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A Project Raise The Roof Update
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- Published on Thursday, 17 January 2013
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
On Thursdays, I usually talk about three things because Three and Thursday and Things makes alliteration and I'm a huge fan of alliteration. But these days, I've been thinking about just one thing.What the heck are we doing with this house?
I don't know.
Months ago, we shared with you our plans to raise the roof and...
Happy Birthday Husband
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
I met Mark at church. It was December 5. When we talk about it, we wonder why exactly we had never met before. We'd been going to the same church for the past four years, both students at the nearby university. I admit I was aware of him and his tight-knit group of friends. I also readily admit that I was...An Etsy Shop a Month
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- Published on Monday, 14 January 2013
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
Approximately four times a year, I think about opening an Etsy shop.Last year, I was going to go full bore crocheting these little chair booties.
I thought this would be a great idea, especially since this post is the most popular post on my blog. Last year, it even beat out this post that so many people find by...
Photo Friday: It's time for canvases
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- Published on Friday, 11 January 2013
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
I think I should begin a collection of photo canvases. Surely I can find just one or two of my photos that I like enough to to hang on my walls. Surely. Surely.I have all sorts of stuff to talk about, but nothing I'm ready to blab about here. Our days have been full of work and talking and dog walking and reading and...
Book Review: The Bridge by Jane Higgins
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 January 2013
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
Last year, I set myself a goal of reading 20 novels from the beginning of January to the end of December. I finished, but barely. So, what is my natural course of action for 2013? Raise my goal of course. This year, I'm looking at 25. That's 5 more books. That's 2.08333333 book a month. Should be easy.
Then again, I...
Organizing in under 500 square feet
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- Published on Tuesday, 08 January 2013
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
Our house is almost exactly 500 square feet. We regularly walk into other people's homes and mentally draw lines on their floors that represent our whole house fitting into their living room. This can be depressing, but other days, it can be kind of exciting... I mean, I'm learning a whole new set of skills by living in...A Goal for January: Organize, Organize, Organize
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- Published on Monday, 07 January 2013
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
If you pay attention to the house blogging world at all, you probably already know about Apartment Therapy's January Cure. It's a great idea, spending a month to whip one's house into shape. I have no doubt that it will work for those of you who are playing along.I am not doing the January Cure.
See, I woke up January 1st...
Christmas In Photos
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- Published on Friday, 04 January 2013
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
For the first year in my life, I didn't see my parents on Christmas day. I talked about my mixed feelings about it in last week's Three Things. I don't have mixed feelings anymore. If I had arrived back at work and returned to normal life without seeing them at all, I would probably still have mixed feelings. But, we saw...How I ignored the fact that my house is tiny and bought a couch
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- Published on Wednesday, 02 January 2013
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
Last Thursday, I complained about our couch and dreamed about buying a new one.Then, after I pressed Publish, we went to Ikea. It seems like once we decide on something, and we know it's only going to cost us a little time shopping, very little effort, and only a little bit of our hard earned money, we wait very little...
Boterkoek
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- Published on Wednesday, 02 January 2013
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
I've been meaning to make boterkoek for years, perhaps ever since I moved out of the house and found myself with a kitchen of my own. In general, Dutch food is boring. My ancestors are known for stamppot, a mix of mashed potatoes, carrots and onions, drizzled with bacon fat and served with bits of sausage. Around this time...
