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Find the Kitty Friday 1/22

Posted on Jan 22, 2010

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Not too hard for this January Friday. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been working my tail off (I got a new WAHM job) and am too tired to play hard….

I hope you guys come up with some good ones! Leave a comment and I’ll come visit.

The Mother of All Surge Protectors

Posted on Jan 21, 2010

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Wow. Surge protectors are getting pretty spiffy these days. I saw this monster on sale at Buy.com. It’s called the Monster Cable MP HTS850 Home Theater PowerCenter!

I have a few big surge protectors– but not enough and definitely not one as beefy as this baby. It’s a very smart thing to buy surge protectors for [...]

Kitchen Shelving To Replace Cabinets

Posted on Jan 21, 2010

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I’m not 100% sold on installing kitchen cabinets when we renovate this spring. They are so darned-tootin’ expensive. Even the least expensive I can find will cost me about $2000. That’s a good chunk of change, and I loathe to part with it. I like cabinets, but why are they so costly??
I’ve pretty much set [...]

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Tree Cutting FAILs

Posted on Jan 21, 2010

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Ouch ouch ouch! We saw these, and ooo they made us cringe! I’ve taken down a few trees in the past– hint: use ropes! VERY long ropes, people!

Well this guy used ropes… but he used them the WRONG way!

Oh, and if you have a nice car… why not move it FAR FAR away before you [...]

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Offbeat Design is Right!

Posted on Jan 19, 2010

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When I was young– back in the late 70s and early 80s– there was a craze for families to get “back to nature.” Not to be swinging from the trees, mind you, but to leave the dirty urban centers with their high taxes, crime, and chaos, and live free in the wilderness. We moved away [...]