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Year: 2009

  • droids | homemaking | photography | shows | thinking out loud

    I Get to be C-3PO

    Bymichelle October 29, 2009July 27, 2022

    Anytime I ever played Star Wars with the kids, they’d always make me be C-3PO. I guess I’m good at accents-or maybe gloomy and fussy. I’m a Star Wars purist,…

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  • cheap stuff | food | new to me | thinking out loud

    Big Hunks of Raw Meat

    Bymichelle October 28, 2009July 27, 2022

    I’ve been cooking since I married, before that my specialty was cheese toast, but I work off a budget and lean more towards veggies, so I’ve never been a big-hunk-of-raw-meat-kind-of-person….

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  • cheap stuff | craft | knitting

    Complete with Fringe

    Bymichelle October 26, 2009July 27, 2022

    So this is the final result. Not bad for maybe $20 altogether.

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  • cheap stuff | craft | knitting

    What A Fake!

    Bymichelle October 25, 2009July 27, 2022

    It’s a fake. My Fake-a-gamo. Here’s the story behind this knock-off pattern and where to find it. It’s only been on my list for a couple of years. So, I…

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  • martial arts

    Why Be Extreme?

    Bymichelle October 24, 2009

    This is is another one of those things I should’ve done when I was younger, so I’ve gotta do it now. This is also called a k kick in taekwondo…

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  • books | cheap stuff | craft | knitting

    Texas Knitter

    Bymichelle October 19, 2009July 27, 2022

    Nippy air! This is what Texas knitters wait for, sweating under skeins of wool the other 9 months of the year. Of course the fact that I’m decked out in…

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  • thinking out loud | travel

    Once a Tomboy…

    Bymichelle October 16, 2009July 27, 2022

    When I was little everyone called me a tomboy. I wanted to wear my brother’s castoffs, run, play sports, and fight boys (I never did that.) I would have loved…

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  • cheap stuff | homemaking | music | soap

    Such a Handy Man

    Bymichelle October 13, 2009July 27, 2022

    Since I have soap on the brain (and all over the kitchen table and top of the refridgerator) I thought I’d post a thank you to Adam, my handyman, for…

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  • homemaking | new to me | soap

    The Not- So-Great- Pumpkin

    Bymichelle October 13, 2009July 27, 2022

    I tried pumpkin pie soap once already and it got to trace before I could get pretty little swirls of spice in it. So this is my second attempt. I…

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  • books | places | thinking out loud

    I Love Small Towns

    Bymichelle October 12, 2009July 27, 2022

    It’s fall in Texas I love living in a small town, even if it wants to be a “bigger” deal than it is. I watch the same parades with the…

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