posted by Kristin | filed under Pets, Auction | 4 Comments

The two vintage Persian rugs I bought from eBay arrived Wednesday, but because of our Episcopalian adventure, I didn’t get to de-package them until last night.
The big boys were very interested in the rugs right from the start. Anything new in the house - or at their eye level - gets a thorough sniffing right […]

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Darwin and I had our first mint juleps ever last night. I expected to love them since I have a special affection for all things mint, but they were only OK. I don’t think I’m going to be sipping them on my front porch too often.
Another new experience last night was our first visit to […]

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I just found out the U.S. Hwy 11 Antique Alley will be happening in our town May 12-15. I am so excited about this. It’s sort of like the World’s Longest Yard Sale (I’ve watched the shows about it on HGTV and could barely restrain my drooling).
Yes, 502 miles of antique and yard sales from […]

posted by Kristin | filed under Exterior | 5 Comments

This was another busy weekend. Saturday morning, Darwin worked on the gutter again and thought he had it fixed, but it rained that night and was still dripping. So he has to think about it some more. We’re hoping we don’t have to replace that whole section of gutter.
The dealership where we bought our cars […]

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Do you sometimes have to type blah blah blah before you can get your mind straight to type something? No, just me?
Last night we went outside to plant the trees I ordered from the National Arbor Day Foundation (thanks, Kasmira, for posting about their $10, 10 trees deal). In addition to the 10 free flowering […]

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