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So Chris, Liam, and I were in Macy's today when we noticed Liam making a face we'd never seen before. It started out innocently enough:And then progressed to this:That evolved into this:Then, Liam looked down for just a moment...And when he emerged from his angry contemplation, we were faced with this:Chris and I almost fell over laughing our angry, little gnome. He didn't seem to mind, though,

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Liam was 4 months old Friday before last! Here he is in his Bumpo, learning to sit up (he'd been doing what looked like crunches in an effort to sit up, and is pulling himself to a sitting position by holding onto our fingers).Today was a fun milestone: we fed him his first solid food. I chose avocado, one of my personal favorites which is also supposed to be a good first food for babies. Here

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I've never been one for going out on New Year's Eve. I don't like crowds and all that goes with them (especially when there's alcohol involved) , and I'm scared of running into a drunk driver. If we do go over to a friend's house, we leave well before midnight.Now that we have Liam, we have the perfect excuse to stay at home and have our friends come to us! Of course, it helps to have

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This blog started out as a chronicle of my various home improvement and decorating projects. Since September, though, it has evolved (devolved?) into a showcase for photos of Liam. Cut me some slack, people, I'm a first time mama and this site is followed with fanatic adoration by various family members. They EXPECT photos of this baby, and if I want to maintain my standing in the family I must

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So, while Liam is no particular fan of Santa Claus (yet), he very much likes the Christmas tree. He is quite happy to spend long minutes staring at the lights and colourful ornaments. Here, he and Inspector Gateau (more on him later) graciously pose for Chris.In this photo, you can see not only the Christmas tree, Inspector Gateau, and Liam, but also Liam's rockin' new monkey shoes (trust me,

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and couldn't care less ;) (Notice the one eyebrow lifted in complete boredom-- just like his mummy). His daycare had Santa in so that the kids could have their picture taken, and in all of the photos our little man looks supremely uninterested."Will someone get me away from this strange, old dude?""Please, jolly old elf, don't make me hit you.""Fine! I may have to sit here, but I don't have to

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Today, while I was holding my three month-old son, I fell down half a flight of stairs. Though I am normally not given to going on and on about my spiritual beliefs, I believe that God was looking out for us. I fell head over heels, hitting my head several times as well as my hips, legs, and shoulders, and slammed into the wall on the landing. Liam doesn't have a scratch on him. I was holding him

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Chris and I have made it a goal to go on a walk every day with Liam. It's a win-win situation: fresh air for the baby, and exercise and time to talk for us. It's been especially enjoyable of late, what with it being autumn.Thursday evening was quite chilly, so we bundled Liam up in this handy wearable blanket thingie and set off into a nearby neighborhood where we like to walk. It has lots of

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So as many of you know, October is my favourite month and Halloween my favourite holiday. Usually the decorations go up and the party plans are finalized during the last weekend in September, with the whole of October being peppered with various seasonal activities. Well, with the arrival of Liam in September, Chris and I knew that we wouldn't be hosting our annual party or decorating with our

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There it is, the dread machine that has come to dominate my days and nights: an Ameda, hospital-grade, double-electric breast pump. We have a love/hate relationship, the Ameda and I; love because it allows me to provide Liam with breast milk and hate because the pumping process is slow and often uncomfortable bordering on painful. My decision to breastfeed goes back many years, to a time when I

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Liam Edward Charles arrived 9 September, after 18 hours of labor (two of which were spent pushing-- I've never worked so hard for anything in my life). He weighed 8 lbs and measured 21 inches in length, and was absolutely perfect. Still is :)Liam's due date was the 8th, and when I went for my checkup the week before I was told that if he didn't arrive by then that they wanted to induce me... on

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Ok. So I'm not REALLY going to be pregnant forever (I hope). It just feels that way. I know, I know, Liam's actual due date is tomorrow, the 8th, but still... I've been a pretty good sport about this whole thing (gestational diabetes, crazy heart arrhythmia, horrible leg and joint pain, gross elephant ankles and feet), but am ready to be a single being once more. I feel slightly guilty about

