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I started this blog when my husband was getting his PhD. It was my "outlet" during his long hours away from home and helped out financially. BlogHer is a dream to work with~they have taken care of all of the advertising, I just have to write the posts. By visiting this blog, y'all have helped pay for the "extra" things like piano lessons and sports for my kids that we didn't think we'd be able to afford while in school. I can't thank you enough for that.

I came across this real estate listing last week and the address caught my eye:

320 Sycamore
Bradbury, California

It's a custom built English manor in California, only 6.5 million, thought one of you might be interested :) It's always fun to look...

It's a little out of our price range, and on the opposite side of the U.S, but what would I pay for that address...
have a great weekend!

Oldie but Goodie: first posted 1/2009
I love filling out a brand new, clean calendar for the new year. I always wonder what will fill the pages and what I will see the next January when I review it. Isn't it amazing what can happen in one year??

Here's a little hint though: it can save you a lot of money. How?

A cover up

Dollar Store Glass Hurricanes

Our headboard was a particle board oak yard sale find that I had sanded and painted black to match our Target furniture.

Here is our master bedroom when we first moved in to our Texas home:

Doesn't it look "master"? ;)

You may see cast offs like these in the post holiday sales for pennies because they look like this:

In many instances, a little red touchup will do wonders: