Monthly Archives: November 2009

Dare to DIY: Easy Fudge Recipe


This week for Dare to DIY we are sharing our favorite Christmas cookie recipe. What are my favorite Christmas cookies? Well, they’re not cookies at all. They’re fudge. I love fudge with a passion, and two years ago I

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Summer Goals Revisited


Well, it looks like despite the fact that we had a very busy summer, we actually managed to accomplish quite a bit!
Our to do list for the summer was as follows:
  1. Turn up the curb appeal
  2. Refinish a

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Dare to DIY: A Creative and Simple Table Setting

It’s time for another Dare to DIY party! I am having so much fun creating stuff for these parties! Too bad there are only four left! This week’s dare was… Dare to Entertain!
I could have set up …
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Friday Favs: The Lettered Cottage

Do you know about The Lettered Cottage? No? Well, is it one of my favorite blogs. This is Layla and her husband Kevin,
and they live at the Lettered Cottage.
Layla’s vision for their basic old home is …
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To Be My Husband’s Wife: Part 6

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It’s now November of 2009, which means that I am just one month away from my two year anniversary at this “job.” And I have to say

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Stare at My Staircase Party

I‘m joining up to Stare at My Staircase Party over at The Stories of A to Z. Beth did a fabulous job revamping her staircase, and I thought I’d join in and share our little stairway’s transformation!
We started …
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The Real Edward Cullen

My brothers and soon to be sister in law were over last night and we somehow got on the topic of the New Moon premiere. I’m not a Twilight fan, but Steph is, and she is super excited to …

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Dare to DIY: A Thanksgiving Project



I‘m participating in Kim at Newlywoodward’s Dare to DIY Blog Party. This week our challenge was to Dare to be Thankful! Here’s my contribution to the party.

I’ve had a Thanksgiving tradition for the last few years where …

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Friday Favs: Country Music

I don’t believe I had ever heard a country song in my life before I moved back to the States when I was 19. I had a vague notion that there was an entire genre of music labeled “country” and …

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To Be My Husband’s Wife: Part 5

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The mortgage company strung me along for the next two months, promising me that “next week” they would have news about when I could start. We were fine financially, because …

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