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Hello sweet friends! How is your week going so far? If the weather where you are is anything like it has been here,  my guess is you have been out enjoying the sunshine! Now...if you read my last post, you know it is moving day! This means I am finally taking that big step and moving to my new wordpress blog. I am more than a little nervous, but so happy to finally be doing this!&

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So what does one say when it's been six months since last blogging? {That is a ridiculous amount of time to let go by without a hello, that is for sure.} It leaves me feeling a little tongue-tied and awkward, unsure of where to begin. But I really want to, need to, to back! :) I just needed to put things in perspective, to take a step back and re-evaluate. I just needed to stop and

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Hello dear friends~ How are you doing? I hope you had a wonderful and very Merry Christmas and that your New Years was a fun one! I can't believe I have been out of the blogging loop for about three months now, and again I want to apologize for disappearing! We took on a little too much as far as

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Hello dear friends! I hope you are well, and that you had the loveliest of weekends! Now I made a promise, one to show you a bit of those wide plank floors I put down in the girls' room this summer! This was a huge project, but hands down completely and thoroughly worth it! I want to put these floors down in the whole house now! I saw this idea at Frugal Farmhouse Design a while

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So when I went out to feed the chickens yesterday morning I found a little gift...   Emphasis on little...Isn't it so cute? I knew that a chicken's first eggs can be very small. And look at the difference between it and my store bought eggs! It made me smile. :) But I am not sure which of our chickens laid the egg; this is still a mystery, although I have

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                 Hello all! How have you been and did you enjoyed your summer? I hope it has been a wonderful one for you! :) Confession: I haven't posted for almost two months and my visiting has been on the slim to none side...I feel like the worst blogging friend on the planet! It wasn't at all intentional,

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Hello friends! Here's hoping that you had a lovely weekend! Tonight I want to share another cleaning product recipe, this time one for all-purpose cleaner... Credits: I have been making my own for a long time, but it still seemed like something was missing. Then while visiting the blog "The Grocery Cart Challenge" I saw that her recipe included Borax.  Maybe that was

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...It is so good to see you again! How I have missed you!  source Welcome back, warm lazy days... source and long summer evenings curled up with a good book...  source The Fourth of July... source and meals eaten outside...   source Here's to pie made with fresh berries... source and

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So how are you tonight? I hope you are doing well, and that you had a lovely weekend!  I am already ready for another weekend ;) and so I'm looking forward to Wednesday, one of our family's favorite holidays! And speaking of the Fourth, I thought a banner was in order: This is my little take on a lovely flag banner   Sweet Bee Hollow made last year, which was my

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Hello sweet friends! I hope you are all doing well! This week is just flying by, with all of the end of school activities and getting ready to go on vacation... Summer is officially here! And so I guess it's fitting that I am {still} working on the girls' beach cottage

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Hello everyone...How has your week been? I sure hope it has been a lovely one. :)  Well now... A few weeks ago, my husband set up our new headboard that we made for my birthday present. Actually, he did most of the building while I played assistant, and then I stained it. We followed the plans from Ana White for the queen sized Reclaimed Wood Headboard. I think it is supposed

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Hello sweet friends! How has your week been so far? I hope it is going well for you! Do you remember the little chicks we brought home a few weeks ago? Well, when my friend said to take pictures every day because they grow fast, she wasn't kidding! They are not quite as little as they were before...  Here they are enjoying their

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 {Credits: Inspired by a lovely post written by my friend Michelle from Emerald Cove titled "If I had a beach house", which I enjoyed so much I have written my own version of this theme!} If I lived in a farmhouse, it wouldn't have to be perfect. Of course, we would want to avoid one that was too much of a fixer upper... {via google} But I wouldn't mind one that needed a

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Hello friends! I wanted to say thank you for your response to my last post on my Blogger issues! I still haven't figured out why it is doing what it is! Hopefully the problem will just go away on its own? ;) But thank you much for letting me know you are not having the same problem when visiting here~ that is good news! :) I hope you have a good night! Blessings, Jenni

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Okay, by that blog title, you are probably wondering if I am a little confused regarding what time of year it is! But no, I know it isn't Christmas! :) Actually, I have a question for you: what are you seeing when you try to come to my blog? For the last two or three weeks, every time I try to go to my blog to work on a post, check comments, etc., my computer informs me that the server for

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A very happy Friday to each of you! So who's ready for the weekend? In my opinion, it couldn't have come soon enough! Not to say that this week was a bad one, but sometimes you are just extra thankful when it's finally the weekend!  ;) Now I said when I showed the flower craft for kids that I

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Hello friends! At last the weekend has come! I'm so glad! How about you? :) Now this particular weekend is extra special, because as you know, Sunday is Mother's Day. This is a great chance for kids to get creative and make something special for their moms, and grandmas, too! I needed to come up with a good Mother's Day craft to share with my youngest daughter's class, and when my first

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It is late into the night as I type this. I am watching over our newest offspring, waiting for the temperature in their little  coop to reach 90 degrees. After two and a half hours, it has finally reached 80!  But I really don't mind the late hour. I have wanted chickens for years now, and am smiling ear to ear as I watch them not sleep! Part of this is my

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Yet another weekend has flown by! I hope yours was a good one! I spent this weekend working more on the girls' room and staining the headboard my husband made for our room.  I played helper, but in the end he was really the one doing most all of the work! {But I watched closely because I have some serious furniture making aspirations!}  It was his gift to me for my

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Hello friends! I hope your weekend has been beautiful so far! {Martha Stewart}  This weekend is an exciting one for me! NOT because I am turning 37~ aging itself has lost its excitement!~ but I am childlike in my love for birthdays, I admit it! {Martha Stewart} I love celebrating birthdays, and we make much ado about them in our little nest. This has transferred over to

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Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Monday and that your weekend was good! :) We had a quiet weekend, which I was thrilled about! Spring break was very busy with activities and sleepovers, and then, of course, it was Easter weekend~ so it was nice to keep things simple this weekend. :) I even got to work some on the girls' room, which was nice... And speaking of the girls' room

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Happy Tuesday to you, dear friends! I hope you are doing well, and having a good week so far! :) I know I have been a bit scarce around these parts lately...We had a little crisis over here~ nothing at all life and death {thank goodness!} but enough to take some extra time and effort! :) BUT, in other news, David and I finished putting up the bead board ceiling almost two weeks ago! :) Yes, we

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Happy {almost} Friday to you, dear friends! I hope you are well!  I was shopping this week and saw this sweet potted plant: I have decided that I love shamrocks.  And I am loving the way it looks with this little wooden caddy I found at a nearly shop. :)  I must confess to giving St. Patrick's Day only a nod of acknowledgement in the past, mostly due to my not placing

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Hello sweet friends! How has your week been so far? I hope things are going well for you! :) Well now... If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know I enjoy trying my hand at home made cleaning supplies. What began as a deep and abiding love for baking soda and its many uses has become an addiction to coming up with new cleaning concoctions! It has been a lot of trial and error {

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 On this chilly winter's night, I am thinking of spring. No, I am longing for spring! And for the countless beautiful colors that come with spring, as well as with summer! I am quite partial to decorating with neutrals, but especially in the winter, I need a pop of color in my little cottage! They remind me that my favorite seasons are just around the corner...  A fresh bouquet

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