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Year: 2009

  • homemaking | parenting

    Aah, Summer Slavery

    Bymichelle August 12, 2009July 27, 2022

    So, one way to involve our kids in our quest to be more responsible is to stop allowances and start JOBS. For the first time they are earning the pittance…

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  • homemaking | music | parenting | thinking out loud

    Piano Lessons

    Bymichelle August 9, 2009July 27, 2022

    Sitting at my grandmother’s piano a few months ago, I remembered my resolve to teach my children at least as much about music as I have learned. (and we’re doing…

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  • cheap stuff | my home | new to me | photography | ttv photo

    First Argus Lens Photos

    Bymichelle August 8, 2009July 27, 2022

    Taken with two different cameras (both only $15.) The first shot is with my clean argus 75, and the last with “as is.” Now I have to make a contraption.

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  • martial arts

    This Is What I Want to Do When I Grow Up

    Bymichelle August 7, 2009

    Is it silly that I get chills watching a great roda?

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  • garden

    Light- Green Thumb

    Bymichelle August 6, 2009July 27, 2022

    I think I’m “getting there” with the garden. The herbs and one crazy vine spinach are still going strong. But I think the little pickings above were about the last…

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  • craft | knitting | my home

    Blanket’s Done, Dude

    Bymichelle August 4, 2009July 27, 2022

    Only my second baby gift to knit ever, and I’ve been knitting about 7 + years. But it turned out great in superwash wool. I want one now for my…

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  • cheap stuff | homemaking

    Used is Good

    Bymichelle August 3, 2009July 27, 2022

    This last weekend I finally convinced my daughter that shopping re-cycled is the most fun. Adam and I have been doing the Financial Peace thing to lower our cost of…

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  • camping | cheap stuff | my home

    Just One Hitch…

    Bymichelle August 3, 2009July 27, 2022

    Yee-ha! We got our pop up yesterday. This was something we’d wanted to do for a while but seemed out of our budgetary reach. But you know how a chance…

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  • beekeeping

    We Have a Queen!

    Bymichelle July 27, 2009July 27, 2022

    Not all my summer projects have worked out like I’d hoped. We expected to have enough honey for the family this season, but the mosquito plane that circled our neighborhood…

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  • Christianity | garden

    Who Knew?

    Bymichelle July 27, 2009July 27, 2022

    Who knew a mother-in-law’s tongue could bloom? I’ve had these forever- as long as my youngest child. They were inherited from a lovely friend who passed away and have unobtrusively…

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