Author Archives: Carissa

16
Jan, 2012

movie monday: flashback to fall

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13
Jan, 2012

quickie stovetop

i found some cute new little toy pots and pans last weekend and realized that it might be nice to have a stove to use them on. today, i sewed up this stovetop in about 10 minutes (the longest part … Continue reading →

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09
Jan, 2012

movie monday: trains, trains, trains!

okay, back to regularly-scheduled programming.  here’s a little movie to give you a small taste of what our christmas was like:  

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01
Jan, 2012

gift report: part 2

i think my favorite gift for the happy baby this year came from my dad.  i casually e-mailed him one day to ask if he could make a house similar to this awesome one made by joel and he took … Continue reading →

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31
Dec, 2011

gifts report, part 1

i’m so excited about a few of the gifts from this christmas that i just had to share them with you!  i’ll start with a gift mr. happy stuff and i gave the happy baby:  an art cabinet!  granted, this … Continue reading →

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19
Dec, 2011

bonus movie monday: holiday edition!

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19
Dec, 2011

movie monday: bubba and the boots

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18
Dec, 2011

baked potato soup

a few weeks ago, i read about baked potato soup on mb’s blog and she mentioned that she’d shared the soup with a family who’d just had a baby and she still had plenty of leftovers for her own family.  … Continue reading →

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13
Dec, 2011

christmas books chosen by a (thrifty) librarian

okay, so some of these books were chosen simply because they were available at the frugal muse or at better world books and they looked good to me.  some we haven’t opened yet, so i can’t say whether or not … Continue reading →

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10
Dec, 2011

christmas books for advent calendar (with bonus tutorial)

(this is a continuation of my previous post.  you can read there what i am doing for the rest of my advent calendar spots.) sooooo….. as a librarian, i was very attracted to the idea of a book-advent-calendar.  the idea … Continue reading →

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