Burlap Bulletin Board… Fail

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My daughter told me I needed a more mature bulletin board.  She said my fabric covered bulletin board looked like it belonged in a dorm room and not my office.  My real estate, home based- mobile office.  Here is the bulletin board that apparently is too young for me:          I added a [Read more…]

My sister told me I need new material….

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My sister was my first follower.  Blog Follower.  Actually, this is not true. She can’t bother herself to actually “follow” me, but she logs in and checks out my posts when she doesn’t want to grade 8th grade English papers.  Yep, she thinks of my blog when she is avoiding her least favorite school related task.. [Read more…]

Ahmed from Yard Crashers… Crash our Yard!!!!!

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eep waiting for Ahmed from Yard Crashers on HGTV to ring my {door} bell. This is what I plan to show him to help him with some landscape ideas for our back yard.  I am happy to help him help me (and my yard).  Welcome to my nightmare:  This is our backyard.  Yep, two dogs [Read more…]

Organize the book shelves

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Footnote: But at the beginning of the post.  This post has been in the works for weeks until I found myself laptop-less for two weeks.  More on that headache later.   So, a few weeks ago I posted about the balls in our basement! Ping pong balls all over the carpet. The balls had invaded my [Read more…]

Sunflower Cookies are Blooming

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As my laptop continues to run around with a computer technician. I am re-posting these awesome sugar cookies!  Look at these cute sunflower sugar cookies!  These EVEN impressed my children! Everyone loves flowers so I made a flower pot filled withflowers… edible flowers!  Mini Oreos were used for the center of each flower! I put [Read more…]

DIY Shutter Makeover

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  Who doesn’t love a shutter?  Hey If you have a DIY blog  chances are  you have some shutters in your garage! Am I right? I got this shutter a few years back from a garage sale for $2.00.  And, then it just sat in my garage for another year.  I find that if I think [Read more…]

Violent Flash Mob on Michigan Avenue

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Some of you may have heard what happened in Chicago on Saturday night,  off of Michigan Avenue.  It gives a whole new meaning to a flash mob.  And, apparently it was all organized via Twitter.     We were there. Like right there.  With our kids.  We were  within seconds of the Red Line entrance off [Read more…]