Category: New Home
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Christmas 2018
Hello! How excited are you for the Christmas holidays? I’m so excited, I can barely stand it! I have no idea why, because we don’t have any company coming this year, and Steve works Christmas morning, evening and New Year’s Eve, and day. I think it may be because we don’t have a house that…
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I Have a Plan!
Good Morning! Yesterday I wrote to you and told you how at the end of my rope I am! Well, after a good night’s sleep I’ve made a plan. I’m going to move in! When I first decided to move into the house my plan was to paint each cupboard, cabinet, and closet before I…
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Dreams: Nobody Said it Would Be Easy
This week has really been a struggle for me. I feel like all the work and all the moving and all the being responsible is really getting to me. I need something and I don’t even know what it is. Monday, Emma started public school again after being homeschooled by me for the last three…
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I’m Building a Ship
Today I was reminded of a blog post I shared from David DuChemin. He is one of my favorite photographer/writers. His blog and Facebook pages are full of inspiration and motivation. I have a couple of his books, I’m a fan. Anyway, I reposted a blog entry he wrote about building your own ship. Your…
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Inspiration Saturday 05/07/16
Happy Weekend!! Don’t you just LOVE the weekends?! This Morning I wanted to share a little ranch love. It’s been a few week since we took a look at what’s going on up there. Here is the dining room! Well, it’s actually what the room looked like in the Zillow posting. Seriously, how old is…
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Welcomed Bump in the Road
I‘ve been home from the ranch for a day and starting to decompress. I feel so blessed to have a place to leave all the renovation for a time and live in a nice put tother home. Seriously, we can really take a refrigerator for granted. Our last visit was all about finishing up all…
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Inspiration Saturday 01/30/16
It’s been one week since I last returned from the ranch house. We got so much work done in the last two weeks. We finally removed all the rock, and we only have a couple more tasks to complete before we are completely done with all of the demo! I seriously can’t wait until we…
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Inspiration Saturday 01/02/16
Wow! I just typed 16, as in 2016! I can’t believe the new year has arrived! I have so many plans this coming year, but today I’m gonna share our next room and inspirational images. This post is all about the Den. This is the room just to the left when you enter the front…
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Inspiration Saturday 12/12/15
Featured image: http://www.edinarealty.com/homes-for-sale/MN/St-Louis-Park/55424/4367-Mackey-Avenue-106380694 Over the next few months I want to use my Saturday Inspirations to show you some of the stuff we’re changing at the ranch house and the images that are inspiring me to make the changes. Hopefully, you’ll get to see the end results! Hopefully, I’LL get to see the end results too!…
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To The Ranch!
Emma and I are headed up to the ranch house today. We will have no TV, no internet and no coffee maker. I can’t wait. Of course I’ll have my phone and the DVD player so we’re set! If you’d like to stay in touch with what we’re doing up there you can follow…
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City Mouse, Country Mouse
We sold our house of 15 years and bought a ranch in the Carson Valley, Nevada. Steve retires in less than 3 years and then we’ll be living on the ranch full time. Until that time we are living in a rental in the city of San Juan Capistrano, in Orange County, Ca. Steve still…
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In the Meantime
As we sit here waiting patiently for the close of escrow on the ranch we are learning to stay in the moment. Our new little home is feeing like the perfect place to do that. We are feeling settled and at home. We have wonderful landlords, and our next door neighbors are fabulous. They’re so sweet…
Multi-ti-purpose Room 