Tag: daily life blog
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How to Keep Cut Flowers Fresh
Is there anything better than walking into your home to a vase of bright fresh-cut flowers? In the past I have not been a huge live flower person, but these spring temperatures and the country air are changing my tune. Nothing is worse than finding wilting petals only a day after picking and arranging your…
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Get to Know the Renovators
Grant was born on July 4th in Southern Indiana. He was the oldest of two boys and grew up on a farm. Here his mechanical mindset was allowed to roam free, taking apart tractors and reassembling them before he could hardly walk. He has always been a hard worker and helped his grandfather and dad…
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Repairing Mortar Joints on Exterior Brick Foundation
When the weather warmed last Spring, Grant and I decided to add some front landscaping to the Pillar House. First, though, our exterior brick foundation needed some major repair work. There were major cracks in some of the brickwork as well as missing mortar. After power washing the eastside of the foundation, we added new…
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A Coffee-Inspired Bridal Shower Gift Basket
This post is made possible by the delicious chai latte from Starbucks I’m drinking. I’m at the keyboard early this morning, having a little Me Time before heading to Indiana to celebrate the beautiful bride-to-be. It’s wedding season! I love Spring because it is the mark of hitching season. And there is absolutely nothing I…
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What’s Your Word for 2022?
Do you set New Year’s resolutions? I have not been a big fan of resolutions in the past simply because they seem to have a poor stigma surrounding them. Resolutions seem to have become the butt of jokes, a frustration for gym rats, and stress-inducers for those who set them. For awhile I aimed to…
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Farewell from Uncorking Peonies
Hello, my friends, It has been quite awhile since we’ve last spoken, has it not? That is in large part due to some exciting happenings within my household: G and I sold our first home and purchased our dream house in early-February. Our new house is quite the project and I have put most of…
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A Look At 2021
2020. What a year, amirite? G and I watched the mockumentary “Death to 2020” last night and I was rolling over the absurdity of what our world has become in only 365 days. 2020 was supposed to be everyone’s Year of all Years, as we all welcomed in a new year on January 1, 2020.…
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Fighting Isolation With My “Above Average” Tribe
Well hey there, friends. Long time no talk. I feel as if that is something I’m saying to a lot of people these days: Long time no talk. Life has been crazy busy. With my new work position, I am finding my days filled with work projects and new mental challenges with my training intake.…