tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549110022926715292024-03-13T11:26:47.764-04:00The Home DaybookJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.comBlogger307125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-18738655963863055392013-05-08T22:05:00.000-04:002013-05-08T22:05:07.509-04:00Gardening.....East coast style<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The month of May is upon us and boy, is it a doozy. School is busy, kids are busy, schedules are full and no letup in sight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have had a few things that have needed replacing around here recently.....no letup there, either. You know, the kind of money that is not fun to spend. That would include two sets of tires in a month and now a lawnmower that needs a part replaced. Greeeaat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We did manage a little family trip last month to visit some friends that live in Maryland. We had a great time! We hit up Baltimore, D.C. and Annapolis. Very cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are some gardening shots I got throughout our trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pansies....lots of pansies are never a bad thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This might be the coolest container I've ever seen. This was outside a bar where we got a drink.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Very pretty with the tulips.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nice big swath of yellow flowers outside of some gov't building in D.C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not a lot of color to this one, but neat textures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lots of spring bloom here underneath flowering trees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pansies interplanted with perennials in this one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beautiful hellebores outside of Air and Space museum. I was surprised these were still in bloom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lily-of-the-valley with daffodils and dark burgundy hellebores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was a really pretty flowering tree of some kind....I have no idea what it was. Marylanders, help!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Virginia bluebells.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And....one not gardening pic....a cool window in downtown Baltimore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More pics of sightseeing to follow!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-54156732729138528802013-04-25T07:56:00.003-04:002013-04-25T07:57:22.462-04:00White shoes = dirt!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am writing to you from the state of West Virginia, as our little family is taking a trip over to the East Coast for a long weekend. Super excited about all of the things we are going to do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now that spring has sprung and all that, some of my spring/summer clothes and shoes are getting a little action! It's about time. It is always amazing to me that as soon as it gets into the upper 60s and 70s in Cincinnati, people start dressing like it's July!!! It's nice outside, but it's not HOT. ; )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wore of my fave warm weather shoes to school last week....my white espadrilles. They are fun and summery. My students seem to like them, too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, I saw them with clear eyes as I was putting them on and they are diiiiirrrty. Ick. Nothing like slightly off-white espies to put a damper on your new spring lovin' attitude.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I washed the straps in the washing machine. I then mixed a small solution of OxyClean and warm water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I stuck small white washcloths underneath the white cloth part.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used a little fingernail brush to scrub away!!! The soles of the shoes got a little wet, but they dried out nicely and although they are not pristine white, they are a little better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think they can make it at least another season! I love white for spring and summer, but hate how quickly it gets dirty. : ) I have a similar problem with my <i>beloved</i> white denim jacket.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'll share a photo of them with an outfit here soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now....off to the car for a few more hours!</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-87664482767751817342013-04-20T08:26:00.001-04:002013-04-20T08:26:35.502-04:00Project: budget patio<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whew....another week in the books. Although I'm really happy to see the beautiful blooms on trees and bulbs coming up, I wish the weather would straighten out a bit. The last few weeks have been NICE during the week and cold/chilly during the weekend. Ugh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another project is on the horizon. We have had it with our patio. It could be the most pathetic outdoor area ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are a lot of issues. First, the patio area is not very big. Second, we have no shade. The back of our house faces west and so the summer sun is a killer. We have to do something about that! Third, no ambience whatsoever. It's a bit embarrassing to have people over to our sad little patio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The last problem? No budget! Or.....as little a budget as possible. : )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stay tuned!</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-16861399512939583122013-04-17T21:08:00.000-04:002013-04-20T08:32:31.213-04:00Get out your pom-poms<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Or.....as my daughter calls them, "bom-boms."