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    Working on a workshop

    Hard work builds character. So hopefully, by the time my tiny humans are full grown, their character is the stuff of legends. The thing about this move, is that we are moving from a small house, with a shed and a garage, and an attic, to a big house, with no shed, no attic, and no garage. So, while we are going to have lots more room for the family, we are seriously lacking in storage! Project number 1: Shed! And since we are the budget friendly kind of people that we are, we couldn’t simply buy a pre-fab shed. We bought a kit to build it ourselves. Finding time…

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    It’s Move Out Day!

    Do you know how much stuff you have? I didn’t. I knew we had settled into our house… But I had no idea what that really meant! Between running two businesses out of our garage, a shed full of wood working tools, my husbands collections, and a three bedroom house full of life… We filled two 20′ storage containers, and four loads on the 8′ trailer! I am absolutely in awe of the amount of stuff we have accumulated! And if we did not have to be out today for our buyer’s final walk through, I would have been making a “to sell” and “to dump” pile. As it is,…

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    Pizza Night

    What are your favorite memories of childhood traditions? Did you go camping the first day of summer? Did you bake cookies on the first day of school? Did you have Friday night Pizza night? When I was a kid, there were lots of “unknown” things that went on in my home. As I am sure there were for most of you out there… But one thing I remember fondly was Friday night movie night. We would all pile into the van and go to the Hollywood Video store, and pick out a movie to watch. I only remember picking two movies. I’m not saying that I only got to pick…