing guide such as this. I own this one and I love it. It keeps the bread from drying out. I put the link below.<br />
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The other day my husband, Mr. Pinterest, had a novel idea. "Can we paint the top of the fridge with chalkboard paint and write a weekly dinner schedule on it?" Now, I only call him Mr. Pinterest when he has these really interesting and crafty ideas. I didn't know if you could paint the fridge but I was going to find out.<br />
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I went on YouTube and found out that there's a lot of people painting their fridge with chalkboard paint. Who knew? This is how we did it:<br />
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<li>Clean with an appropriate cleaner to get off dirt, grease, fingerprints, etc. Let dry.</li>
<li>Paint with chalkboard paint. My husband used those foam brushes and painted in horizontal strokes.</li>
<li>Let dry.</li>
<li>Repeat steps 3 and 4 till you have the desired coverage. He painted 3 coats. No sanding is necessary after the paint dries. Then we let it sit overnight.</li>
<li>Start using your chalkboard. We're using ours for a dinner menu. Some are using theirs as a calendar.</li>
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This fridge came with our house. Perhaps this is why I agreed to this project. </div>
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Mr. Pinterest is not a neat painter. </div>
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Rowan dug up some chalk for us. </div>
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Everything worked out nicely. Mr. Pinterest painted the handle, too, so it would blend in. We all wrote or drew something. It looks like we'll be eating a giant flower on Wednesday and then we'll be having butterflies on Thursday and Saturday. Yum!</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546542505812862821.post-24155099182517188892014-03-23T09:37:00.003-07:002014-03-25T09:05:57.781-07:00China Hutch Makeover Part 2Welcome back! When I left off the hutch had been painted and finished. Now it was time to put new hardware or leave the old.<br />
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This is the original hardware. There were also two round knobs for the doors which I decided to paint.<br />
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This is very close to my original vision. Two little round things were nagging at me.<br />
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These are the original knobs. They just wouldn't do.<br />
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I found these knobs at Hobby Lobby. I love that they look like crackled glass. Now my vision was fulfilled.<br />
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I have turned my attention to decorating a little bit. I've had several good ideas from the recent Spring link up parties.<br />
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A white platter from a GW store. </div>
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A white pitcher with a very authentic crack and bright pink carnations. </div>
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A miniature tea set Jace bought for me before we were married. </div>
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A real bird nest, which I'll describe in another post and eggs I colored.</div>
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I think yellow is so cheerful in Spring. I put yellow roses and daisies in a milk pail with a yellow ribbon. Organic lemons in a tureen from a consignment shop. A citrus scented candle with a lace collar I crocheted myself. </div>
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A new accomplishment in my gardening. Tulips I grew. Quite pretty with the two colors. I will have more solid colored tulips soon. The greenery is fennel which grows very well all winter. It gives off a light lemon/licorice scent.</div>
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After all the hard work, Rowan helped set some things up for tea. </div>
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Within a day things around the hutch were already changing. I hope you'll return to see the future changes.<br />
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All around the house we are making remodeling/redecorating changes. Jace has been bitten by the chalk paint bug and is addicted! He's taken a real interest and I think understands the style I'm going for. <br />
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The garden posts will start popping up very soon. My planting date is March 25th. I didn't want to risk planting anything on the 20th. We always get a last spot of bad weather. Wouldn't you know it, today and tomorrow will be cold, rainy, and windy. Not a great start for new plants. I am looking forward to this season of all things new.<br />
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I'm sharing this post with:</div>
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<a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Seasonal Sundays #195</a> at The Tablescaper<br />
<a href="http://www.dejavuedesigns.com/spring/" target="_blank">Twirl and Take a Bow</a> at Deja Vue Designs </div>
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I found the hutch on Craigslist. A local consignment shop posts pictures of things they have on sale. The owner of the shop told me the history of it belonging to a little old lady and was a much loved piece in her family. The hutch is made of maple. I was not fond of the color and Jace said it looked like 70's wood paneling. It was still hard to sand because I was afraid I was going to make a mistake and ruin it. In a fit of what I felt was complete lunacy I sanded most of it but left some unsanded.<br />
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I had been reading about a lot of projects done with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and it sounded marvelous! I looked up a local distributor and Jace and I took a trip to the next town. We were quite blown away by the cost. In fact we left the store laughing. $38.95 for a quart of paint and $28.95 for the wax. <i>$67.90</i>. Holy Moly! I don't even remember the cost of the brush. This was just too expensive even if it was a miracle in a can. (I still shake my head when I think back and know how relatively cheap it is to make your own chalk paint.)</div>
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I came home dejected and settled on going with Plan B, regular paint. Then I saw a recipe for making your own chalk paint. This sounded more reasonable, but I didn't have plaster of Paris. Jace said we did, or something that was comparable. It was pottery plaster. We had gotten it at Hobby Lobby for a project for homeschool.</div>
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I also had a brand new gallon of Olympic interior paint in Antique white. I always have this paint since it is the color on my living room, kitchen, and hallway walls, although, I'm giving serious thought to going greige. I mixed the pottery plaster and paint in a 1 to 3 ratio. I did not have furniture wax but I wanted a more durable tough coating. I have an 8 year old with a skateboard. I did have a can of polyerethane on hand. So far this makeover is costing me nothing!</div>
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Painting went very quickly. I noticed this stuff dries fast! I finished all the painting in one day.</div>
