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Welcome to our garden
It’s hard to believe that just one year ago, we were completely immersed in a rehab and preparing to move — whew! In contrast to the spring of 2016, we’ve spent the spring of 2017 turning the yard at our … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, House
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Three month house-iversary
This Saturday marks three months living in our house. I am happy to report that, as of last week, all of the boxes are unpacked (at least all of the boxes that are intended to be unpacked vs. used for … Continue reading
Posted in House
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Kitchen conundrums
Overall, I think we did a great job on our kitchen design — maximizing a relatively small space, staying within budget, and working around multiple doorways and a large window (lovely for natural light, but does limit options). However, a … Continue reading
Posted in House
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Moved!
Ten months. That’s how long it took from first seeing the “For Sale” sign to move in day, but we were patient and worked hard (and all the stars aligned), and for the past two-and-a-half weeks, we’ve been living in … Continue reading
Posted in House, My Life
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Losing the lawn
Well, we finally have the huge, sunny yard we’ve been wanting . . . and it’s covered with zoysia grass. Zoysia is a drought-hardy, warm season grass, which means you can’t just kill it by letting it dry up. It … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, House
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