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Kid/Guest Bathroom Facelift

On June 17, 2013 · 38 Comments · In home improvement, new house

One of the things on our DIY house projects list for before the baby is born was to redo the kid/guest bathroom. It wasn’t a huge undertaking, since the previous owners of our house gutted both full bathrooms within the last five years or so. There wasn’t anything horribly wrong with the bathroom, except that […]

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Goodbye to Nora’s Nursery

On February 24, 2013 · 5 Comments · In new house, nora, nursery, toddlers

On Friday, I let go of another piece of my “baby.”

Nora got a big girl bed. A real big girl bed.

We made the transition to a toddler bed a few months ago without issue. All we had to do was take the front off of her crib and add the toddler rail, […]

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Dag Nabbit

On May 19, 2012 · 7 Comments · In adventures in homeownership, new house

When we moved into our house last August, it wasn’t long before we noticed that we had a little furry friend that liked to frequent our “park-like” (as described by the seller’s agent) backyard. It wasn’t Tessa, of course; it was a cute little fuzzy bunny.

We spotted him (her? who knows) every once in […]

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Smells Like [Christmas] Spirit

On November 27, 2011 · 5 Comments · In holidays, new house, nora

We didn’t waste any time making the transition from Thanksgiving to Christmas. I’ve always been one to respect the turkey, but as of 8:00 a.m. on Black Friday, we were off and running to Christmas-ify the house.

The main driver of this activity was the fact that it was 60 degrees outside, and that is […]

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Two steps forward; One step back

On October 10, 2011 · 4 Comments · In home improvement, new house

Well, hell. A week gone by without blogging.

It’s not coincidental that the last time I blogged was last Monday–that was the day before all hell broke loose. Last Monday, our family room project still looked like it was going to be complete by the weekend. Even after experiencing a setback, we were in […]

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