Build your dream home
I am planning to buy a new house and only then I realized how tough a job it is as it involves a lot of careful planning ... from. I have always craved for having Contemporary house plans. I bumped into houseplansandmore.com website where I found almost all types of house plans like Bungalow House plans, English Cottage plans [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 04:50:45
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Habits and Hypocrisy
Throughout childhood, I read a chapter of the Bible every night. My good habit was challenged in high school ... teaches her ten-year-old son and two little girls at home. She has prepared lesson plans, enjoyed ... a cottage beneath the mountains where we would enjoy sunsets and thunderstorms. I didn’t realize how many [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 05:00:00
Woodbury: Copper Ridge
Family-friendly living awaits you at beautiful Copper Ridge, where single-family homes are quietly tucked away on wooded lots with mature trees ... family.Copper Ridge-one of Pulte Homes’ newest neighborhoods, offers open floor plans ranging ... Cottage Grove Drive, and just a few blocks south of Valley Creek Road, Copper Ridge is home to limitless [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 20:31:54
5 Things I’d Like to See Change…
♫ Looking forward, All that I can see, Is good things happening to you and to me…♫ Words and Music by Neil Young, recorded by Crosby, Stills, ... find ourselves. While we have voice and data plans at home, most of us also need access to data ... the equivalent for data - whether you are at home, at the cottage or hotel or in a business meeting [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 20:00:17
recycling a tiny house
My cousin, Noah, built himself a tiny house. It’s adorable and perfect for him. Let me tell you what happened to it ... Tiny Houses that has pictures and plans for houses like Jefferson’s Cottage, Henry Thoreau’s Cabin ... and satisfied with one’s home. It only takes the right amount of beautiful space to do the trick [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 16:35:26
The Restorers Library " Pallisers New Cottage Homes 1887"
From Time to time I like to recommend reference books that may be of interest to Old House restorers, Palliser's New Cottage Homes 1887 is a reproduction of the rare catalog that originally was published in 1887. It includes 1,500 detailed drawings of floor plans, elevations, perspective views [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 17:50:00
Small House Construction, Design, and Renovation Blogs
Small House Society > Resources Summary. Below are personal blogs and online journals of people working on constructing, renovating, ... . Through sharing stories, photos, videos, floor plans, and other details about the process, others ... on the Victorias cottage but it’s been changed a lot. I’ll try to get a plan up soon.” The Jewel Box Home [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 00:50:07
Florida Bed and Breakfasts - Without Breaking the Budget
by Jane Leisteiner Your New Year’s resolution to save money shouldn’t come at the expense of your travel plans ... . Francis Inn. The beach and other local attractions are a short ride away. Amenities include a full ... for home-cooked meals. The Cottage suite is perfect for sharing the cost of a room with friends. Free [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 16:27:19
...Get Set...
The Kalamath (The Plaque)Okay...so it's been about a month since I told you all about my intention to whip my place into shape ... the Cape Cod tradition of naming homes, I dubbed my new condo-cottage: The Kalamath. And then my best ... . Well, here at DB, that's how we roll...slowly.My plans are still on the forefront (despite [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 04:59:00
My Workout Routine and More…
pc060006 I just thought I would do a run down of my weekly workouts and meal plans, ... home to do intervals on the treadmill. That evening I do boot camp with my boot camp members ... , like this morning I had cottage cheese, plain yogurt [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 15:35:56
links for 2008-12-03
Eco-conscious Benedictine Nuns look forward to the eco-friendly monastery - Greenlaunches ... . North Bend home plans streaming in - Snoqualmie Valley Record North Bend's recently lifted growth restriction is opening up new development. First u: Three residential communities with "cottage [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 07:01:14
3 Tips in Landscaping your Garden
Landscaping is usually a fairly big task, consuming much time and energy ... you hundreds of dollars when you may be able to access free plans on the internet or at a nursery ... costly mistakes. 3. The style of your home must be taken into account. If you have a rural cottage [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 07:55:43
Hernando Humane Society announces fundraising campaign
BROOKSVILLE — The Humane Society of the Nature Coast has announced plans to raise up to $750,000 to expand its shelter south of Brooksville ... is greater than ever due to loss of jobs, and the number of (home) foreclosures is staggering,” said ... maintenance animal.” The cageless environment in the Humane Society’s cat cottage, which opened [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 18:29:41
My Christmas-Movie Screenplay Plans
