Tag: diy
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Mindful Consumption
We’ve come a long way from the days of using things up. When was the last time you mended socks? I never have. I am frugal when it comes to spending to begin with and will wear things for years and years. But I am not a fan of mending holes or wearing things with…
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How to Avoid Putting Christmas on a Credit Card
Several years ago, I was searching for the cheapest flights to visit my family for the holidays. We all lived in different states and the time. which meant that the majority of us had to pay for travel. Then presents. Speaking with a co-worker, she said that she felt compelled to buy presents for her…
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Winter Checklist for Our Home
Winter isn’t coming, my friends. It’s here. We miraculously got the concrete poured for our garage remodel and got the walls us. Just in time for the torrential downpours. We’ve done a lot of big upgrades this year, from getting new gutters (with a cash discount) that are bigger than the originals so they’ll have…
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House Projects
It’s been a long few days. On Thursday, we had someone remove insulation covered in mouse droppings from our attic. He rolled and bagged the insulation and I took the bags outside and loaded them on a trailer. He filled over forty construction bags. Thankfully, we had set up a plastic barrier around the attic…
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What is The Best Caramel?
A couple of years ago, I grabbed a jar of Trader Joe’s Caramel Sauce as an impulse by, deciding it was something I must have. I had just finished gathering dozens of apples from a local orchard with a plan to make apple pie and thought the caramel sauce would be delicious on top of…
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My War with Termites
We have termites. This isn’t new information, but until we started our garage demo, I had no clue just how many termites. After a brief moment of utter hopelessness- “let’s tear everything down and build a metal tiny house” – we decided to go to war with the termites. So, to the internet we went.…
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How to Remember What Color Paint You Used
I rue the day I thought ceiling paint was universal. Or the time we let renters pick the outside color for a house and approved the color, but didn’t note the name. We’ve been painting our house and between outside paint and trim and inside paint and trim, there’s a lot to keep track of…
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Flexibility: The Key to Success
We’re tackling the last big project for the year and it’s a doozy. Our garage is an addition and was added under a permit for a deck. Whoever built it didn’t do it to spec, which means that remodeling it has been interesting. As it’s where there was a bat infestation and a leaking roof,…
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Don’t Cry Over Spilt Paint
I had just left the hardware store for the third time in one day, tired and hungry and wanting to just be finished with the day’s tasks. As our house is in a constant state of flux between being so clean you can eat off the floors and a complete construction zone, we try to…