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LCD Inverter Board Replacement

Amber’s laptop stopped working; I figure it the inverter board is the problem.  A very helpful pictorial tutorial showed me where all the screws were located.  After searching for a replacement, I wound up buying the part from e-bay, for $1.98 (plus … Continue reading

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Box Project Completed

I finished up my box project today, finally. It took a lot longer than I thought it would, mainly because of the amount of time I spent putting the clear finish on the boxes. I built 10 boxes total, all … Continue reading

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Mason Jar Box Design – Version 2

Digging through box after box of unorganized mason jars last night to find the ones I needed was enough motivation for me to decide to move forward with my little box-building project. I thought of a better way to make … Continue reading

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Strawberry Jam

Sprouts is selling strawberries for $0.97/pound right now. This is what $6 of strawberries + $5 of sugar + $3 of pectin, and several hours of my time yielded tonight. 12 half-pint jars and 3 3/4-pint jars. It took me … Continue reading

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All Screws in Order

Most of my weekend was spent cleaning out the garage.  We can probably park Amber’s car in there again now.  I did a lot of organizing this time, which is time consuming and somewhat stressful for me.  Going through everything … Continue reading

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A Few More Painting Pictures

Amber snapped some more pictures of the dining room after we were all done. We are so proud of our work I felt the need to show ’em off here.

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New Paint on the Walls

Ever since we moved into this house eight years ago, we’ve been saying we want to repaint the walls a different color. Everything was an eggshell color, which was OK, but pretty boring. Today was the day we broke from … Continue reading

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Mason Jar Case Project

Dave suggested that cases would be a good way to store mason jars full of food.  At first I thought this was unnecessary, but the more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea.  If all your jars won’t … Continue reading

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No More Chicken Wire

When I created the bed next to our patio last year, I didn’t want to spend much money on a fence to keep the dogs out, so I just created a quick fence out of some t-posts and chicken wire. … Continue reading

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Controversial Hole In The Deck

I’ve been racking my brain after I ordered some kiwi vines because I didn’t know where to plant them.  They need a strong trellis to grow on and they need full sun.  I thought a good solution was to create some sort … Continue reading

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