I've almost convinced Andy to write a Christmas-movie screenplay with me ... for the season. A cottage industry/family business in danger of being put out of business by big-box ... elf. Cranky elf. Naive elf. One nice elf. A character who returns home to find that things [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 18:22:05
Travel Plans
Yes, I've already spilled the beans in my last post. We're all going up to Donegal next Saturday ... up in the cottage we've booked (so no posts from me for a week unless I get round to preparing ... the weather won't be much to write home about this time round I expect. But we booked a house with sea view [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 17:42:00
Back To Basics Challenge
I'm sorry I will have to do a short post, it is very hot inside today.Sowing seed or PlantingI saw two punnets of six French lavender plants ... garden plan, working out storage plans or more long term goals and projects like plans for digging root ... , managing stores, preserving, building that home made cob or solar oven, adding house insulation, saving [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 10:27:00
feet's adventures in oz pt 1
Jan. 13 Finally found WiFi (free!) at Mickey D's of all places.... The flight from houston to LAX is fairly awful ... in his car stopping at a friend’s beach house where we meet up with a couple mates - let's call them Dan ... some more. Cook’s cottage. More gardens. Another beer... Back to Rob’s for a little telly and my first [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 08:42:20
Reinventing America
America faces serious challenges to maintain its storied status quo. Hurdles include a sinking economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rising cost of education, global warming, a crumbling infrastructure and American workers with uncertain futures. Trendwatchers are more acutely aware of these issues than most, but they’re also more hopeful [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 09:40:59
On the Web Things Last Forever
Well, here we are un- expectedly in Florida with only winter clothes. As long as I crank up the air conditioning in the car, I am fine ... there but an empty storefront there. Just Stitchin' -- Across America thinks that Cross Stitch Cottage ... disrupted my in-laws' plans. Christmas is my dearest mother-in-law's favorite day. She hadn't seen [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 23:34:00
DrumBeat: November 16, 2008
Global climate changes could lead to violence: Experts say it will accelerate the race for food, water KANSAS CITY, MO. — A warmer planet could find itself more often at war. The Earth's fast-changing climate has a range of serious thinkers — from military brass to geographers to diplomats — predicting a spate of armed conflicts driven by the [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 13:20:33
End-of-December Daybook
Outside my window. . . the sun is shining on green grass and bare-naked trees I am thinking. . ... . . . just this Daybook entry, nothing extravagant but a piece of me and my cottage I love to share I am going. . . are you kidding?! I'm very glad to be home today I am reading. . . Knit Together: Discover God's [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 19:06:10
At thirty thousand feet
Today has been one of those unintentionally awesome days. See, we’ve got Weather today. Capital W ... d had plans to hit my work stuff pretty hard in the morning, then skeedaddle off into town to give myself ... the house….Mother Nature decides to spring Teh Evil on us. Thanks. Thanks for that, Ma [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 07:28:29
CPSIA, Books, Businesses, and Why Lead Paint...
Publisher's Weekly is concerned about the impact this bill will have on the publishing industry- pass that link on to those of your friends who would like to dismiss concerns as uninformed hysteria (the uninformed part is particularly rich, given the position of ignorance from which these people are themselves arguing) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 21:30:00
Smells Like Holiday Spirit
Hello my friends and happy new year! My apologies for the rather lengthy holiday sabbatical ... in Santa Monica - in a manner of speaking. Our plans to drive north to Portland for Christmas ... photos of their snowbound home that finally convinced us a quiet holiday at home was preferential [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 06:04:05
Fast Food At Home
By Nicole Dean Families need to eat and the hungry mouths never stop asking "what's for dinner"? ... them out on a platter with some ranch style dressing. I've seen the most dedicated vegetable-hater ... of noodles at the ready. When dinner plans are unsure, noodles will be there to pull off a family [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:50:36
The Simple Woman's Daybook~December 22nd
~ Please stop by Peggy's for all the Daybook links this week. ~***Outside My Window ... it is a snowy, winter wonderland ... : A Corgi Cottage Christmas. I love Tasha's slow rhythm that she embraced at this time of year with handmade gifts and much baking.***I am thankful ... that my family is healthy, we have a lovely home [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 14:05:00
Quirky Celebrations are the Best
At the close of a particularly nutty year, we were privileged to ring in 2009 with my dearest friend and her family ... came home from work feeling very sick. By the time the Carter clan arrived, he had taken powerful medicine and collapsed in our bed with the flu. That kinda nixed our plans to play games, since [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 16:02:00
He's Baaaa-aaaaack! And then Gone Again, just like that.
My delicious Daddy-007 finally got back last night from England! Hooray!!! I can finally turn down the electric blanket! I was planning on having a lasagna for dinner and giving him a big home-cooked meal with all his favorite people (the Furious Five, back together!) but my plans got derailed when I didn't have any [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 11:42:00
Mississippi Mud
On Saturday, January 3rd I boarded a plane headed for New Orleans. We touched down a few hours later, and made the hour-long drive to a little town forgotten by the world: Pearlington, Mississippi. Having spent some time in the Gulf region last year, I wasn’t sure what to expect three years out from Katrina [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 20:35:47
Need a new gig? Here is what NOT to do
Alright, so this is pilfered (we should thank Bayou reader, Terry). Still, with word that the recession has finally hit Texas, dusting off the old resume might not be a bad idea. Think of this list as a public service.Plus, we just heard about a new "dream job" in Australia as an island caretaker [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 19:20:00
Pet News - Pet Advice - Pet Photos
When Owners Bark or Biteby Joe Schoenman - Las Vegas SunLied Animal Shelter’s intensifying struggle with visitors who lose their coolEmotions have always run high at Lied Animal Shelter, but outbursts and violence from angry pet owners there have gotten so bad that the shelter is planning to remodel its lobby to protect workers from the public [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 12:10:00
Homes Under $300,000 in Key West
People ask me all the time if there are still homes in Key West for sale for under $300,000. A few years ago, the answer would have been "NO WAY" ... opportunity to purchase a spacious midtown home on a 5000 square foot lot in nice neighborhood. Good solid home with nice floor plan, tile floors throughout, off street covered parking and big back yard [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 23:45:45
All About Spelling
As a member of the TOS Homeschool Crew, I have been given the wonderful opportunity to review many homeschool products over the next several months ... of homeschool (including two years of preschool for my oldest), our children went to a cottage school for homeschooled children. They attended school there two days a week and I taught them at home [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 18:21:00
Women In Business: Interview With Sadie Hartmann
Sadie Hartmann is the remarkable woman who created the web's most up and coming Indie shopping experience, Lollishops ... with like minded artisans. As our network grew, so did my interest in trying to find a new home for my art ... "Cottage Style". I recently wrote a post on the official LolliShops blog defining Cottage Style.C [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:25:00
Without a Guide
Despite his alcoholism, my father was a brilliant man. He was in the Army Intelligence, so he had to be smart. It was that part of him I patiently waited to come out day after day. Walking home from the school bus, I used to wonder, What I am I coming home to today?He wasn’t abusive, it’s not that. He did [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 03:05:54
Laguna’s ‘oldest home’ a $3.8 million bet
154 Pearl St. slide show Chester Alan Arthur, the nation’s 21st president, was in the White House when a small cottage sprang up at 154 Pearl St. in Laguna Beach, built in 1883 with driftwood floated in from boats and shipwrecks. Cuba ... board-and-batten residence less than a block from the beach. The new owners, who plan to renovate [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 11:44:02
No Laundry Room
Img_0810_medium Our last home had an indoor laundry room that we had recently remodeled before the house went up for sale ... , and, of course, some whimsical touches. Daisy Cottage does NOT have a laundry room. The washer ... that I was going to be unhappy with the layout and I told my husband about my grand plans for enclosing [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 13:26:18
Carl Drega, Part II
I wrote this some years ago, 11 September 2002, on the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and e-mailed it to myself. It has to do with another terrorist attack. Not the one on New York and Washington; an attack on another town. The events I'm talking about took place on 19 August 1997. Later I posted the letter in our newsgroup over at sff [more...]
