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Reality

July 25, 2013

Reality

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This has been a difficult week for me.  I am five weeks out from my due date and four weeks out from moving into our house.  I am living in a two bedroom apartment with three little kiddos in a suburb that I am unfamiliar with.  Our possessions are scattered in one of three locations.  I can't sleep
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The Hardware Dilemma

July 23, 2013

The Hardware Dilemma

I have a dilemma. A first world problem, really, but a problem nonetheless. I chose antique brass sconces for over the kitchen window to coordinate with bronze and brass pendants for over the stove.  I originally was going to get the coordinating brass faucet to tie in the brass until I realized that the one I wanted was….twelve hundred
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Get out of the kitchen

July 15, 2013

Get out of the kitchen

We're up north this week, and while I am excited to get home to check on the house progress, I am enjoying some time away from apartment living.  We've been fishing, biking, paddle boating and lounging about.  And feeding little birdies at a zoo. Note my pregnant "bodybuilder veins" look Right now, I am sitting in a cafe,
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Drywall & Bathroom Updates

July 09, 2013

Drywall & Bathroom Updates

I am loving how the kitchen is coming together.  I think it's probably the room I am most excited about in the house. The drywall guy was there over the weekend filling in the cracks in the plaster walls.  Here's progress: Last week, I chose the tile and vanity for the master bathroom.  Our other bathrooms have the
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Perspective

July 03, 2013

Perspective

It's funny how perspective changes things.   I was recently asked how the renovations in the house were coming along and I indicated how great things were looking.  Greg laughed and corrected me, saying that our house is like a crack addict that has recently made some improvements: it looks better, but not not doing quite as well
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The Cost of Heat

July 01, 2013

The Cost of Heat

Our house was built with radiant heat.  At some point, the radiators were taken out of the home, presumably because the previous owner was going to switch the heat from radiant to forced air. Because that switch didn't occur, the house currently has no heat/air source.  We decided to put in forced air so that we could have
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