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Free Magazine Subscription

Posted on29. Apr, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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HOME magazine by Mercury magazines is being offered for free to eligible participants. I entered. I don’t know yet if I qualify to get one. According to the form I saw, you have to enter in your information, including address and email. I use my “spam” email address (just in case). I also refused my [...]

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I’m At It Again!

Posted on29. Apr, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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Well, I switched themes again! I have never been completely satisfied with the previous ones. They all had bugs or color schemes I didn’t like, etc. Plus, I’m always moving the furniture around the house, and I guess my blogs are no different. I do want to keep this blog colorful (my New [...]

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My Buried Treasure

Posted on27. Apr, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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Several weeks ago, I drove to my local library and saw a beat-up old minivan in the parking lot. It was very beat-up; most of the frame had been rusted through at the bottom. Paint was peeling from the doors, and all the paint was completely gone from the hood, exposing the raw ugly metal [...]

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The Big Clean

Posted on27. Apr, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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Spring is here! And so is spring cleaning. Thank God the kids are older now, so they can help me. I’ve relegated all the big jobs to them (organizing the disaster that is our garage, and all the vacuuming). Our little bitty 7amp vacuum died a few weeks ago. I got [...]

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Down in the Dumps

Posted on26. Apr, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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I’m having “one of those days.” I’ve been doing the math, and I’m feeling devastated now! It looks like I probably won’t be getting my kitchen done this year. For six months, I’d been building a small savings as a down payment for a home equity loan. I’ve been blogging for various pay-to-blog companies, saving [...]