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Kim and Kris are Together Again! Let’s Celebrate
Kim and Kris are together again. The truth is, they never really broke up. Kim Moldofsky and Kris Cain are hosting a Chicago Blogger Holiday Bash with Craftsman this Saturday night. It all started when...
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Make Magazine, FTW!
I’m guessing the folks at O’reilly media didn’t know about the video below when they offered me a review issue of Make Magazine. We’ve been fans of Make since my friend Beth Blecherman of TechMamas...
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Serve Up The Valentine’s Day Love
Unpacking isn’t a complete drag. Because our so many of our possessions were boxed away for so long, opening them all is like an extended Christmas. Which I guess would be Chanukah. But since it’s...
View ArticleHow to Make Oobleck
As I showed off the master bedroom (more to come this week!), I noted that my husband said sleeping on our comfy new Serta mattress set was like “sleeping on oobleck.” That may have left some of you...
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The Five People I Didn’t Meet at the Blissdom Conference
Not house bloggers, but fabulous women, nonetheless. Carol Schiller (L) and Stephanie Schwab (R) I had a wonderful time at the Blissdom conference seeing old friends, making new ones and getting to...
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Making Schmaltz: Getting Ready for Our First Seder
It’s hard to believe I made it into my 40s without hosting a Passover Seder, but it’s true. Sometimes it’s good to live near so many family members. Also, our previous house couldn’t handle a crowd of...
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More Passover Prep. Or, How Not to Make Horseradish
There's a brisket under all those mushrooms and onions. The Passover Prep continues. One brisket, dozens of hard boiled eggs, 8 roasted beets, 120 turkey meatballs and a giant bowl of quinoa later, I’m...
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I Got Carried Away in the Shower
Our Passover Seder was wonderful and now it’s time to get back to business–the business of renovation that is. We’ve got two bathrooms, the classic pink 1950s one and the kids’ one, that need more than...
View ArticleGarage Sale, Day 1
Today is the first day of our garage sale, so I’m keeping it simple on the blog. Earlier this week, the boys and I conjured up a great bit of summer fun with duct tape, a contractor trash bag and...
View ArticleBathroom Progress (or Not)
The bathrooms we started gutting back in early April are still gutted. Granted, every bit of piping including the main stack has been replaced. Out with the cast iron and galvanized steel and in with...
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