July 9th, 2008
Lest you all think I am completely incapable of a sentence or thought that doesn’t contain the words “baby” or “nursery”, today’s post is about our porch. Or the lighting on the porch to be precise. Currently, we have the ubiquitous and unimaginative boob light that came with the house. I don’t have a picture […]
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February 20th, 2008
Just as an update to my last post, with the addition of the deduction of the real estate taxes paid at closing our combined total state and federal refund came to $1600! We haven’t actually received our return yet, but that didn’t stop us from spending some of our proceeds in anticipation, thanks mostly to […]
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January 10th, 2008
First off, I apologize from my hiatus. I haven’t really had much to blog about, and on top of that I’ve been sick. Pregnant + Sick – Medications = MISERY! I can’t quite recall an instance where I had a head cold and didn’t avail myself of copious amounts of decongestants. Thanks to Becoming-baby I […]
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August 29th, 2007
…that may never come. I’m having a terrible time picking a date when our small handful of close friends will be available. So instead, we decided to have a few people who are around this holiday weekend over for a small gathering this Sunday and schedule a bigger to-do for the last week in September […]
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May 18th, 2007
The antique chandelier that we bought in North Carolina looks more beautiful than I had even hoped for in its new home in our Dining Room!   (a lot better than the pic I snagged at the antique shop no?) I hadn’t been sure about the burnished gold color, but its a nice compliment to the silvery/blue/gray wall […]
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April 25th, 2007
My chandelier lust continues, courtesy of todays getTrio in my inbox… First, for people like us who don’t have room for a chandelier in our matchbox sized bathroom,  at least we can have the reflection of one with this adorable chandelier shower curtain from Catherine David Designs: And next, who knew there was a chandelier blog? […]
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