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, my sewing machine has gotten a bit of action lately. Unfortunately, I've been really lax in taking pics of projects. Even after I've finished them. Oops. I recently made a friend who is soon due with #4 a few bibs. I also made a little sun bucket hat for my niece for her 1st birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The problem I have is that I am usually finishing gifts at the last minute.....and I'm so glad to be done, I neglect to take pictures. Will do better, will do better....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyhow, I did make myself a spring-y scarf a few months back. I had found this cool geometric cotton print in a mint/seafoam color last summer. I can't recall if it was in the red tag section or if I just had a really good coupon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My inspiration was a pic of Blake Lively from a year or so ago wearing a scarf with pom-pom trim. I set out to make my superior (and cheap) version.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made a long rectangle on the fold and sewed it up, leaving a four-inch hole so I could turn it right-side out. After turning it, I decided to turn it back inside-out and curve the corners. I used the edge of a cup to trace it and cut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After sewing the new corners, turning it out and sewing up the gap, I added some pom-pom trim. This trim was in a bag of trims my mom gave me after cleaning out her sewing room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The pom-poms are a big size. Go big or go home. I love wearing it with pink....and will wear with white and turquoise. Boom.</span></div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-61264120071983370212013-04-15T07:00:00.000-04:002013-04-20T08:27:00.264-04:00Tax Day....you know you love it!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, well, well....tax day is upon us and we can all relieve ourselves of THAT hanging over our heads for a while now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I do enjoy checking out the businesses that are running tax day specials. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favorite had been Chipotle's deal.....you buy a burrito and get a coupon for a free burrito another day. I guess it was so popular, they no longer do it. ; )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, if you're looking to easy the bite of Uncle Sam and his day of reckoning, check out this link.....</span><a href="http://hip2save.com/2012/04/16/tax-day-restaurant-deals-and-freebies/">http://hip2save.com/2012/04/16/tax-day-restaurant-deals-and-freebies/</a>.....<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">or Google it yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Enjoy saving some extra bones.....you deserve it after paying the man!</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-21747646085939305402013-04-13T20:29:00.002-04:002013-04-13T20:31:00.894-04:00Snow, anyone?<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So.....how we all doin'?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Me: Back to school after spring break. Enjoying some warmer weather. Applied for and accepted to online grad school program.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You: Wondering when I might post again? (You know who you are...) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yeah, it's been a while. I think any of you with young kids would appreciate the fact that there have been many nights as of late that once the kids are in bed, I just have zero energy for anything, i.e. writing up blog posts!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That's not say I haven't been working on anything or had anything going on in my brain that is worthy to share. : ) So, I'll work on sharing some of those. I have been thinking lately of a new little "feature" you might enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are pretty much knee-deep in spring these days. Which I am LOVING. So ready for it. And we certainly had our share of white stuff this last winter. On one of our last snows, we made some snow dessert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The kids had a great time running out in PJs and boots to gather some snow and then we made some snow pudding. I chose a pretty easy recipe....just snow, milk, powdered sugar and vanilla. There are some more complicated recipes if you are into it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The kids loved it. We added chocolate syrup to it, too. Here's a link I used: </span><a href="http://chefmom.sheknows.com/articles/822391/snow-desserts">http://chefmom.sheknows.com/articles/822391/snow-desserts</a>....<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">but you can Google your own if you like!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tuck that away until next winter....fun for the kids! ; )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Major yard work for my mom on tap for tomorrow. Pictures may follow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">xox</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-74615467732134650162013-03-28T09:27:00.003-04:002013-03-28T09:27:59.015-04:00A few jewelry updates<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey, there....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Only four days away from Opening Day around here! I am more than ready for the boys of summer, let me tell you. I am looking forward to some cold ones, outside in the warm weather, listening to the Reds on the radio. Or taking in a game down at the ballpark.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Opening Day in Cincinnati is kind of like a holiday...so excited!