My Bedroom Is Purple

I painted my room dark purple and I love it.

Two walls are plain and two are faux painted. I tell you all about it in the video.

An Ode To My Dishwasher

Disclosure: I’m not even pretending that this is any kind of literary work. It’s just for fun.

frigidaire dishwasherAlthough you’re not fancy – you’re mine.
I love that you’re right in the line
Of my very own cupboards!
No walking upstairs,
Or washing in pairs.
Just loading when e’er it’s convenient!

My sink feels glad to know you.
The drying rack is happy too.
Their load is much lighter!
We can see them more often.
The towel even softens.
All because the dishes you are washing!

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Our First Fire

in our fireplace of course – a small one to test it out. [We heard the fire safety tips from Dayna already.]

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How To Remove Stickiness Left From Contact Paper

I have shelf paper laid and things put away in all of my top kitchen cabinets, but the bottom is still empty. My husband plans to put new counter in this weekend so I didn’t want to fill them up just to empty them again.

The previous owner used contact paper – there might not have been shelf liner at that time. But did she have to wrap it over the front edge and 2 inches under the shelf?!? That adhesive is sticky! In the video I tell you what I tried to get it off.

Gave The Kids Paint And Turned Them Loose

Every day they begged to paint. We said, “You are not going to paint any room upstairs.” However, for the basement we would take all the help we could get. We bought a rather large bucket of primer [recommended by the man in Lowe's] to start covering the dark paneling.

painting paneling

We had already torn out the carpet so it didn’t matter about the drips. We raided Daddy’s old T-shirts so it didn’t matter about the clothes.

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