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So today was the first day of the first week of school. I laid out my clothes last night, set the alarm for 5:15 am, and did a few other things to make the morning run smoothly.A-hem.I woke up at 7:00 am, somehow having slept through my alarm, and was backing out of the driveway at 7:10 am. I didn't want anyone getting too close to me today as I hadn't had time for a shower (picture a liberal use

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Ugh, no update since 14 July, that is just sad. Lots has been going on that I've wanted to share, but you'll read why I haven't in a minute.My next post was SUPPOSED to be titled "The Shower to End All Showers", about the completely over-the-top baby shower that my aunt and uncle threw for me... but I still have no pictures (hint, hint to the people who DO have them-- you know who you are so send

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So it's official: my last day of work until 11 August was on Friday so I'm on vacation, wooohoooo!Last summer after my vacation started I was all about the home improvement projects, the crowning jewel of which was my bathroom ceiling's makeover. It was covered in that popcorn stuff, and was molded on the part above the shower, eeewwww :( All attempts at cleaning the mold had failed miserably, so

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when the results are this pretty?And of course you have to see a closeup ;)Isn't it funny how, when you only buy stuff you love, it all works together? It wasn't until I was through washing these things and put them out on the towel to dry that I noticed how the jadeite cake stand and pink candle tied in nicely :)This episode of handwashing was brought about by the fact that Chris and I had

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Many thanks to Sandy, over at Curly's Corner for giving me this lovely award :) Not only am I pleased to hear that my blog is fun to read (I do wonder sometimes, especially when I rant), but could the award banner be any cuter? I think not!In the spirit of sharing, I'd like to pass this award on to the ladies of Tea With Mrs. Fox and The Philosophy of Lists. I enjoy both of their blogs so much,

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Here is a picture of Happy, my espresso maker:Ok, so this isn't a picture of my ACTUAL espresso maker. I'm too lazy to go and drag out the camera, ok? Geez. It's the same model and company, but mine is a lovely, pale vintage shade of blue, which they don't appear to make anymore-- oh, and the price on this model has shot up about $200.00 since Chris bought me mine for my birthday/Christmas

Kimberleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748470530402637642noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126621849211834393.post-85167223190239465902008-06-25T18:21:00.005-04:002008-06-25T18:57:49.636-04:00

Finally, at long last, I'm posting some pics of our pilgrimage to Ireland. I plan to do several posts on this topic because there are quite a few pictures and I don't want you to be overwhelmed and go into Beauty Overload. Seriously, Ireland is a place of unrelenting beauty, and you find yourself almost wishing to see a strip mall or an industrial waste plant simply because after a while it

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so instead of lying down and wearing myself out by trying desperately to sleep, I do what any other normal person would do and take pictures instead ;)You may have noticed that, while others in Blogland are sharing pictures of their glorious gardens, I am not. That's because I don't have much of a garden, glorious or otherwise, thanks to the stupid drought (but at least we still have drinking

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Chris is working on re-sizing the Ireland pictures (and doing other mysterious things to them, apparently), so I STILL don't have any photos to share-- I'm sorry!In the meantime, I thought that I would update you on the baby bedding issue-- it's not Ireland, but it is something ;)So, some of you may remember my cry for help in regard to this issue: Let's talk baby bedding...What I didn't mention

Kimberleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748470530402637642noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126621849211834393.post-77882580777388994532008-06-09T08:39:00.003-04:002008-06-09T08:47:46.418-04:00

to bring you some random photos :)Aren't these gorgeous?Whole Foods had a most excellent deal on 2 dozen roses so I scooped them up.Here's an aerial view:I am so pleased to be back in my little Tallulah House, surrounded by my pets, vintage dishes, linens, and candles. I just had to have some flowers to make it all complete. Am I a shallow creature? Well, probably, but I prefer to think of myself

