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This is it…

Posted on: May 4, 2007 Last updated on: November 11, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
We signed all our loan documents on Saturday, we did our final walkthrough on Monday night, we wired the money off on Tuesday, and as soon as I leave work I’m meeting Bear at our new house where the keys…
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Thrift Store Finds

Posted on: May 3, 2007 Last updated on: November 11, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Like most crafty bloggers, I adore a good thrift store. Growing up, that’s the only shopping we ever did. Every back to school season meant trips to Value Village and St Vincent DePaul. I remember how mad I got once…
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Flower fields

Posted on: April 30, 2007 Last updated on: November 11, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
This is how I spent my weekend: These are Giant Tecolote Ranunculus…es. Ranunculi? I had actually never seen these flowers in person before, but apparently the farm here in Carlsbad grows like 90% of these flowers in the country. They…
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Furniture Shopping

Posted on: April 20, 2007 Last updated on: November 11, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I’ve been spending every waking moment thinking about this house. Which is pretty obvious from the state of my blog. And since the loan stuff is just stressful, most of that thinking is about the interior design. I haven’t quite…
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As promised…

Posted on: April 18, 2007 Last updated on: November 11, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Here’s my new house! First of all, there is no carpet in the entire house. Hooray! The previous owners had a puppy that peed all over the place, so they replaced all the flooring. Those boxes by the front door…
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Recent Finishes

Posted on: April 18, 2007 Last updated on: November 11, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Crafting lately has been rather difficult, mainly because 90% of my stuff is in boxes. I’ve been trying to find ways to keep it up though. I dug out my sewing stuff for my quilting class, I got my beading…
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Friday on hiatus

Posted on: April 14, 2007 Last updated on: November 11, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I Can Make that Friday will be postponed this week. Saturday will be spent doing out home inspection, so I have to sharpen my pencils, charge up the camera, and get the graph paper ready. How I’ll get to sleep…
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Knock on Wood

Posted on: April 10, 2007 Last updated on: November 11, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
It looks like somebody finally decided to take our money. For a while there I was really starting to feel like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman as she’s sitting in the hotel managers office pulling out wads of crinkled bills,…
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Quilting can be macho

Posted on: April 5, 2007 Last updated on: November 11, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I live literally five minutes away from Camp Pendleton, the huge Marine base here in North San Diego county, which you could totally figure out if you spent the day in my apartment complex. The parking lot alone could tell…
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I’ve led a very spoiled existence

Posted on: March 27, 2007 Last updated on: November 11, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Up until a few weeks ago, I have never in my married life gone grocery shopping by myself. Whenever I say that to someone their eyes immediately try to escape their face. Believe me, I am well aware of how…
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The Social Model of Adversity

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We Can Do It

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There Never Was a Normal

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