My Big Expensive Mistake

white vintage couch sofa hollywood regency curved sofa

UGH! You know when you start a DIY project and you are so excited about it, and completely confident that you will be able to accomplish it? When I bought this couch last year for $19 at Faith Farm, I was sure I could handle the re-upholstery job it needed. It's something I've done a few times, and this one won't be that hard... But then, it just didn't turn out to be as easy as I thought... and I was in way over my head... and I wanted to cry because I REALLY wanted … [Read more...]

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Starting a vegetable garden isn’t as easy as it looks…

I was pretty excited about all the peppers, but my tomatoes weren't coming up.

Maybe a better title for this post would be "I'm a plant murderer". A few months back, I was inspired by this pin, and many others like it, to start a vegetable garden. It looked easy enough - plant seeds in little pods, use old concrete blocks to build a raised bed, fill with garden soil, add plants, water, watch them grow, weed the beds and pick lovely veggies/make lots of salads. Uhm... yeah, not so much. The part about planting the seeds in little starter pods was easy enough, … [Read more...]

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Friday FAIL!!!

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My son is having a few friends over tonight for a bonfire, so I decided to make brownies for them. I saw the cutest idea on Pinterest, and thought I would try it out. Aren't these just the cutest?! I thought, how easy would this be? So, I mixed up the brownie batter, sprayed the pan and the cookie cutters and carefully poured the batter into them. Placed them in the oven, and waited. It smelled so delicious... Timer finally rang and I went to pull them out of the oven and this is … [Read more...]

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