Have a safe and Happy Halloween

We had a great time last night at our neighbours annual Halloween Bash , this is only the second time we have gone but it is a great time to let loose and have a good time , it is so fun to get dressed up , Todd was Jason from Friday the 13th , he got that mask on Ebay and I picked up the coat and waffle shirt at Value Village which is like Salvation Army , he used cooking oil to dirty up the shirt as well as some fake blood as well as making knife...

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A mudroom evolves {before and after photos}

Here is a good before and after diagram , you can click on the image to make it easier to view if you have a small monitor like me...I thought I should show you how our "mudroom" and I use the term loosely it is really our entry has evolved over the years , this is how it looked when I started this blog , the kids were small and the low hooks easily accommodated their size but they grew and so did the wall treatment to allow for longer coats and...

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Sort of Review of Iceland Airwaves 2010 Festival - Two New Blogs Soon

Change my nameThis is the last & final post on this blog. I was in Reykjavik one WE before Airwaves running around my 101 habitat to obtain some Pré-Airwaves feeling.Enjoyed some bands that I heard for the first time live: Two Tickets To Japan, Morning after Youth & Coral @ Rock Bar Dillon on Thursday 7. October Valdimar @ Sodoma on Friday 8. October BOB @ Faktory (working on their 2nd album) on Saturday 9. OctoberMy Review of Airwaves '10Pré-Airwaves...

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PANCAKES ALL DAY LONG / ELECTION DAY, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

The Ithaca Rotary Club's 37th Annual Rotary Pancake Day is November 2nd, 7am to 7pm Election Day. Pancake Day is one of our great annual events that makes Ithaca such a fabulous place to live! Held at the Women's Community Building,located on the corner of Cayuga and Seneca Streets in Ithaca, Pancake Day has become an Ithaca tradition where we gather to eat, make new friends and see old ones, speculate on election turnouts, and generally have a...

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Station Gallery Holiday House Tour 2010

I am happy to let you know you can now get your tickets for the Station Gallery Holiday House Tours check out the virtual ticket link here , I hope you can make it , I am looking so forward to touring all of these great homes.The proceeds of this tour fund wonder arts programs so not only will you have fun but you will be supporting a great cause...

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Hope you are all ready for Halloween

Its about time I dug up all the Halloween decor for the kids , what fun and it really gets us all in the mo...

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God said Go Up and Jonah Went Down.

Jonah 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. You know the story...

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Up date on Mckay Hochstetler log home building process in North Dakota

waiting for log siding Job site early morning start, pretty silhouetteFront view dormer openings not on yetGarage roof completed breezeway roof nextwalk out basement back of houseinterior beam roof system tongue and groove ceiling walk out basement first  floor walls stacked and framed   It is true that the recession is still felt by many in the building trades. However something is happening in North Dakota , where I am presently building...

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Menanti Pagi

Hi everyone!How're you all? Fine, eh?I hope so... :)Wanna post a poem right now...Sebuah Puisi berjudul: Menanti Pagi   Bulan sabit murung…Bintang gemintang bingung…Malam berlari menyeret janji …Menjejakkan syahdu, menyepi…Pohon, rumput dan ujungnya nan berkilau…Menari dalam hijau…Cinta putik nan tersembunyi…Mekar mengantar benang sari…Cahaya perak tersenyum berserakan…Di kaki langit nan kemerahan…Surya nan malu, berselimut…Rindu-rindu...

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Pillar no post

I got my pillar without a post , I didn't want this half wall to look like an after thought , what I came up with was creating the look of a pillar on the corner of the wall , it is exactly what I was looking for , a little more finishing and painting and a hook in my cubby and it will be all done . I'm loving it...

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putting up walls and hiding clutter

We use our front parlour or living room nightly and this is my view , looking at coats and shoes has made me wonder over the years should I build a wall a partition , with a post , without a post , well as I often do I just went for it I built us a wall , I even drywalled it , OK that is pretty simple stuff , but I did have to put it on my car roof to get it home , they cut a damaged sheet in half for me , made it much easier to move and it was...

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