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	<title>The Money Pit</title>
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	<description>Our first house... trials, tribulations, laughter, and love</description>
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		<title>Breaking the paper towel addiction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I admit it&#8230; I have a paper towel habit.  Hands a little damp?  Grab a paper towel.  Baking and your fingers get sticky?  Grab a paper towel.  Cleaning?  Half a roll of paper towels should do.  Ugh, I&#8217;m disgusted at myself.  I&#8217;ve made a conscious effort to change my habits, starting with my paper towel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pixy0stix.wordpress.com&blog=945855&post=48&subd=pixy0stix&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pixy0stix.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/breaking-the-paper-towel-addiction/</link>
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		<title>Flying monkeys out of my&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the process of decorating my craft room (pictures later), and I finally have THE perfect idea for using my vinyl wall decal obsession.
My first idea was to just put the words, &#8220;Crafting is cheaper than therapy&#8221; on the wall.  Simple, easy and oh so true.  Then I started pricing out the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pixy0stix.wordpress.com&blog=945855&post=46&subd=pixy0stix&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pixy0stix.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/my-love-for-vinyl/</link>
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		<title>Photo Collage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally decided that I need to finish at least 1 project around here, so I decided to tackle a photo collage.  I have a ton of photos that are just sitting on my computer.  What better opportunity to use them than a large blank wall?  I chose some of my favorites [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pixy0stix.wordpress.com&blog=945855&post=45&subd=pixy0stix&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pixy0stix.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/photo-collage/</link>
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		<title>Inspiration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Simple, yet elegant&#8230; Manzanita branches with small tea light lamps hanging off the branches.  I found my inspiration in July&#8217;s Good Housekeeping magazine.  After searching for a little bit, I found the exact same lanterns they used in the magazine picture, but the site says they are out of stock.  ugh.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pixy0stix.wordpress.com&blog=945855&post=44&subd=pixy0stix&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pixy0stix.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/inspiration/</link>
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		<title>Another favorite site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
Despite what the name looks like, the site isn&#8217;t kinky at all.  Basically it will take any image you want, blow it up to any size, and then you can print it out yourself and hang on the wall.  Fun for a kids room, or if you print it out on nice enough [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pixy0stix.wordpress.com&blog=945855&post=43&subd=pixy0stix&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pixy0stix.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/another-favorite-site/</link>
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		<title>Project&#8230; finished!</title>
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I completed a relatively small project last night, but it gave me immense satisfaction.  I replaced the ugly/dirty lace curtain that was hanging by the front door.
Materials:

3 yrds sheer fabric from JoAnn&#8217;s (50% off) = $3.49 per yard
1 sewing machine
1 spool thread
1 cranky husband to help measure the window

Time spent: 15 min
Outcome: Priceless
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		<link>http://pixy0stix.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/project-finished/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a bad blogger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to a myriad of things nothing is getting done to my house, and as a result nothing new is getting posted to the blog.
::raises right hand::  I solemnly swear to be a better blogger.
Moving on:
This summer I have taken a part time job working at the Colorado Renaissance Festival.  The booth where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pixy0stix.wordpress.com&blog=945855&post=41&subd=pixy0stix&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pixy0stix.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/im-a-bad-blogger/</link>
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		<title>So many plants, so little time</title>
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We decided that this year we would hold back on the planting.  We wanted to see what would pop up around the house and in the yard.  So far we&#8217;ve only purchased a few things:

Pepper plants to grow in pots on the porch (from left to right: habenero, super chili, and cayenne)
Two geraniums, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pixy0stix.wordpress.com&blog=945855&post=40&subd=pixy0stix&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pixy0stix.wordpress.com/2007/06/04/so-many-plants-so-little-time/</link>
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		<title>Storage, how I love thee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh storage, how I love thee
Let me count the ways&#8230;
Our kitchen is nice, with a lot of cabinets and storage space for all my baking &#8220;stuff&#8221; (as the H calls it).  However, there was no storage space for the pantry items.  None, nada, zilch.  The H suggested that I pare down my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pixy0stix.wordpress.com&blog=945855&post=39&subd=pixy0stix&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pixy0stix.wordpress.com/2007/06/04/storage-how-i-love-thee/</link>
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		<title>Final kitchen color</title>
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 The final color we picked out for the kitchen walls is a lot darker than our original colors, Painted Turtle by Behr.  We hope to paint our kitchen cabinets the light color (Cotton Whisper) sometime this summer.  Last night we painted the large wall that spans the kitchen and living room this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pixy0stix.wordpress.com&blog=945855&post=38&subd=pixy0stix&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pixy0stix.wordpress.com/2007/05/24/final-kitchen-color/</link>
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