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I recently redid some necklaces. I've been on a bent lately redoing things I already have. I try to put aside things I don't need anymore for donating.....you know, to cut down on clutter and all. However, lately, I've been holding on to things that can just be fixed up a bit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My mom and dad are moving. Next week, actually! So, they have been cleaning out tons of stuff. My mom gave me a big container of old costume jewelry. I found a few things that can be redone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I found a little silver key (have no idea to what) and a ball chain. I also had a nut that I found at the hardware store. It is called a coupling nut and although I know my way around the hardware store, I am not 100% sure what you would use this for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Voila. Now go to the hardware store.</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-77532455688429196502013-03-19T21:27:00.000-04:002013-03-24T09:50:47.103-04:00Home and Garden Show<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyone else out there about to fall over wanting spring to arrive? Besides me?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not to mention, I'd fall over in a second if it meant spring break was here. I am searching every last nook and cranny of this body for PATIENCE with my students!! Aaack.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I shouldn't complain too loudly....last year, when spring arrived, well, around the beginning of February, I wasn't happy then, either. So, basically, I'm never satisfied. ; ) All I know is that once it's here, it will be game on.....my spring clothes are at the ready!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We did get a taste of spring at the Cincinnati Home and Garden Show a few weekends back. I snapped some lovely pics...especially while my awesome husband watched the kids on the trampoline so I could take my time and look around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some of the best....here it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This chandelier was awesome...but my kids and I LOVED the fish that were in it. : )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was digging this combo of azaleas (touchy to grow in our area), hostas and impatiens. Never you mind that the azaleas and impatiens wouldn't be blooming together in this zone in real life. H&G show is like fantasy land!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Very cool uplit row of weeping cherries with a border of hyacinths.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That's all for now....off to watch the last episode of <i>Mad Men</i> that's available on Netflix. *sob* Note to Netflix--pls. add season 5 ASAP....?</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-43591197352515871062013-03-13T07:53:00.000-04:002013-03-24T09:54:42.554-04:00Treadmill desk<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Good morning.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here at our house, my husband and I have been trying to make an effort to get moving. Like most, I think, we struggle with trying to stay active and how to fit that in to busy schedules with kids and work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have an old treadmill in the basement that used to belong to my parents. It no longer keeps track of your stats, but it works just the same. I don't mind treadmills, but I do get that feeling that I'm a rat on a wheel....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I decided to build a little shelf/desk for our treadmill. I bought a piece of wood at the hardware store...it was about $6 for 4'x1.5' I also bought four u-shaped brackets, but ended up using just two. And one small piece of wood that was 1" wide to keep our computers from sliding off the desk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After cutting the board down to the correct size, I attached it using the u-brackets on the bottom to the handrail of the treadmill. Nailed on the small piece on the front. I also added a piece of rubber shelf stuff so the computers wouldn't slide! (I also stuffed some small pieces of rubber shelf stuff into the brackets to keep them tight)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So nice to be walking right next to the furnace! Lol....it's nice, though, I have gotten work done for school, surfed the net and even watch Netflix.....my favorite!<br /><br />Hello, old episodes of Grey's Anatomy....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've got a ton of pictures taken of various things to share....and just have not had a chance to get them up on the blog! At least keeping busy is making these late winter days go by quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I went to a concert on Tuesday night....it was AMAZING! So much fun. My friend took me to see the Indigo Girls, a band I have loved since I was in high school. It was her birthday, so her husband got her tickets to take a friend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We got a bite to eat and then headed to the show. The opening band, the Shadowboxers, were pretty good! But....the Indigo Girls were great. I mean <i>great</i>. They are so talented and enjoy being on the stage so much. We had such a nice time....just two moms out on the town!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The opening act backed up the main act. And they weren't too bad to look at.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A set list a stagehand gave me. So cool!