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Ticking Time Bombs

Bymichelle July 17, 2010July 27, 2022

I always hated track, but loved to run. After running every day in track (yuck) I’d come home and sometimes run some more. Some Saturdays I’d run to a pick…

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Road Tripping Part 3: Wupakti Through a Box

Bymichelle July 14, 2010July 27, 2022

Lomaki in Wupakti National Monument from the Arizona leg of our trip These are some of my favorite shots of our trip. So glad I stayed up late one night…

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camping | cheap stuff | linkage | new to me | photography | polaroid | travel

Road Tripping, Part 2: Arizona (Everything to See Before the Grand Canyon)

Bymichelle July 6, 2010May 1, 2023

Where was I? Oh yeah, Arizona. We left New Mexico through the Lincoln National Forest, so beautiful, seeing Lincoln (of Billy the Kid fame) and Capitan. I had lots of…

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cheap stuff | diy | garden | new to me | photography

Organic Pesticide

Bymichelle July 1, 2010July 27, 2022

We have some new friends in our garden. I noticed the first one clinging to our breezeway window screen, looking at me like “Wuz up?” everytime I walked outside. Then,…

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cheap stuff | garden | photography

Garden Bounty

Bymichelle June 30, 2010July 27, 2022

I’m joking because what you see is almost all there is so far. There will be tomatoes. I mean that as a fact not a positive confession. But, since I…

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camping | cheap stuff | new to me | photography | travel

Road Tripping, Part 1: New Mexico

Bymichelle June 24, 2010July 27, 2022

This is just the Cliff Notes on our first road trip with the pop up. I’ll upload my favorite polaroids and ttvs later. Well, we had fun, were duly amazed,…

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cheap stuff | homemaking | photography | ttv photo

Two Bits

Bymichelle May 22, 2010July 27, 2022

(365 Day 137 Photo) I used to groom dogs. Then, when we first married and money was tight (when is it ever not tight?) I looked at my husbands curly…

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Thrifted

Bymichelle May 13, 2010July 27, 2022

(Hawkeye, 365 Day 129 Photo) I took the easy road for my 365 today: taking a picture of a camera. It’s cliche, but does anyone really ever tire of looking…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | garden | photography | ttv photo

A Homemade Trellis

Bymichelle May 12, 2010July 27, 2022

I didn’t have a bean trellis, so I went looking for DIY ideas and came up with this: (in the garden, ttv photo) All you need is scissors, twine, 3…

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cheap stuff | family | photography

Faded Beauties

Bymichelle May 7, 2010July 27, 2022

Seafoam melamine in its prime. I really like the slightly marbled seafoam color. My grandmommy and her mother served us fruit salad and cereal out of bowls like this. It’s…

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