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This is my kitchen table. It's hard to believe, but I've had this bad boy for 12 years. My father and stepmother bought it (and several other pieces of furniture) for me when I first moved into my own apartment. Prior to moving into my solo place...
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Photo courtesy of Sashataylor Last year, my parents were generous enough to give me and J an iPad for Chanukah. I had been drooling over this particular gadget almost as soon as it had launched, despite Steve Jobs's poor choice of name for it. J and...
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Photo courtesy of Christian Koehn On Saturday, J and I visited the Schaumberg Ikea. Intentionally. With planning aforethought. You see, J and I had need of a new shelving system in our basement, and Ikea had the build-your-own furniture to fit the bill...
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J seems to be under the impression that I can sew. Granted, he has a couple of reasons for that impression: While I did, in fact, sew all three of these quilts with my own hands, and I do, in fact, own a sewing machine, I consider all of this evidence...
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Photo courtesy of Luke Aikins You'll be relieved to hear that J and I have finally agreed on LO's Halloween costume. Our little man will be trick-or-treating as Felix Baumgartner, the most (currently) famous daredevil. In order to create this...
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Because I took my handsome young man from this: To this: with but a few snips of the scissors. I'm so sorry, honey. Just be glad I learned this valuable lesson before you hit middle school.
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Unbelievably gorgeous photo courtesy of Rachel Tayse Baillieul Our guest mensch today is Rachel Tayse Baillieul, urban homesteader extraordinaire. Read more about Rachel at the end of the post. My family calls ourselves urban homesteaders. What we mean...
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As you may recall, the Mensch family is looking into doing some home improvement in order to keep the upstairs saunas bedrooms from chasing us downstairs for most of the summer. Because of that, we are having a series of HVAC professionals come through...
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Photo courtesy of Joe Mabel On Tuesday, I wrote about the difficulties J faced in attempting follow the directions to put together our son's toddler bed, despite his many years as a mechanical engineer. In addition to being poorly written, these directions...
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Though J and I miss really miss Columbus, Ohio, there are some definite perks to living in Lafayette, Indiana. The cost of living is much cheaper, for one. For example, it snowed a couple of inches yesterday. J was relaxing with a warm(ing) beverage for...
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