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then, I drove home in a snowstorm! We had found out at the concert that school was off for the next day. First snow day in two years!! I just love the way the trees look with snow on them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I didn't get home until 12:30am, so I was whipped the next two nights. Hence, quiet blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, here we are, the beginning of March and it is time for me to completely change out my front step containers. In the last few years, I've been starting to use plants in my containers that go from season to season. I tend to change them out completely in spring and sometimes in the summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, to recap last year, here's how it went down. Spring saw pansies installed in my front step pots. This particular variety was so pretty with the blues and yellows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the summer, I planted cordyline and sweet potato vine 'Blackie.' Some of my peach-y colored annuals didn't make it through into our dry summer, so I raided the bargain bin and planted a red mandevilla and red/white zinnias. The red snapdragons were transplanted from the backyard. I was pleased with how this turned out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, into fall. I kept the sweet potato vine, but added ornamental cabbage, mums and pansies. I also planted a mustard plant, which I loved! The colors and textures on that plant were great for fall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is a pic of the pots with the mums in full bloom and the cabbage showing color. By this time, the frost had killed off the sweet potato vine. I stuck some seedpods in there (not sure from what tree) and had added some small white pumpkins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And lastly, for winter post-Christmas. I picked up these wreaths for a few bucks apiece after the holiday. I added some dried grasses and twigs with pinecones. Had the cabbage stayed in better shape, I would have kept that as well. Last year, I had a white-ish variety that I kept all the way through to March.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And soon, we'll be starting over again! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, how can you do this yourself? Choose plants that can go from one season to another. Consider the color of the plant, too. The maroon of the sweet potato vine works well for summer and fall. I love how the kales and cabbages look for fall, but you can use them for holidays as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Seasonal containers? You can grow that!</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-56349095872556738702013-03-01T06:24:00.003-05:002013-03-02T18:06:19.366-05:00Cut flowers<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Good morning to you all.....and happy March! I don't know about where you are, but this week? The weather has been just the pits. Cold and rainy. I mean, if it's going to be cold, it might as well snow! I went to college in northern Ohio and I have got to say that I abhor cold rain with all of my being.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, here's to turning the corner. Let's get this party started, spring.....; )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the secretaries at my school retired this week. My friend and I decided that we would give her some flowers and a card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made a stop at the local grocery store and looked over the manager's selection of flowers. Two white hydrangea stems for $1.99? Check! Got two of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I went outside and cut some seed heads from my ornamental grasses (that need to be cut back and soon)....and.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I even had one left over for myself. Guaranteed to brighten anyone's day, much less someone who is retiring. : ) Maybe I need to just check the bargain flower bin to get past my winter blahs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I did chuckle at this comment....the other secretary said, "Did those come from your garden???" I wish!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hurrah to the weekend!</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-48232269067995271632013-02-23T14:59:00.001-05:002013-04-20T08:29:44.811-04:00Easy DIY tassel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy weekend, all. We are counting down the days in February! I have an intense dislike of January and February, so the darkest (literally) part of the year is just about done. : ) Once we get to March 1 and I see the daffs poking up out of the ground, we have turned a corner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm looking forward to starting a little container gardening project this weekend....it will be completely experimental, but if it's successful, I will be so excited!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today, I want to share an easy tassel that I made. I love adding a tassel with my purse. I made this one out of a buff-colored leather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started with a key fob. This one cost about $2 at the hardware store. I used a small scrap of leather and glued it together to attach the tassel piece to the key fob.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used my hot glue gun. There are other types of craft glue you can use, but I didn't have anything else on hand!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Next, I cut a piece of leather into a rectangle. I had bought a bag of leather scraps at the craft store for about $8 a few months ago....it will last be a while! I used my rotary cutter to trim the edges and make the skinny cuts to create the tassel. I cut them about 1/4" widths.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you can see, my piece is only about 3" wide. I laid my scrap onto one of the ends after putting a line of hot glue along the edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then, I started rolling the tassel from the scrap piece end until it is all rolled up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made sure to put a little extra glue at the edge and wipe off the excess glue. If you wanted a little more bling to it, you could add an upholstery tack....or a little piece of colored leather for a bit more flair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love to add it to my purses.....on my black purse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And on my current blue metallic blue one.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Could be useful for some accessories, too! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, you lovelies.