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Before Thanksgiving dinner I took this picture of my boys. I thought it would be a perfect Valentine picture of my baby with his little red bow tie. So I turned to Picnik.  As you may have heard, they are closing in April.  I can't tell you how angry I am about the news.  It is the most user friendly photo editing site I've found and they will be no more.  For the next 2 1/2 months it's still around though.  Out of the several pictures I took I just couldn't get all three boys to look at the

Valentine's Day is right around the corner and this year my boys and I have gotten an early start on handouts for school. Here's what my oldest and I made for his friends. The idea of melting down crayons has been floating around the internet so we decided to give it a try.  We made some heart crayons, adhered them to some printed cut out paper, then packaged them in little celephane bags with some polka dot printed tape (from Michael's) to close them up. To really personalize them we

Today I had the opportunity to share some handmade Valentine's day projects "on air".   I'll share them with you on Monday. In the meantime, I'll be over at the house painting all weekend until I'm higher than a kite.

Renovation goes something like this...1. Take a perfectly good room, rip down everything (trim, base, walls, windows, doors, etc.).2. Fret that you may have overshot your budget AFTER you've already demo'd everything and the house is a disaster.3. Stay up at night worrying.4. Spontaneously break out with acne like your going through puberty.5. Take forever putting the room back together piece by piece.Here's the master bedroom when we first looked at the house back in March 2011. Renters were

We've given ourselves a 45 day deadline to complete the house. It's crunch time. The home remodeling process has been a definite education. We decided to hire out our own subs-contractors. In so doing, we made a lot of mistakes along the way. Mistakes that cost a lot of time and money. I'm not totally regretful.  The education has been priceless (although I'm afraid the gray hair I've grown is permanent). Here's a few tips worth sharing. 1. Ask around. Inquire with your friends, family