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The Week in Review 8-8-10
Rocket building – a father/son project… or was it more a father project with the son observing? I thought you all might enjoy seeing a peek into our used book business. We sell online and of course, we have to store all those books somewhere. They have now taken over our basement. The shelves were built just for the books so we are able to organize and locate them quickly when we list and subsequently, when we sell them. When we built our home 14 years ago, we had to use 120 sticks of dynamite to blast out our living site. It was solid rock as evidenced by this picture.…
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My Chinese Tablescape
Preparing a Chinese meal this week of Won Ton Soup and an Orange Beef served over rice, I decided to try a Chinese Tablescape. Kinda, sorta. I guess it’s probably more a Chinese/American tablescape. I think I need to be on the lookout for some inexpensive Chinese bowls, plates and other goodies since Chinese cuisine is not completely unheard of around here. This small wood carving we purchased in China when my husband and I were there 20 years ago this month. The Oriental Poppies I won in a drawing along with the placemat it is setting on. Won Ton Soup that was quite good but not like Mr. Tim’s.…
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My New Menu Planning Board
I don’t consider myself to be really crafty. My projects probably look a little cheesy next to some of these gals but I have my fun, so bear with me. 🙂 I’ve been doing some changing around here, changing the living room and now working on the kitchen. I’m just that way – Rearranging the furniture is my favorite thing but because of the layout of our rooms sometimes it just doesn’t work. So occasionally I just change out little decorations but I’ve even hit a snag with that in the last year or maybe even longer. I’ve had no inspiration. No enthusiasm or interest. Then I was inspired by……
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The Week in Review 8/1/10
We’re feeling like a small family these days now that another son has left for 6 weeks. Zachary flew to Manitoba, Canada to the same place Seth was at a few months ago. He’ll be working with his uncle doing construction. I’m missing my boys but I’m glad they have this opportunity. Life won’t always be so carefree, so it’s a nice opportunity for them and great memories. A penpal of Serenity’s came and stayed for a few days. This was Serenity’s first time to meet Roseanna in person. What’s amazing about this sweet girl is the doctors told her parents when she was 8 that she had only 10…
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A Breakfast Tablescape
Have you ever heard of tablescapes? I never had until the other day when I found the blog Between Naps on the Porch. Just what is a tablescape? Here's one definition from Suite101.com. Definition of Tablescape While you may be hard pressed to locate the definition of "tablescape" in a traditional dictionary, the functional meaning of tablescape in the catering, entertaining, and decorating industries refers to all of the decorating elements that you amass on your table to create a vignette. In a practical sense, this definition does not refer to the salt and pepper shakers on the table, but rather, to the decorating aspect of the tabletop. If you…
