Yesterday afternoon was fabulous.  I completed all my grocery shopping for the week, had accomplished my trip to The Scrap Exchange (having found exactly what I was looking for and then some), and came home to a quiet house in which to finish two projects.

Here is what I brought home from The Scrap Exchange.  It’s like opening […]

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Even if I had money to burn, I think I’d be at the thrift store.  Yes, there are some things that, of course, I buy new.  Don’t we all.  But I have no pride that gets in the way of my snapping up a 50-dollar skirt that’s sitting in a thrift store with the tags […]

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If you know of a wonderful little store called Fetch in Hillsborough, then you might be interested to know that it is closing.  Fetch will be open until around mid-August, if the merchandise holds out, and everything is marked down for clearance.  I always call for hours before visiting. 

I was there this morning for a yard sale (early, before […]

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This child was so easy to dress.  At age 1 he fell in love with a pair of zip-up pajamas with feet in them.  He wore them constantly.  From age 2 to 5, he was batman.  24/7.  Batman PJs and he was on cloud 9.  It was so easy to dress him (except when I needed him to look like […]

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For my sweet, concerned friends, an update on the blisters and burns I got from my largest rue plant.  This has definitely been eye-opening for me!  When I first noticed the “burns,” my last thought would have been a plant.  It was my husband who noted that they looked like chemical burns and asked what kind of […]

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I try really hard to support local crafters, so any time I see some beautiful crafty thing that has been made locally, I try to purchase one or more if it’s something I can reasonably afford.

I cannot tell you anything personally about the owner of Southern Essence, but I did want to support her business when […]

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So I did get to visit Logan’s today.  And they told me to take all the pictures I wanted. 

I did take some pictures!  And I had great fun shopping for some herbs and flowers for the garden.  When you first enter Logan’s, it doesn’t look that big, but it used to be a […]

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Has anyone noticed the price of bread going up?  I work in a bakery, so it’s really been evident to me while at work, but it’s most alarming when I’m trying to shop for my own groceries.  We are feeding six here, and I know some are feeding even more.  A lot more!

I pulled out my […]

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I have been busy this morning putting food in the freezer.  My internet buddies know that we eat a lot of venison here, so ground chuck is a treat for us.  Yesterday Food Lion had ground chuck on sale for 1.32 a pound.  So I bought 12 pounds. 

I systematically put seasoned burgers into the freezer for […]

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