</span><br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-73161170332035457772013-02-20T20:39:00.002-05:002013-02-20T20:39:50.463-05:00Meet the Flinstones<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey, there....I hope all is good in your part of the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Let's see....what have I been up to lately?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, I am trying hard to get/stay caught up with my favorite shows <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(I wrote "shoes" by accident--yes, I am trying to keep up with them, too)</span>.....Grey's.....The Good Wife....Downton Abbey....Modern Family....my latest obsession, Mad Men, season 4, and my newest FAVE....Nashville! I'm can't get enough of that one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We painted our basement over the weekend...many projects to come with that. I'll post pics soon. We also hosted our nephew for a few nights. He's 11, so needless to say, my kids were very excited to have him here. My son actually cried when his dad came to pick him up. :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And last, but most certainly not least, I participated in our school lip-synching show. The teacher act. All cartoon skits. And guess who I was? That's right, Bam-Bam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How does one make a Bam-Bam costume? Take notes...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cover beloved orange college cap with black triangles cut from felt squares.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Add a club, nude-colored cami (layered over another for support and coverage) to resemble small boy. Also add husband's belt with a bone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Okay, so Bam-Bam did not wear leggings, but what would be WAY too much skin showing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the last accessory for Bam-Bam? Duh....Pebbles, of course. My good friend.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Done and done.</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-26018832575769005142013-02-14T06:36:00.001-05:002013-02-20T20:39:56.922-05:00New to us<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy V Day to you all out there. I hope you have a very nice one. I certainly will...spending this day with my 10 to 12 year-old students is an experience like none other. Love is in the air, people!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We were recently gifted with an armoire that has been in my husband's family for many, many years. I am very excited about it! My in-laws are starting a kitchen renovation project, so they decided to pass this one along or sell. Um, we'll take it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This whole piece, which is huge, is all made of tongue-and-groove. So, the top piece you see holds it all together once it is assembled. We had a merry time trying to put it together! What I think is really neat about it? When my husband's great-grandparents moved, they moved all of their belongings down the Ohio River in a boat. So this piece went along, just unassembled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cool skeleton key...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you can see, there is a LOT of storage. I am excited about this....but am fearful of it getting junky. I have a big problem with that in large storage pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All of the hooks are there that they would use to store their cloto thes. I think all of them. Hmmm...it is so good to be a 21st century girl!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love keeping things like this in the family, you know? There's nothing in it yet, but I'm planning to clean out one of my dressers and put everything in there. I'm just so tickled to have it.</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-62259262096891698062013-02-11T19:55:00.000-05:002013-03-04T19:48:58.994-05:00Eradicating the peachy off-white<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you've read my blog at all in the last few years, you would know that we inherited a lovely peachy off-white color in most of our rooms. Other than being bland, it makes me feel as if I am living in a mental institution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm pretty excited....we are preparing to eliminate quite a bit of the P.O.-W. in our basement. But right after Christmas, we painted our powder room bath. Now, not only was the wall color bothersome, it was light enough to show all of the dirty handprints my children would leave as they would enter and exit the bathroom. We just couldn't take it anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It has really good features to it....pedestal sink and nice light fixture. So....<strike>we</strike> I chose a dark, sort of green/brown. It looks brown sometimes and sometimes a really dark green.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We added some black framed prints. This one is from an art shop in Bergen, Norway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is a silver sign for the door, given to us by my Norwegian cousins. WC stands for "water closet" and means bathroom, if you didn't know.</span><br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-16493757459328420812013-02-10T08:54:00.000-05:002013-02-20T20:40:25.733-05:00Victory declared<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm back from our professional conference. Let's just say I was pretty whipped when I arrived back home. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our presentation was a HUGE success. We were just amazed! Our session was about our class of students with multiple special needs. We thought we would have maybe 15 people there--and half of those being our friends and family. It was standing room only! We had close to 100 people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wow! It was an amazing process......from applying to present, to the hours upon hours of work, to actually getting up in front of people and doing it to just relishing the feeling of a job well done.