Category Archives: House Proud

Shopping for a Good Cause

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Frog

Perhaps I’ve mentioned that I don’t like to shop. It’s true. It’s something I do because I have to eat or have clothes or sit on something. Today I went with two co-workers to a monthly sale that a local … Continue reading →

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Reuse

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Frog

A couple of years ago the better-half swapped out the pipes that feed our outdoor faucets so that water wouldn’t go through the water filter. Why filter water that we dump on plants? We had the leftover copper pipes hanging … Continue reading →

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Hypothetically and Dreamily

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Frog

How do you decide when to call someone on their bullshit? Especially when you know calling them on it won’t really make a difference in the bullshit? Also, one of our AC units fried itself yesterday (repaired in the same … Continue reading →

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I sat down on the banks of a river and began to wonder

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Frog

With apologies to Virginia Woolf, perhaps a shed of one’s own is nearly as good as a room. It just needs some ramps and then I will rock the garden shed!

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Finding Ways To Fill My Time

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Frog

People have been asking me if I’ve been enjoying my freedom from schoolwork and since I was already the Queen of Lazytown, it’s kind of hard to say Yes. But, it’s true that instead of spending my evenings and weekends … Continue reading →

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Bookcases

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Frog

As of today, we have bookcases in the room we’ve been calling the study since we moved in back in 2005. The room is one of the first ones you see when you walk through the front door so it … Continue reading →

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