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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Lamp Rewire Tutorial
This is my father. (I don’t have very many family pictures, so this 1980ish one is the most recent I have.) He was an electrician by trade. Early in life I learned basic wiring skills from him. So when I … Continue reading
Posted in furniture refinishing, thrifty fixes, Trash to Treasure, Tutorial
Tagged extention cord, lamp rewire, rewiring, thrift stores
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“Eat Myself Out of House & Home” Progress Report #3
December 31, 2011 I resolved to “eat myself out of house and home” in 2012. I have a bad habit of not keeping track of the foodstuff I purchase and it just accumulates in my storage areas. I’ve made the … Continue reading
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Roadside Rug
Driving home from my friends’ house, I saw this. Of course it was pouring down rain. But I managed to stuff it in the back of my van and get it home. There I could unroll it to see what … Continue reading
Great Blue Herons
Over the years of bird watching in my neighborhood park I have made several new friends who share my love of the outdoors. Among them is a 4th grade teacher. She asked me if I would be willing to come … Continue reading
Posted in Bird watching, Nature Lover
Tagged birds, fourth grade, Great Blue Herons, Heronry, nesting, school children
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A Friend in Need
I learned this morning that my friend Andrew has the flu. Nothing like Chicken soup when you’re not feeling well, so I looked at my stash of food and chose the things that I thought would make a good … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken soup, friendship, home made soup, leftovers, romen
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Show & Tell Sunday
This week rather than discribing the cakes in the text of my blog Iused the photo editing software to add text to the pictures. What do you think of the change?
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Thrifty Third Thursday
Value village and Eastside Community Aid store share a parking lot. I always shop both stores when I’m in the neighborhood. I stop at ECA first since they are a small independent store then I cross the parking lot to … Continue reading
A plea for DIY help
Saturday St. Vincent de Paul had a half price sale. EVERYTHING in the store 50 % off! I perused the whole store and found only two small items totaling $1.59, and that was at full price. Then I took … Continue reading
Posted in furniture refinishing, thrifty fixes
Tagged DIY, Do-it-yourself, end table, furniture refinishing, St. Vincent de Paul, thrift store
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Local Produce Stand
For the past few years I’ve made a concerted effort to patronize local, family owned businesses as much as possible. Wednesday the produce stand in the next town over opened for the 2012 season. They only operate from March to … Continue reading
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