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I asked my very strong and manly husband to help me lift the hutch back up. I paid him with a kiss. I'm getting excited at this point because I can really see the hutch turning out the way I imagined.</div>
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Just a little more paint and it's done! At this point I had started giving it a light sanding with 220 grit paper. Only a couple of swipes and it had a smooth velvet finish. I did not do a lot of distressing because I'm not experienced with it yet. I didn't want to overdo it. I began painting on one coat of the polyurethane. From the things I read about the wax I don't think what I did took any more time than if I had used a wax finish.</div>
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I reached my goal of being able to place my first plate for display. I love that the shelves have built in tracks for displaying plates.<br />
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This is where I ended last night. This piece is such an inspiration. Jace and I were up at midnight having a decorating explosion of ideas for other areas of the house. I hope you can join me for the completion of this project. </div>
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Last night I started a list for my Spring Cleaning. It grows to infinity. Thanks to the sanding-the-china-hutch project I now have a fine mist of dust on every. single. surface. This is not what I had envisioned for getting me motivated to clean. However, it has its merits because it's working. Plus the fact that we're hosting a slumber party on Saturday. Oh yeah. I have a terrible habit of taking on gigantic projects right before we are hosting some kind of shindig.<br />
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The GROSSEST thing I've done today is "take care of" all the roosters. Ahem. That's probably all that needs to be said. We love homesteading! Then nature got me back. A bee stung me. On my finger.<br />
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The BEST thing that happened to me today was finding something I had pinned on Pinterest. <br />
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This is the original picture I pinned. I don't know the source and wish I could credit it but Pinterest is giving me a 404 error saying the page no longer exists.<br />
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Now many times I pin things and pretty much know they will never see the light of day at my house. Many things are just too exorbitantly expensive or don't even exist in my neck of the woods. So this image got tucked into interesting fantasy material.<br />
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Today as I was deciding where the day would go, I sat on Craigslist. That is usually a quick browse because in my area they usually post about having free empty toilet paper rolls. I regularly chat with my computer screen, "Why won't you sell anything <i>good</i>?!"<br />
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Today was different... Today I scored.<br />
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This lovely ensemble was for sale and it was located less than 15 minutes from my house. This is a miracle. Now I ask you, how much do you think two, count them two, four foot solid wood with metal ladders and 3 solid wood shelves would cost? Would you freak out if I said $15? Well, I know I did. I was a texting fool. By 9:30 those babies were mine.<br />
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Homeschool affords me something important: a lovely assistant.<br />
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She was happy to help me set this up for another little project.<br />
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School picture day. This might be an area you don't think about when starting homeschooling. I always hated buying school pictures. When Rowan went to public school there was not a single school picture that came back looking decent. It would irritate me to no end to get the pictures and her hair was all messy, sweaty, or one year she chewed on her shirt while waiting in the picture line. Tons of money spent for bad pictures. But now I just take pictures at home. Any old time we feel like it. It's also free.<br />
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And before I forget, here's where the ladders ended up.<br />
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They're in the hoop house, but I would think they'd be showing up just about anywhere this season.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lambertslately.com/2014/02/the-ultimate-blog-planning-notebook.html" target="_blank">The Ultimate Blog Planning Notebook</a> looks kinda promising. I found it at Lamberts Lately through <a href="http://www.adelightsomelife.com/2014/03/home-and-garden-thursday-72.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ADelightsomeLife+%28A+Delightsome+Life%29" target="_blank">Home and Garden Thursday</a> at A Delightsome Life.<br />
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The wind did end up remaining throughout the day. I spent the day sanding. I can happily say that I'm am done sanding the china hutch! This is kind of a monumental task for me. I was getting a little worried it was going to end up in my unfinished projects pile. I'd love to post a picture but the hutch is sitting the wrong way. Ah well, we will just have to wait and see the finished product.<br />
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Tomorrow we are going on a field trip for homeschool. Very exciting activities and things to see. Which reminds me, I should go charge the camera battery. And I should go get myself to bed and go to sleep.<br />
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Other signs of spring I noticed is how much squalor I'm living in. This week we are working harder than usual at cleaning things out and sprucing things up.<br />
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I had to spend my morning at the Vet's office. We keep our dogs on tie out lines so they can't run amok in the neighborhood. Unfortunately another dog was loose and attacked our dear old Onslo. We heard the fight right away and Onslo ended up with 2 bites. It makes me sad because he was on a tie out line so he could not have provoked the other dog and he also had no way to escape the attack. This is also why they are only on tie out lines when we are home. The vet said he would be alright and sent us home with antibiotics and pain medicine. <br />
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Today I took my basket of brand new clothespins and hung out my first official laundry of Spring. </div>
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I saw a recipe for this pie today. The recipe came from <a href="http://www.fromthiskitchentable.com/layered-pumpkin-cheesecake/" target="_blank">From This Kitchen Table</a>. It was in a recipe exchange from<a href="http://www.littlehouseliving.com/old-fashioned-recipe-exchange-0311.html" target="_blank"> Little House Living</a>. I've found a lot of good recipes this way lately.</div>
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It turned out very good. It tasted so yummy, too. I used pumpkin Rowan grew and Jace canned last summer. Really easy to make.</div>
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