10 Things Special Ed 2. :: Why I Heart Minibooks

Here are some reasons you should consider mini-booking, even if you wouldn’t classify yourself as a “scrapbooker.” (I don’t count myself as one!)
1. Paper goes farther. When I find a 12×12 sheet I love, I get so excited–I can buy less that goes more! I can get three 4×6 sheets or four?? 6×6 sheets or even [...]

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10 Things Special Ed. 1: Ways to Use a Mini

At a lost for how to exactly use a mini-scrapbook? Think the pages are too small to fiddle with? Wondering what can you do with one? Here is a list of ten ideas for minibooks:
1. Focus on a season, such as fall, winter, spring, and document happenin’s in your life at that time. Check out [...]

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10 Things Ed. 10: Fall + Winter Projects

1. Rust’s workbench in the garage {in process!}
2. Half-bath photo wall
3. DiY entry coat/purse hanger
4. Some sort of fun & funky chalkboard something in the kitchen {Either like this or this. What do you think? Actual chalkboard or decal?} 
5. Prune prune prune
6. Reorganize under-the-stairs closet, yikes! {dreading–it has become a deep pit, a labryinth, a blackhole [...]

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10 Things Ed. 9: Recipes for Fall

1. Italian Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf
2. Stacked Applesauce Cake
3. Autumn Chowder
4. Apple Raisin Bread
5. Homemade Mac & Cheese
6. Sweet Potato Stuffing OR Twice-baked Sweet Potatoes
7. Baked Apple Slices
8. Veggie Lasagna
9. Apple Pecan Sweet Potatoes
10. Apple Stuffing
(11!  Cinnamon Raisin Bread)
Pumpkins, apples, sweet potatoes, cinnamon, chowders, stews… I am looking forward to some fall cooking!
What fall-ish dishes are [...]

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10 Things Ed. 8: Summer Recipes I Still Want to Try

…Even though it’s almost fall! Where did summer go?
{I will post the recipes as I try to make them!}
1. Reggae Wraps
2. Mojo Grilled Chicken
3. Steak Sandwich Kabobs
4. Moroccan Chicken Kebobs
5. Summer Veggie Pasta
6. Summer Squash Casserole
7. Hawaiian Honey Burgers
8 . Tomato Tart
9.  Glazed Lemon Blossoms
10. Hawaiian Pizza Pasta
More summer recipes here.
Updated 9/27/2009 [...]

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10 Things Ed. 7: Lacy + Hobbies

In which I make fun of myself. And my hobbies. And our blog.
1. I love to read blogs! Apparently I discovered them as they are on the decline (according to some), but I don’t care. As silly as it may sound, I feel like I have grown so much as a person (for the better, [...]

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10 Things Ed. 6: Current favorite (free!) type fonts

 My ten current, favorite type fonts that happen to be free! If you’d like to download it yourself, just click the picture!
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10 Things Ed. 5: Cars

1. I am surprisingly drawn to Toyota FJ Cruisers… NOT like me at all.
2. My parents bought me my first car, a 1999 little black Toyota Corolla, right after I graduated high school. It has been driven to Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, and all over Tennessee.
3. One winter morning Rust ripped the door handle [...]

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10 Things Ed. 4: On Cooking

1. Rust had to teach me how to make grilled cheese sandwiches, rice, and scrambled eggs when we were first married. Can we say clueless?
2. In college, I made my mom a cheesecake for Mother’s Day… in a skillet, since I had no springform pan.

3. I am notorious for accidentally slicing my fingers while cooking. [...]

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10 Things Ed. 3: Curing a Case of the Blah’s

Not too long ago, I suffered from a case of the blah’s: I had no motivation and little energy; I couldn’t bring myself to do the things I wanted to do; and my days felt like one big sigh of discontentment. I needed to change things–and quick!! So I set out to find a cure [...]

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