Date: 2008-08-19 20:24:51
Why decorating?
This is an antique German armoire we bought at Carl Moore Antiques in Houston many years ago ... by her regularly.Next, we built our home in Virginia. I poured over hundreds if not thousands of house plans ... . We used to keep a television in it but now it is home to many of my old decorating magaizines [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 15:16:00
Restarting America
While America has a lot to be thankful for, the nation faces serious challenges to maintain its storied status quo. The hurdles are many: a sinking economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rising cost of education, global warming, a crumbling infrastructure, and the very future of the American worker [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 09:40:59
A New Year and A New Change
Hello to everyone out there. By now, I am all hoping you have gotten my letter we sent out last week ... a good time to look ahead and make plans for the months to come. Over the past several weeks ... that will involve several steps:1. On March 1st Blue Apple Studios will be vacating cottage #15 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 00:01:00
All technology predictions for 2009, and beyond
ICT A.J. Kohn, 2009 Internet and Technology Predictions on Blind Five Year Old 1. Facebook Becomes A Portal 2. Identity Systems Fail 3. Video Advertising Succeeds 4. Microformats Go Mainstream 5. Banner CTR Becomes Obsolete 6. RSS Adoption Spikes 7. Kindle 2.0 Flops 8. Google Search Share Stalls 9. FriendFeed Surpasses Twitter 10 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 12:24:00
Rental Kitchens Cook Up Small Bizs
AP Business: What pushed Priscilla Maddox was the relentless smell of vanilla ... up in a cramped storefront that was previously home to a number of restaurants that never seemed able ... to Los Angeles to Chicago, renting commercial kitchens by the hour has become a cottage industry [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 18:11:44
Jan 19th, National Day of Communitarian Service
I tried to sign up for the Obama's Kantian Transcendence Ceremony. I'm willing to contribute my volunteer efforts to the MLK Challenge. I already serve America for free, and it's not getting us anywhere. Not all of us have benefited from studying and exposing the purpose for mandatory voluntary transcendence [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 15:09:00
It's all good... Oh and a giveaway...
A great big thank you hug to all the beautiful angels who sent loving gifts and kind words my way over the past month. For those of you who haven't heard, and for those of you that know just a little, this is the event that had me off the air for a bit of time. Mum and I, along with my gorgeous 4yo Bear, were off to town [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 01:37:29
Holiday Highlights.....
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."~Author Unknown, attributed to a boy named Bobby, 7 years old~We wrapped up the last of our holiday celebrations on Friday night after three full days of entertaining here at Quill Cottage [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 12:00:00
Racism.. LOL
How the views of 3,100 middle England residents on gipsy camps were rejected.. ... . So much for democracy...The spring bulbs are coming up a treat outside Huckleberry Cottage ... , and her 79-year-old husband Gordon, a retired engineer, have lived here in the same home in Stotfold [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 10:05:00
October Monthly of Green Articles
It's been another incredible month for Jetson Green -- actually, take that back, it's been a record breaking month ... the E-House Green Prefab article?) and like what they're doing. Green Prefab & Homes: LEED Platinum Home of the Future Reduces Energy Costs by 80% Six Prefabricated Passive House, Zero Energy [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 06:18:24
Plywood Hollywood: Rock and Roll Hot Dogs?, Burgers for Karma, Big Wangs Gets Bigger and More
THAI NO MORE: The little Thai place on the corner of Ivar and Hollywood, overshadowed by Beso across the street, ... + Vine that will serve as a permanent home for the Hollywood Farmers' Market with sit-down and take ... when she can get her "brunch back on" at the Craftsman cottage. Months after the April 27 fire [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 22:46:49
The Simple Woman’s Daybook: Memo Monday
I think this is a wonderful meme. I also think the HSBA needs to get in on some of these blog memes! ... to homeschool. From the kitchen… menus and snack plans, cooking lessons to be given, and pies and cookies ... in public. And sometimes, when I stay home, I am still wearing my pj’s! I am creating… a lesson [more...]
Date: 2008-07-28 07:04:25
