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good god, it’s nice to be sitting in a clean, fairly organized house right now (and to be well after a four-day, new-years-eve interrupting head cold from hell).

we hauled off at least ten bags to goodwill right before the new year and good riddance! i even have a big hole in my office right now, perhaps, for a craft table of sorts (and for puzzles and legos and shipping coffee!). or perhaps for simply practicing some pirouettes.

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i’m historically bad at ever getting around to making holiday crafts — for the house or with the kids. but already this year, i have assisted in the making of bats for our front porch AND these cut-out jack o’lanterns in the boys’ window. i am so proud of myself.

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mini kitchen makeover still underway. most the white is done, save a few cupboard doors and the baseboards. painted my mom’s old drop-leaf table teal green. dad put glass in the doors of the two cupboards where we stack our white dishes, and we painted the backdrop and the kid’s (and my) little step stool the same teal green. still have to paint the pantry/laundry room and get the floors steam cleaned.

ed wants to get ikea shelves for this wall and put his coffee wares (and my tea wares) on it. i want to frame this vintage floral placemat i’ve been holding onto for years in one of the old frames my mom found in aunt ede’s attic. it’s been down in our basement. i got a cute retro-looking faux wood radio for $15 off ebay. it’s not here yet.

we unloaded at least six bags of kitchen crap from our cupboards. unfortunately that’s enough to *almost* warrant a garage sale over a donation. we’ll see…

playing house is fun. maybe that’s why we’re drawing this out so long.

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