</span></div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-44130630017431034432013-02-02T10:55:00.001-05:002013-02-02T10:56:48.751-05:00Good news/bad news<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You know, ever since the holidays....or maybe BEFORE the holidays, I have had this perennial feeling of, "If I can get through just this one thing, I'll be fine and things will let up." I guess you just never know what's coming around the bend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">January was a blur of child's birthday, school stuff and basketball games. In case you don't know, I direct our school's basketball pep band. Four games in one week. Hm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, to give you an idea of the conglomeration of events that been going on in my world, let's play a game I play with my students. It's called Good News or Bad News.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'll pick Bad News first. A student at our school was killed in a car wreck two weeks ago in a huge 90-car pileup. She was just 12 years old. Needless to say, it has rocked our world and it has been quite a trial to help the students through this, much less for all of the teachers to deal with their own grief. This little girl lived down our street and has two brothers at my school....one of whom is in the same class she was in. They were twins. This is the first time I have ever experienced losing a student that I had in class. It is one of the saddest things I have ever experienced in my profession and one I never want to repeat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Okay...how about some Good News? Next week, I will be presenting at our state music education conference. Wow. A 90-minute presentation! With two of my colleagues. We have spent HOURS working on this and it has been quite an experience. We will be sharing how we teach our class of multiple-disability students and I am so excited for us to share what we do. And hopefully help out someone else who teaches them as well. Can't wait. I have been thinking about my outfit as well, lol!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, needless to say, it has been quite a month. At least it has made January, my LEAST favorite month, go by quickly. We painted our bathroom....finally!!! I will post some pics of that. I'm planning to try my hand at a little project to go in said bathroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And it's snowing today. I love it! Hope you are staying warm where you are.</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-8484915085862365042013-01-19T23:36:00.003-05:002013-02-02T10:56:48.752-05:00Wow....<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear slightly older lady at Target (or Phone Nazi),</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thank you so much for being on the lookout for people who are littering your airspace by talking on the phone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Me: walking down the big aisle near the clothes with my son and a shopping cart, talking on the phone</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As I approached the rack to look at one item, while listening to my mother on the phone, you said, "Get off your phone." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Um, whaaat??? Did you really just say that to me? I must have looked at you incredulously and you said, "It's rude." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think I recall rolling my eyes at you--as I was a bit in shock, I am trying to remember clearly--and you said, "Think whatever you like, it's impolite."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hm. Is it just me and we are shopping at Target and not at a super-fancy department store? Or maybe Target is the only place you get out to in your lame-ass life??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I could understand if I was blabbing in a restaurant. Or at a spa. Or holding up the checkout line.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you have small children once upon a time? Do you remember how little time children allow you to speak on the phone? I had spent my day so far running errands with my kids and working. So, if I need to spend a few minutes speaking on the phone inside a big-box store, as long as I am not inconveniencing you, I think it's probably okay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, right back at ya, babe. Get a life. And some makeup and a hairdo. Perhaps you need all the uninterrupted time shopping you can get. Because you are ruining my airspace with your bitchiness and bad hair. Think whatever you like, it's impolite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In other news, we are enjoying a nice, long, relaxing weekend, following the birthday bonanza weekend for Sweetie. Our girl is four years old now and keeps telling us that she is on her way to five. Yeah, don't really want to think about it! ; ) We had a nice party for the birthday girl. It was a bit busy then, so I did not get many good pics!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In February, I will be presenting a clinic with two other teachers at our state music education conference. SO EXCITED about this. Needless to say, it has been a lot of work and quite a bit of brainpower devoted to this project. We have about three weeks to go. I'm trying to figure out what would be the best outfit to wear for this! Don't want to be too dressy or too casual.....stay tuned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And....we have had an epiphany about our basement. More on that to come. At least paint samples are up on the wall.