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If I Were A Rich Man
You know what I did today? I mailed off the last check for our kitchen renovation. This is the way the renovation ends: not with a bang, but with an envelope sliding into a mailbox. Now that we’re in...
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Tom Catting Around
When we bought this house, our first impression was how classy it is. The paneling, the layout, the symmetry all speak to a certain type of living, one that’s free of pork rinds and beef jerky. In all...
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Marine Corps Inspired Nursery
When we left off, I was complaining. Woe is me, I finished a successful kitchen renovation, but I don’t have money to put up a garage. I’m so put upon, I don’t have a Pinterest-worthy mudroom. Pity me,...
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Decommissioning and Filling in a Well
Sometimes when you buy a house, you get fun little extras. In this house we found a Jenny Lind bed in the attic (which Chris is fixing up), along with a rug (which is now in our dining room) and a...
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Maybe You Shouldn’t Be Doing DIY
The first house Chris and I lived together in was a two bedroom townhouse in Delaware. I bought it with money I saved by being a cheapskate in high school and college; Chris moved in about a year later...
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Do You Really Want a Clawfoot Tub?
Ahhh, the clawfoot tub. After the toilet and the u-bend in the sink, it’s the most romantic bathroom fixture. Our master bath has a clawfoot tub. It’s also our shower. According to the sellers’ real...
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KRANKENHAUS
This weekend we drove from New Hampshire to Northern Virginia for my little sister’s bridal shower. If this were a Mommy Blog, I’d have a sponsored post about how, OMG, y’all these organic squeeze...
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House Envy
You know that feeling when you’re wearing an awesome outfit, but then you see someone in a similar outfit and they look better? I hate that. And I just got the same feeling about my house. Of course...
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Shaker-Style Landscaping
After my jealousy-soaked post about a similar house near ours, a commenter asked this: As I read it, I thought, “Yes, I am hilarious. Yes, my dogs are lovable. Lauren in Boston totally gets how...
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Five Years Later
I know I haven’t written in a while, and no, I’m not dead. But here’s a post about someone who is! This is a picture of my dad and me. It’s one of the few pictures that’s just of the two of us....
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Christmas Decorations 2014
It’s the holidays, a time of year that I always want to spell holidaies, and a time when we embrace cherished family traditions like baking. Having Bing Crosby favorite one of your tweets. Making it...
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Crack House
It’s that very special time of year, when we have to get up a little earlier in the morning to saddle up the Tauntaun and cross the frozen tundra to drop the kiddos at daycare. Sure, the imperial...
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The Goose of Unending Loneliness and Despair
It’s that special time of year when I actively try to prevent Chris from mowing the lawn. Chris loves a neatly trimmed green lawn, I love dandelions. Look at them! So happy sunny and happy an unaware...
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Make Ice Cream for Your Family
It’s that special time of year when I start every blog post with “It’s that special time of year.” Let’s be honest, though — I post so infrequently that every time I post it’s a special time of year....
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Gimme That Wood, You Stud.
I got a big load of wood last week, if you know what I mean, wink wink. I didn’t take pictures when I took delivery of that massive amount of wood, mainly because this is a family blog and also...
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The Master of Leaning In
Since this is ostensibly a house blog (“house” is in the title and everything!) I’m going to tell you about the first night I spent in this house.The day before we were set to make our big move here,...
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Things I Cannot Recommend: Kitchen Edition
It’s a strange thing: if you want to feel loved, lose someone close to you. I’m not saying you should go out and murder your family, but when you lose someone. people will come out of the woodwork with...
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A Visit to the Southern Living Idea House
I’m not what you would call “highly cultured.” I don’t want to talk about big ideas and current events; I want to talk about poop. I have forgotten everything I learned in college, except for the...
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Death Stalks Us All, But Hey! PIE!
It seems the cold hand of death still hovers over the Shaker House™ (no, it’s not really trademarked I just learned how to make the symbol this week and wanted to use it). Right when I stopped...
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Pre-School Wonder Woman Costume
Growing up, I wasn’t a big Wonder Woman fan. My older sister, however, was. She had a way of convincing me that watching Wonder Woman instead of The Dukes of Hazzard was a good idea (her favorite way...
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