Archive for the ‘House Projects’ Category

36 O My Organization: desk makeover and link-up

I know, I know, you are hoping that this is kitchen cabinet v. AllisonO 2.0, and that I finally conquer those bankity blankin Cheerios, but it’s not. Nope, those snapware containers are sitting nicely on my counter as a reminder that I need to go return them to Costco and then track down some containers [...]

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8 just a typical thursday evening

…spent installing a spiral staircase on O My In-Laws’ back deck.

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8 an experiment in botany

I threatened to start an herb garden one time when I was quite pregnant, nesting and feeling overwhelmed by all of the crafty, resourceful, domestic amazingness that exists out there in the blogosphere. Well, friends, turns out I am a woman of my word. (Ok except that it’s not herbs.) If you have been to [...]

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16 once upon a time we used 3 tons of concrete

There once was a path that was old. It lived in a place that was cold. With each long winter, the path would just splinter. “It has to go, now,” DanO was told. The front steps were scary, Traversing them, hairy. Replace them he must, but all that work and the dust! If only there [...]

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18 and maybe that’s a good thing.

I want time. I want to be grumpy about how much OBaby’s motor development has messed with our sleep. I want a moment to ponder the family funeral we went to yesterday and think about the kind of person I want to be when I leave this world. I want to lay down and take [...]

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14 on your average Spring morning

The birds are chirping. The cool spring sun is shining. The tree branches are budding. The jackhammer is pounding? Ah yes, hand in hand with the warmer weather comes the ability to tackle outdoor house projects. Before going back to work on Monday, DanO decided he wanted to do one more hail Mary project. So [...]

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5 the return of our rennovating

Remember her? Well, she’s back. [If you just panicked and thought to yourself "OMW is AllisonO wearing a GAS MASK while 7 months pregnant?! How did OBaby turn out OK?!", then you should probably take a deep breath, and then go here and here to read the Holy Pregnancy I'm Nesting and I Want Dark [...]

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2 we’ve got spirit, yes we do

Heads up, Nugget. DanO has upped the ante in the great laundry room race of 2009. I could be mistaken, but I do believe that is sheet rock. on.my.walls. Which makes them, you know, walls. Walls in the traditional sense, that is. We like traditional around here. We like our walls sheet rocked, our summers [...]

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