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Farewell, Fish Tank.

You read right. Our beloved fish tank has moved on to greener pastures. Once a staple as the division between the kitchen area and the living area in our main room, we’ve opened up some space, gained some free time and found new homes for our beautiful Discus. I’ve been keeping tropical fish as long…

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More Homework

As you now know, our recent dive back into the academic field means that we’ve been re-acquainted with a demon from our past: homework. Even though I praised the day that we left it behind years ago, it turns out that putting a few extra hours in between classes each week hasn’t been so bad….

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Do You Touch Up?

During our recent shelf rehab, not only did we find ourselves knee deep in Ikea shopping bags and spackle, but we were also whipping out paint cans and touching up the ol’ anchor remnants with a mini roller and foam brushes. And while we were at it, we rolled every last bit of our minty…

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Fun With Slides

With the hubs and I back in school, not only have we been giving our brains a workout, but we’ve also gotten quite used to our professor’s favorite learning tool: the slideshow. And not only does a good teacher love the simplicity and ease of these pretty displays, but as it turns out, so do…

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Homework

Remember when we shared the news that we’re going back to school? Well, the hubs and I have been hittin’ the books ever since, so to speak. Not really the books, but maybe more like the graphing paper. Yup, we’ve been hittin’ the graphing paper. With our new architectural rulers in hand, we’ve been drawing…

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Flowers, For Me?

This past Friday afternoon, I came home from work exhausted, tired, and I’ll be the first to admit that I was downright cranky. I was in one heck of a mood (obviously not a good one), so imagine my surprise when I opened our front door and found this waiting for me: The super sweet…

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