</span><br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-90395820324273031042013-01-06T09:49:00.002-05:002013-01-06T18:21:39.105-05:00Cozy mantel<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, today is the final day of winter break and it's back to the grind tomorrow. And....tomorrow could be the most depressing day of the year. It's dark when you go to work, it's dark just after you get home. There's nothing to do. No pretty Christmas decorations. (this tends to be a theme of mine this time of year) Plus, there's still a little more than half of the school year left. I love teaching kids, but there are times of the year that just drag a bit. Luckily, I won't be bored.....there's a month left of basketball games for my band to play, which is about 14 games, and I will be giving a clinic at our state music conference with two of my colleagues in February.....; )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, here is what is going on around the house. We have been cleaning mofos. I mean, pulling out the fridge and cleaning behind it, which has never been done in this house (going on four years). This is my favorite time of year for painting projects, so we have a few on tap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have a big pot of ham and bean soup going, made from the ham bone of a Honeybaked ham...yum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have a really pretty little poinsettia that I am going to try to keep alive this year. It's pink! I usually am totally over poinsettias by this time of year, but I'm going to try with this little guy....or girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have used dried grasses, flowerheads and seed heads from the garden. I try to remember to hold on to some of those things when I am cutting back in the fall. I bought an off-white sweater at the thrift store and cut it up to cover the vases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I cut a log into a few sections to put some votive holders at different heights. The small cup below has some pieces of driftwood that are bleached and smooothed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I picked up this piece of driftwood on one of our vacations last year. I love the texture that it adds and also how it reminds me of our trip. : ) The yarn balls also had a bit of texture and a fun shape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The seedheads are from Black-eyed susans and the flower heads were clipped from my oakleaf hydrangea. I also like the white birch brances.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As my husband said, it's all brown and white. He claims that brown is my favorite color, which it's not. It's just a neutral that goes with all other colors. I bet he doesn't know what IS my favorite color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's not my favorite colors, it's just what I see when I look out the window right now. : ) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hope you are staying cozy wherever you are!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just because it is cold outside doesn't mean that you can't have something interesting and pretty to look at in your containers. I changed mine out from "Christmas" to "winter" the other day. Let's see how they got there....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I liked using the ornamental cabbages that I had from the fall. They were starting to look a little rough, though. So, out they went.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once I removed everything, I had nice, empty pots. I actually had to bring them inside for a little bit to defrost them so I could remove stuff. : )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love fresh greens for wintertime, but I don't love the cost. Lucky for me then that I found these wreaths on clearance for $2.99 apiece!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I laid them flat on my pots and added some branches I had cut off from my hibiscus plant. I had already spray painted the twigs a silvery color. Then, I added some dried ornamental grass that I bunched up and used a cable tie to attach to a little stake. Lastly, I put some pinecones around the base of the grasses and branches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The branches could be any color. I may consider white in the future!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, how is 2013 looking for you lately? Good, I hope. We've been busy bees around my house. Out with the old and in with the new, you know....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I read an update on Facebook from an old friend the other day that made me laugh. It read, "I'm not making any resolutions this year because I'm just fine the way I am. I do, however, have plenty of suggestions on how you can improve." ; )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We put away Christmas yesterday and have nearly packed it up. As I was packing some garland, I came across my favorite Christmas packing box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is an old bankers box that has been around a long time. It came to our house many years ago when I was a child and my grandmother sent gifts to us in it. Since then, it has been written on by my mother, my sister and me to hold various Christmas things. I enjoy seeing everything that has been written on it and knowing what each of those things mean, as well as who it was who wrote on it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Pretty cool, huh?</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-44408508912442054382012-12-29T09:07:00.004-05:002012-12-30T18:59:47.288-05:00Clothes CPR....skirt shortening<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Saturday......we are waking up to a nice blanket of snow here this morning. After having so few snowfalls last year, I almost don't remember what it looks like with snow on the ground!