October 2007

This is NOT a Halloween Post

October 31, 2007

Nope. Not from me. I don’t hate Halloween, but it really doesn’t do anything for me. I dread going to a Halloween party, because I really get no joy out of dressing in costume. I see it as more of a hassle and waste of time and money to come up with a creative costume [...]

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The Perfect Sofa for an Awkward Room

October 21, 2007
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I found the perfect sofa for our bungalow. I had been casually searching for a while now, so I was thrilled when it was right there under my nose all along. I’ve always been a fan of Room and Board, and I was browsing their site once again when I decided to look at sectionals. [...]

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Of Windows and Weddings

October 17, 2007
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We just returned from a short trip to Philadelphia where our (Pete’s) daughter got married. It was a beautiful wedding in the gorgeous Knowlton Mansion in North Philadelphia. The house was built in 1881 as a summer home by William Rhawn, a Philadelphia banker. Later it was owned by John Powell, a wealthy industrialist, and [...]

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Wall Art

October 9, 2007

Here’s a cool idea if you have a big empty wall, especially at the base of a stairway or in a room with vaulted ceilings: BetterWall sells authentic street banners which advertised art exhibits in museums all over the country. A percentage of the banner sale goes back to that museum, and the banner doesn’t [...]

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So Refreshing

October 7, 2007
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There’s nothing better than this on a near-90° sunny day. Naturally on an unseasonably warm weekend like this, all our AC vents are covered with plastic and rosin paper because of the window restoration, so the cats and I have been hanging out in the basement trying to stay cool. Hello, Fall? I’m ready for [...]

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Ace is the Place…

October 7, 2007
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…for matching the copper sash chains in our house! Our windows had been updated with copper coated chains by the PO, but it turns out the upper sashes still had rope chains. The window guys started to replace them with new chain, but they only had silver and asked me if that was alright. Pete [...]

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Finding a Balance

October 6, 2007

I teach a class in Instructional Design, so I’m very interested in different learning styles and understanding ways that are different from your own. One of my classes is devoted to a workshop based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which is one way to understand learning styles and which I always find fascinating. For [...]

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