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Author Archives: moablynette
Black-Eyed Peas for New Year’s Day
Since someone asked (Marsha – that would be you) – here’s the recipe for the Black-Eyed Peas I make for New Year’s Day… Chicken Smothered with Black-Eyed Peas Makes 4-6 main dish servings Seasoning Mix: 1 Tbsp. salt 1-1/2 tsp … Continue reading
Dressing Up the Great Outdoors
I’ve had a little stash of six old rhinestone shoe clips left over from my mom and my grandma from back in the 1950’s — this used to be a thing (and I guess it’s back for weddings and such) … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Home Sweet Home
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It’s Still Junk But …
I’ve developed a love for “junking”. When I was a kid we used to call this “antiquing” – but let’s face it – very little in those shops is antique!! When I see stuff for sale in an “antique” shop … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Home Sweet Home, Things that make me happy
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Shade Additions
You may remember me telling you about my new ramada… and sharing the picture of the lace table cloth version of shade… (Ref: https://moablynette.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/shade-version-1-0/ ) I’ve made a couple more “roofs” for the PVC framework – one out of old … Continue reading
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Finally Found My Headboard
Liz and I went junking again yesterday — attended the “Three Speckled Hens” junk/antique show at the Paso Robles fairgrounds. It was fun, and in spite of telling her I’d never make her haul grubby furniture in the back of … Continue reading
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Shade – version 1.0
I’ve built my own little ramada – an outdoor reading room – on the upper deck above my flower garden. It’s a PVC (“Furniture Grade” PVC – are you impressed??) – framework on which I intend to hang all sorts … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Home Sweet Home
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Oh Puh-Leeze….
I never thought I’d find a reason to come to the defense of Fifty Shades of Grey. It’s crap writing. It’s a direct fan-fic rip-off of Twilight (which is crap writing already, but a hell of a lot more original … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture - my shameless downfall, Rants
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Say it isn’t so!
Ever since I found out this week that Jon Stewart is leaving the Daily Show I’ve been trying to figure out how I feel about that. I’m completely, selfishly bummed… Jon Stewart is the reason I pay for television programming! … Continue reading
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Overall – Thumbs Up
The home improvement front today yielded mixed results. I thought I was off to a bad start this morning when I almost super-glued my fingers together trying to fix a little doo-dad that should have been easy… I’ll be picking … Continue reading
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Shiny Blingy Things
I love crystals. I’ve always loved crystals. I think probably clear back to the movie Pollyanna, then realizing that my grandmother had the same lamps with crystals on her sideboard. I love the rainbows on the walls from the morning … Continue reading
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