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O, I Am a Lonely Painter

September 24, 2017by Gina Leave a comment

I live in a can of paint, to paraphrase Joni Mitchell. I’ve been painting the dining room for forever. So many different sections of wall, so many little issues to […]

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Books to Read, Budget, Cooking, Downtown, Food, Frugality, Gardening, Green Living, Kids

I Love Lamp

January 20, 2016by Gina Leave a comment

Wow! If only I had re-read this blog post of mine from last year before I got the dog. Seems like I had my head on a little straighter this […]

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Baking, Cooking, Downtown, Food, Frugality, Gardening, Kids, Philosophy, Renovation

Good Things

January 13, 2016by Gina Leave a comment

Feeling reenergized 🙂  I’ve been looking at ideas for summer vacations. I pulled off a surprise party for my mom on Sunday (couldn’t talk about it on here til now!). That […]

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Books to Read, Budget, Cooking, Frugality, Kids, Renovation

Anatomy of a Purchase

September 29, 2015by Gina Leave a comment

Last week I purchased a queen-size quilt for my daughter’s bed. I’ve decided to try to rate this purchase according to various factors, both nonconsumer and non-nonconsumer. I’m always able […]

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Frugality, Renovation, the Compact

Heads of Beds and Heads of State

September 22, 2015by Gina Leave a comment

I am almost, almost done my daughter’s room. The headboard, after I don’t know how many months, is finished and in her room. She sleeps in her room! Almost all […]

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Frugality, Kids, Renovation

Fifty Million Shades of Blue

April 23, 2015by Gina 3 Comments

Please tell me what color to paint the headboard. Right now it’s just “Brilliant Blue,” an off-the-shelf spray paint shade, from Home Depot. It’s nearly identical to “Big Country Blue,” […]

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Gardening, Kids, Renovation

Upcycle This

April 19, 2015by Gina 1 Comment

Today there were “green festivals” in both my town and the next town over, but I didn’t make either one. Too busy with Little League and working on my daughter’s […]

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Budget, Frugality, Gardening

This Girl Is on Fire

November 16, 2014by Gina Leave a comment

For once, I feel somewhat on top of my to-do list. A sampling… Cha-ching. That’s the sound my phone makes when something I’ve listed on eBay sells. I love that […]

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Baking, Budget, Cooking, Coupons, Food, Frugality, Gardening, the Compact

More to Explore

July 1, 2014by Gina Leave a comment

There has been a lot going on lately; in my head, at least, not so much in the actual physical world. Saturday night, in particular, when I was trying to […]

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Cooking, Food, Frugality, Green Living, Kids, the Compact

My Silent Partner

June 12, 2014by Gina 3 Comments

There is a aspect of my attempts to follow the Compact and be more of a nonconsumer that I haven’t talked too much about. Namely, my husband. I wanted to […]

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Frugality, Green Living, Houses, Philosophy, the Compact

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