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lately, I've been taking pieces of clothing that are a bit out of style and trying to revive them. I could always donate them to the thrift store, but I'm trying my hand a bit at making them into something else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This project was not necessarily a repurposing, but more of a reshaping of a skirt I have had for a long time. I love the tweed fabric of the skirt and it is from several years ago. The trend was longer, calf-length skirts. It resulted--in this skirt--in a really long and very wide A-line shape to it. My aim was to shorten and take it in some. This particular skirt also had an unfinished edge that added some visual interest, so I was going to try to replicate that, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am posting pics of what I did....but I am in no way an expert sewer, so this is not a tutorial. : ) What I did do was read about 4-5 different tutorials to see what people did and then just kind of try it myself. I have to be honest, this was an intimidating project....I just about took the skirt to a tailor. Then, my son said, "Why don't you just do it yourself?" Well, here goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Great skirt, just did not do a whole lot for my shape with the length/A-line shape. I turned it inside out to see how short to make it and how much to take it in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wanted to have the skirt hit right around the knees and then make it a little more straight on the sides. I ended up sewing the sides first and then doing the hem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To make the edging on the hem, I just sewed a seam where I wanted it, then pulled out one or two rows of the tweed pieces to make it kind of fringe-y.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wanted to be able to wear boots with the skirt and see the top of the boots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love that my over-the-knee socks can show or else I can wear tights. I declare victory.</span><br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-11296726030832485192012-12-26T10:56:00.000-05:002012-12-30T18:58:31.205-05:00Fashion lately<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope all of you lovely people had a nice holiday....we sure did. My kids are happily awaiting the arrival of several inches of snow. We'll be able to put to good use our year-old boots, snow pants and sled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My sewing room has been a disaster area for the last week and a half. Seriously. A pit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I did snap some pics of what I made for some gifts. And some not. I'll be sharing some of those in the next week or so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'll be keeping busy cleaning up that pit in the next few days. In the meantime, here are a few pics I snapped of a few recent outfits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First up, a red jumper that I bought a really long time ago at one of those clearance sales where the clothes are in boxes sorted by size. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">Leggings: Old Navy; Black t-shirt: Target; Booties: Kohl's; jumper: clearance sale (Limited)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The jumper had these weird pockets on the front along the seam that ran down over the hips. They gapped out, so I had a tailor sew them shut. So glad I did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is a skirt that I made out of a shrunken sweater.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The skirt is a bit short, so I have to wear it with something that is longer and comes down farther.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope you are warm and cozy wherever you are....or if you're out and about in the Midwest, you're taking care on the slick roads!</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941389042320451708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154911002292671529.post-81148166352808853272012-12-21T20:08:00.001-05:002013-02-23T19:06:19.242-05:00Sweater do-over<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, how's it going? Anyone else in disbelief that it we are four days out from Christmas?? I had a bit of a freak-out on the 19th, thinking that I had only six days left and quite a bit left on my to-do list!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Although I am still tying up some loose ends, I'm in pretty good shape. A few days of dedicated wrapping and working after the kids' bedtime and I have made some progress. Today was my last day of school this week and although it was high-octane, it was nice. I have some really sweet kids in my classes. : )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today, I have some pics to share of a sweater that I chopped up for some projects. This was a tunic-style sweater that I did not really wear anymore. I had considered taking it to the consignment store or Goodwill, but I decided not to. The color of it is nice and bright and I thought I would see if I could repurpose some parts of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is a shot of it before I cut it up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I cut first straight across under the arms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hemmed the raw edge to make a skirt. This worked well since the length of the sweater was a bit long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It turned out okay, but a little bumpy and thick. I've since read up a bit on sewing knits. I might redo it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I then took the rest of the pieces and sewed a hat and mittens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I cut the top of the hat out of the sleeve with the ribbed part serving as the band of the hat. I also cut out a mitten shape after pinning it and then sewed them together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After sewing it, I then trimmed around it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used the other ribbed section to fashion a little flower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not too shabby.....they turned out a bit on the small side, but definitely wearable for a dash of color in the winter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Perhaps I'll find another old sweater that needs an update. Gives new inspiration to old sweaters you can find at the thrift store.....; )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Enjoy the pre-Christmas weekend! I'll be hitting the mall tomorrow AM when it opens and taking care of some last minute errands before we head out of town.</span><br />
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