The house has kept me fairly busy this week…there are lots of details that pop up, and an ever-lengthening shopping list. Normally I wouldn’t mind shopping, but this is for hardware and toilets and things like that. That’s difficult...
Topics: Around the home, Weather

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After spending all of this week painting all of the closets in the house, and the ceiling and baseboard in those closets, it was nice to be able to paint with color today. I’m always second-guessing myself on color choices, and I usually tend to...
Topics: Around the home

{"title":"We have our first color!","post_url":"http:\/\/wordsandcats.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/21\/we-have-our-first-color\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/wordsandcats.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"wordsandcats","date":"2009-03-21 19:47:32","summary":"After spending all of this week painting all of the closets in the house, and the ceiling and baseboard in those closets, it was nice to be able to paint with color today. I’m always second-guessing myself on color choices, and I usually tend to..."}

Just a quick update…Yes, it’s Friday the 13th, and I really don’t care.I’m buying paint samples today and painting squares on several walls in the house.  We’ll see if I like Waterscape in the master bedroom, Dewy in the...
Topics: Around the home

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Is it any wonder we’re all feeling stressed these days?The economy is a mess, not just in the US, but all over the world, it seems.  The media is full of the worst of the worst (what’s wrong with giving us a balance of upbeat and positive...
Topics: Health, nutrition, sleep, stress

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Most of the windows in the house already have Plantation shutters. I haven’t decided if I’ll leave them as they are or add curtains to some of them. The great room window and French doors, however, must have something done.  The seller...
Topics: Around the home

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