My parents bought us this coffee table about five years ago, I think. Before then, we’d used Chip’s old wooden toy box as a placeholder for all of our various remotes. We dubbed the new table “the aircraft carrier”, because it was so much bigger than what we’d had before.
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I love Christmas just as much as any normal person, honestly I do. But I hate that it now has to start on the day after Thanksgiving, and I hate that we have to be busy every night between then and December 25th. It’s gotten completely ridiculous, hasn’t it? You realize not 60 years ago, people waited until Christmas Eve to put up their trees? What the hell happened?

It’s okay, you don’t have to answer that. I know. I work in advertising. But it doesn’t mean I have to like it.
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I just noticed how badly I mangled that title. Oh well. Just another indication of what lack of sleep will do! Ya’ll know I love Miss Mustard Seed’s milk paint. I’ve gotten a few of her new colors to try, but have been slow in catching up on things lately, with work and the holidays. But when I saw THIS dresser Marian painted in “Apron Strings”, I was smitten. Not just with the color, but with the dresser itself – I love Marian’s decorative painting, but have always been afraid to try it.
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So in the world of home décor, “smalls” include the decorative items that you place around your home to give it character, yes? According to the lady who owns the store where I am a vendor, they also do VERY WELL at Christmastime. I’ve been trying so hard to get caught up on all this junk I’ve accrued, but lately it feels like I just hit my stride at about 8pm on Sunday nights. Christmas will be over before you know it and I will have missed the whole thing, from a vendor’s standpoint.
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Have you ever wondered if there was a piece of crap out there that I wouldn’t take on? This “piece” will answer that question: apparently not.

My dad has the coolest friends. One of them saw this primitive cabinet at the Habitat Restore, with a FREE tag on it. It had been found in the back of a barn, with bottles of questionable liquor in it. And some fishing gear. This friend of dad’s knows I paint, so he loaded it up and brought it over to my parents’ house. What a guy!
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