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Rim to River 100
You’re about to read a race recap as long as the race itself. TLDR: I ran 100 miles, barely. I fell three times, fought horrific ankle pain for 20-30 miles, and had a terribly amazing time. My finish time: 31:53:13. Race cutoff time: 32:00:00. Of course, I slept poorly the night before the race –…
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One Room Challenge Week 8
Reveal Week! Wow, wow, wow! I can’t believe it’s the end of our very first (and hopefully not last) One Room Challenge! I’m so glad we decided to go for it because I personally need the accountability to stay on task. And the challenge allowed me to connect with so many other supportive folks also…
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One Room Challenge: Week 7
Well, this week seems very anticlimactic after last week’s wallpaper reveal but that’s just the way these things go. If you saw my post last week then you know I admitted I chose the wrong paint color for the room. It was reading very purple and just didn’t have the “feel” I wanted it to.…
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Spring One Room Challenge: Week 6
Outside of the actual build weeks, this week feels HUGE to me. I finished painting the built ins, wallpaper, and we got the overhead light installed! Well, the wallpaper technically took me past the “week” mark on Wednesday, but we’re not gonna get caught up in the details, ok? I really wanted to be able…
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Race Recap: Falling Water 100k
Race date: April 29, 2023 I think that to really capture how thrilled I am to have finished this race intact, you really have to understand the struggles during this training cycle. Back in December 2022, when things were going great, I wore a pair of heeled boots for Christmas Eve and they jacked up…
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Spring One Room Challenge: Week 5
A Paint Surprise! While I was away at a race, playing in the woods for hours on end, Husband painted the office! We decided to do a full color wash with the exception of the bookcases. We thought the paint sprayer would be the way to go despite how long the prep work takes. Husband…
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Spring One Room Challenge: Week 4
Week 3 Recap When I originally started thinking of design for this room, I loved the idea of a floating credenza with doors – something to hide the “stuff” but not clutter up the floor (plus, it’s easy to clean under there). In my mind, the easiest thing was to get some of the popular…
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Spring 2023 One Room Challenge: Week 3
Week 2 Recap Am I the only one who gets confused by the week numbering system? Like, this is technically Week 3 but we’ve only been working on this for two weeks. Anyway, let’s get to work. It doesn’t look like we got very much done but let me explain a bit more about it.…
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One Room Challenge: Week Two
Week One Recap First, no photos on this post and I’m trying not to be grumpy about it. For some reason, even though my iphotos are synced on the cloud they’re not showing up as available to my MacBook – I’m marginal at this tech stuff and rather than scream in frustration about the photos,…
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One Room Challenge(R) Spring 2023
Week One Bookcases from @mygrandparentschair Intro If you’re not familiar with the #oneroomchallenge, let me fill you in. It’s a community of folks who meet up online twice per year (Spring and Fall) for a fun, inspiring 8 week challenge to redesign a room. There’s really no “winner” because at the end we’ve all been…
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Mother’s Day Gift Guide
This is my first gift guide – I hope you find inspiration here. I either have these items (1-4, 8, 10) or they’re on my own wish list (5, 6, 9). It’s nice to get self-care, feel-good items for Mother’s Day. A quick note that none of these are affiliate links BUT the two Beautycounter…
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Guest Bathroom Floor
April 25, 2022 **This post contains some affiliate links. Shopping these links allows me to earn a few dollars to pay for my materials but doesn’t cost you a thing! And I so appreciate it!** I recently undertook a project that I was grossly unprepared for. You’d think that with the inter webs being as…
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Dining Table Roundup
March 22, 2022 I’m calling this a roundup but really, it’s kind of a wish list. I grew up in a family with a modest income. As an adult, I now understand some of the sacrifices my parents made so that we didn’t feel it very much. But even still, we definitely did not do…
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My Two Asses (bear with me)
I have to admit, it was pretty tricky to install the light with one person – it was a very delicate balancing act but, with the exception of needing my 12 year old to hand me two screws, I was good. I did it!
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“Chutch” Upcycle
March 18, 2022 What is a chutch you ask? It’s a word Husband and I made up to describe this piece – a changing table-turned-cabinet/hutch. Many moons ago, Husband and his dad built a changing table together. It was strong and sturdy and my FIL customized it for what I wanted – for me that…
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Finding a Purpose for a Weird Niche
March 17, 2022 Our home has these weird niches that are all framed in, have fancy plinths, and recessed lights. They’d be great for displaying sculptures or something. But I don’t have those. I’m not that cool, hip, or artsy. I also hate buying stuff just to fill space, it needs to have a function…
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Dry Bar (part one) Makeover
February 21, 2022 Our current house is a bit larger than our previous house and has several features we didn’t have before. One of these features is a Dry Bar, or Butler’s Pantry. Really? A butler’s pantry?? First, it’s in the dining room; second, we are not “butler” people and we certainly don’t live in…
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An Entry Bench with Scrap Wood
We have a very small ‘mudroom’ entry from our garage into our home and this was the perfect place to put a small entry bench. I didn’t want to spend a ton of money and I wanted it to be fairly simple. And we just happened to have some leftover wood from building the desk…
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The couch I regret buying and some I’m eyeing
Our prior couch, our first ever couch purchase, lasted us 14 years. It was amazing but we wanted something a little different. Almost four years ago, we bought a Paxton sofa and two Paxton side chairs from Arhaus. They were gorgeous, and so spendy! In 2018 (excluding delivery and sales tax), we spent about $5000…
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Found Vase DIY
I love the look of those big gorgeous textural vases but can’t handle the price tags on most of them.
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