So, way back in November when we hosted the Des Moines Rehabber’s Club’s inaugural meeting, I met a guy named Todd who blew my mind with his crazy talk about how I could strip stubborn layers of caked on, baked on paint that has covered all the metal fixtures in my house for aeons.  His suggestion included […]

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It’s Christmastime! I decorated Our New Old House with lots of lights so Santa will be sure and find our house. I do worry how he’ll get through the glass door on the front of our wood burning stove fireplace though. Must remember to leave the latch undone when I go to […]

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Today, this gross and smelly kitchen becomes Kitchen Stadium! But on this version of Iron Chef, we do not have a theme ingredient. We have a theme power tool! Witness the stunning culinary prowess as our Iron Chefs create a traditional American comfort food using only a Pro-Line Heat Gun!!! (It’s Iron Chef meets […]

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My uncle Mike has his very own forest and he has generously shared some pieces of his forest with me!  Now, normally I’d generously share a photo of the pieces of forest with you, but today we had an ice storm and color me indifferent, but I’m just not going back out there.  If this […]

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Oh yes, my friends, there is more wallpaper. In fact, I probably haven’t gotten through half the wallpaper in this house yet.
(Consider this fair warning: I am cranky at the time of writing this. I worked overtime at my day job yesterday. Then I battled my way in to work this morning […]

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