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It’s like the shine on your shoes,
or hearing a blues that’s great.
Makes you relax,
like a big tax rebate!
We got light!
Okay, so maybe those aren’t the actual lyrics, but I’ll take any excuse to squeeze in a song from Annie. In fact, I think we might name a child Annie one day. Sure, Darwin’s mom’s name […]

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Last Friday night, when I was home alone with nothing but the TV to entertain me, I decided to meet up with an old friend.
She’s fictional, but she sure knows how to keep a girl company.
That Anne Shirley, Anne-with-an-e, talks nonstop, is a bit melodramatic, and has an imagination bigger than Green Gables itself. And, […]

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I posted last week about how I’m a slob and our house has devolved into a quivering mass of hideousness.
Then I found a cure! I read about the book Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure on a houseblog, but I can’t remember which one. Whoever you are, I’m indebted to you!
I ordered the book on […]

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Did you know the musical Annie is not about orphans or rich bald billionaires as is commonly believed? It’s actually about old house owners! Just look, there’s a song for every occasion:
When you’re shivering under three blankets in front of the TV, dreading the moment when you have to pull your hand out from […]

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Last night, Darwin got out his trusty smoking chainsaw and cut some limbs off the way overgrown redtips to make room for a little tomato garden with the tomato plants our neighbor gave us. One of the plants already has a tiny green tomato on it.
While he did that, I curled up on the floor […]

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