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Dale went to see KISS…

Dale and his brother went to Canada to see KISS last weekend. He didn’t take any pictures, if you can believe it! He said the show rocked, however. He also brought home a specialized rack made at his dad’s house! … Continue reading

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New Cabinet

Dale and I are always on the lookout for new and better way to store our crap. And we have a LOT of crap. Enter Craigslist! We were going to buy some new shelves and some new storage containers for … Continue reading

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A New Cock!

So Dale saw this huge rooster–he calls it his cock–and had to have it. Needless to say many inappropriate jokes have filled my day today! It’s flippin’ huge and sort of hideous but he loved it so much he decided … Continue reading

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New Curtains!

This has been our dining room window view since we moved into our apartment nearly three years ago! We’re happy we don’t look in on our neighbor’s dining room (though their place must feel like a cave). So we picked … Continue reading

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Morbid but heartwarming!

The holidays were a little rough on me this year–I was keenly missing my mother–and Dale’s mom knew it so she checked with Dale and then gave me quite a Christmas present: an urn that I’d been eying to put … Continue reading

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Wall-e the Seedling

I bought the movie Wall-E on DVD when it came out a few weeks back and they were offering a free seedling by mail for free. So, of course, I filled out the form online and my seedling arrived the … Continue reading

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Gingerbread House!

Dale bought me a gingerbread house kit waaaay back in January because we’d seen one of those gingerbread house competitions on the Food Network. Fast forward 10+ months to a lazy Sunday in November. It’s time to get ready for … Continue reading

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Non-Obama Interlude

I’ve kept Dale real busy the last few quiet weekends. We took a trip to Ikea and bought some random household stuff and I talked him into putting up shelves and doing some tedious home maintenance. Here he is putting … Continue reading

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Attempted Burglary!

Very creepy thing happened today and since I can’t stop thinking about it, figured I’d share… Dale was taking some laundry out on our back porch when he found our neighbor and a police officer on the neighbor’s porch (it’s … Continue reading

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Bathroom Storage is Awesome

So we made our semi-annual Ikea trip. You may recall that we revamped our little kitchen with Ikea purchases and it was cheap and efficient! It was well past time to replace the plastic tubs I was using in the … Continue reading

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