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We are Lisa and John and we run a home DIY blog. In addition to our projects, we also share our adventures in cooking, baking and whatever else comes along.

Garage Shoe Organizer Finished

Authors: John

Hope you all enjoyed your Veteran’s Day, especially if you were home from work like I was!  Big thanks to all those who served and those that continue to serve today.  With the extra free time this weekend, I was finally able to get the garage shoe organizer finished!  Jackpot.

After finishing up the build portion of the project,...

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Diesel vs Gas

Authors: John

Hey guys!  Hope everyone is enjoying the week so far.  If you’re in the Northeast like us, I hope you’re surviving the worst week and a half of weather I’ve ever seen in November, ever.  Terrible!  Have I ever told you how much I hate the cold?  I used to love it when I was a kid.  Now I want to move to Florida.  Is i...

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Garage Shoe Rack Part 2

Authors: John

Happy Monday!  We had a mildly productive weekend.  Not gonna lie though, we’re much slower at home projects since the summer ended.  Here’s the deal, I’m taking a grad school class that requires weekly homework assignments on top of being parents, working full-time and doing general everyday life stuff like cooking,...

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Time for a New Car

Authors: John

We hope everyone made it through Hurricane Sandy okay.  We ended up just fine through the duration of the storm and never lost power.  Some of our friends and family weren’t so lucky.  Thankfully though, no one we know was injured or killed in what turned out to be a pretty devastating storm.  I know a good number of the shore co...

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Pinterest Challenge : Rice Crispy Treats

Authors: Lisa

Hey everybody!  So Hurricane Sandy hasn’t been too bad, although it actually hasn’t hit land by the time I’m writing this.  We’ll fill you in on Wednesday or Thursday if we have any weather related issues.  Hope everyone affected it doing well.

If this Pinterest Challenge post seems a little familiar it’s...

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Hurricane Sandy Preparation

Authors: John

Hey guys!  Hope this weather filled week finds you well.  Lisa and I are pretty much smack dab in the middle of the path of Hurricane Sandy.  It’s not supposed to get terrible until sometime tomorrow.  We’ve heard the eye of the storm will make landfall around Ocean City, NJ sometime in the early hours of Tuesday morning (...

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How to Repair Rust on a Car

Authors: John

Hey guys!  Lisa and I are planning getting a new car very soon and we’re pretty excited about it.  We’ll fill you in on the details once we make a decision.  We’re still looking, but I think we’ll be driving something new in the next couple of weeks!  In the meantime, we’re getting the Jeep ready to be tra...

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Time of the Light

Authors: John

Hey guys!  Hope you’re all doing well.  We had another not so productive weekend, only got a couple small things done.  Small steps though, right?  This week, I’m hoping to get to fix some cancerous rust on my Jeep and maybe get some more work on the garage shoe rack.  Yesterday I installed a light switch timer for our outs...

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My Favorite Cleaning Products

Authors: Lisa

Hey guys!  I hope you all had a great week so far.  It’s almost Friday, so I thought I would share some of my favorite cleaning items!

Cleaning for the most part is a chore for John and I – I do like organizing so that counts as cleaning, right? I have tried keeping up with a daily cleaning list but after a first few days I...

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State of our Yard: Fall 2012

Authors: John

Hey everybody!!  Hope everyone is enjoying their Fall weather!  We just had a great weekend and it was made all the better with the warm weather.  Saturday night we did a ghost walk through a town not too far from here and Sunday we met some friends and went to Sesame Place.  So our weekend was pretty packed and between that and some a...

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