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The Bookshelf

Yesterday, I started a project that I’ve been meaning to get around to for a while now. We’ve got this bookshelf that (I think) used to be my sister’s back in the day. I guess she wasn’t using it anymore because it went with me to Tuscaloosa when I lived in the dorm until Travis […]

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Curb Appeal: Before and After

As of Sunday afternoon at 4:35 PM, Travis and I finally finished our landscaping project!!!!! We are SO GLAD to be through. As with most all of our projects, this one turned into something bigger than we ever anticipated…both in how much money it cost and how much time we spent on it. I just […]

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The Great Outdoors

We are spending a lot more time outside than usual with our big landscaping project, and I’m really enjoying it. It’s nice to enjoy the sunshine and see all of the plants and trees blooming again. God really created a beautiful world! This past weekend was dedicating to outlining our flower beds, trees, and mailbox […]

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March "Madness" at the Grants’

I guess since it’s feeling like summer outside, it’s fitting that I’ve already gotten my first sunburn of the year. I just don’t think about needing to wear sunscreen in mid-March! But, we were outside all day on Saturday, and by the time I put sunscreen on, it was too late. I can’t even count […]

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Green thumb?

So, I’m really getting into this landscaping stuff! For the last 4 or 5 months, our flower beds have just been plain dirt. Really, plain red clay. Back in October, we pulled up the pitiful little shrubs that were already there. I don’t know how long they’d been there, but they definitely weren’t very big […]