Mihow

Year: 2013

  • The Powder Room! 99% DONE!

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    Behold! We are finished! (Well, almost. The plumber needs to come back and re-caulk the sink because I made him take it down because it wasn’t 100% level and I am insane. And of course, when he removed it, we found that the sink itself was cast that way. So I’m stuck with it. Also:…

  • Lollipop Special!

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    It’s the holidays which means I’ve been busting my ass making lollipops, fulfilling orders, making faces happy. It also means, I have a variety of extras! So every year I sell the remaining suckers at a discount. Today I’m offering 5 lollipops of my choosing for $5.00 (plus shipping). This offer ends Thursday, December 17th.…

  • Another Bathroom Update

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    It’s been a while since I wrote about our powder room renovation. I’m on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and so sometimes I forget what I’m sharing and where. Anyway, we’ve made some progress. We now have wainscoting, a new door, and the floor has been tiled in penny rounds. The carpenter is also making us…

  • Pink Socks and Coconut Spray

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    There was a time I ran ads on this site. Then the organization hosting said ads (and making a killing from it) kept rotating popup ads when I explicitly asked them not to. Well, it continued, so I told them I was done making them a ton of money when I got so little out…

  • Toby’s Birthday Cake

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    Toby turned 36 yesterday. I asked him what type of cake he wanted and his only requests were: chocolate and that the boys decorate it. This wasn’t nearly as difficult for me to agree to as one might image. Y’all know how much I love decorating cakes! But not this time. This time, I sat…

  • The Everyday Horrors of Parenting.

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    Elliot started school last week. He’s having a tough time adjusting, so we are taking it slow. The kid has been attached to me since the moment he was born. So I knew it would be a difficult transition for him. But since the new baby will take up a lot of my time come…

  • We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat.

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    We current drive a RAV4, which I love. However, Toby and I realized recently that come March it likely won’t fit all five of us. We don’t have a lot of money thanks to the moneypit of a house we purchased, but we need a bigger car. And so, fine, Internet people, if you currently…

  • The Powder Room: A Gut Job

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    Last week, we began with our first, big cosmetic project by gutting the powder room. You may remember it, if not, here’s a brief, visual refresher: You can read a bit more about the original bathroom here. Well, it’s been gutted. They tore out the wavy plaster. They tore out the four or so layers…

  • Roof Rot and Other Stuff.

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    We had a new roof put on last week. And it’s amazing. It makes the house look lighter and happier, which I didn’t think was possible. But the house looks better than it did before when it sat rotting from the inside out, covered in green moss and mold. Here’s a picture of our new…

  • Refinishing A Clawfoot Tub.

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    I wrote briefly in the previous update about the top floor bathroom and how the tub was left to rust and rot. We knew when we purchased the home that there was a leak leading from it into the boys’ bedroom below. But we didn’t know how bad it was until we opened the ceiling.…