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Marching Back to School!

March 12, 2021by Gina Leave a comment

It’s Sunday night, the last day of February. I’m reclined in the recliner, watching Searching for Italy with Stanley Tucci. My feet hurt. The kitchen is full of dirty dishes, […]

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Baking, Budget, Cooking, Food, Frugality, Gardening, Kids

A Week in the Life

February 5, 2021by Gina Leave a comment

The weekend of 1/23 was great for GSD! I had a somewhat short, thoughtful, targeted list of things to do and got it nearly all done. Saturday, I took F […]

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Baking, Budget, Cooking, Food, Frugality, Gardening, Kids

January

January 23, 2021by Gina Leave a comment

I just started using Microsoft OneNote at work, which is like a virtual notebook, with “tabs” and “pages.” And you can have multiple notebooks. Pretty cool. I wonder if I […]

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Baking, Budget, Cooking, Food, Frugality, Gardening, Holiday, Kids

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

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