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Is that a pompous enough title? :)We were given two weeks in Ireland, for which we were both thankful. Having never been there, our list of "must-sees" was ambitious and lengthy and our days were full. I'm not complaining (much) but it did make for some long days-- not to mention the fact that, because: a) I cannot read a map, and b) my husband is the reincarnation of St. Brendan the Navigator, I

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Hey, y'all:We are safely ensconced back in our beloved Tallulah House, with our beloved furry children, and are happy to be here :)Ireland was absolutely fantastic. I've been fortunate enough to see a lot of the world, and Ireland definitely rates in the top three of the most beautiful places that I've visited. The people are friendly, charming, and full of life. I can't fully explain how strange

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Just a quick note to say that we arrived safely in Ireland six days ago, and have been having an amazing time. I'll soon be inundating you with photos, so get ready ;)Kimberley

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Hi, friends!I've been neglecting this blog shamefully, and missing it (and you) as well :(Between wrapping up the end of the school year, preparing for our trip to Ireland-- we leave Saturday, eeek!-- and being so blooming tired from growing a human, blogging has fallen by the wayside.But! I hope to change all of that, and begin blogging regularly again.Before I shamelessly grovel and ask for

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Well... absolutely no surprise here, lol.Take the Quiz here!

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So, you may have noticed that I've been absent from blogging for a while.Well this is the reason:Yep, I'm pregnant :) It was unexpected and the way Chris and I found out is a pretty good story. On January 3rd, I woke up at 1:30 in the morning feeling bad. I progressed to throwing up bile and things only got worse from there. It eventually became apparent that I was passing a kidney stone, and

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Well, friends, I just couldn't do it.I was all set: I was justified in my outrage. I had a valid complaint. I'd planned out what I was going to say.But then...Well, I just couldn't go through with it.I still don't like my haircut, but I can live with it. When it came down to it, I just couldn't go back to the salon and tell this perfectly nice woman that I hated what she'd done to my hair. I

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Do you ever have those days where you feel that you SHOULD leave your house, but you just don't want to? I had a day like that yesterday. I knew that I should go to yoga, and to the grocery store, but... I just didn't want to. I even got as far as taking a shower and getting dressed, and then at the last minute just decided that I didn't want to go.Instead, I took Kira for a nice, long walk

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Dear friends!It's been absolutely forever (or feels like it anyway) since my New Year's Eve post, and I have missed you and my virtual Tallulah House terribly. Sometimes real life takes over, though, as I'm sure you all understand.I'm back now, though, and wanted to share some pictures with you. I was off junking in Chamblee last month with Elizabeth and, in the dusty, cavernous hall of an

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Here's hoping that:this year has been a good one for you that your New Year's Eve will be as elegant/trendy/loud/quiet as you want it to bethat 2008 will bring health and happiness to you and yours Best wishes,Kimberley

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Hi, everybody, and merry Christmas! Though Chris and I don't decorate for Christmas the way we do for Halloween, we do like to put out a few things.Let me show you around!Here's the table by the front door:Here's a closeup of the compotes:I like the old-fashioned look of fresh greenery with herbs and fruits. I was standing in line at Trader Joe's the other day (replacing everything we'd lost when

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That's right! America's snarkiest girl-next-door turned 34 today :) Woohoooo, I'm still alive!!!

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"True love is friendship set on fire" Happy birthday to my best friend and my own true love.I love you, Grumpy :)

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Hi, everybody!I have been really busy at work and, between bikram yoga (I'm REALLY liking this-- more in a later post)-- and World of Warcraft, really busy outside of it as well, hence the lack of posting.Our refrigerator died last week-- yes, right after we'd heard the news about my sabbatical being approved and resolved to save up money for the trip-- so last Saturday we went out and bought

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It's no secret to anyone who's known me long: though I've had the excitement and privilege of travelling to England, Scotland, Austria, Italy, Hawaii, Canada, China, India, and Kenya, my heart has always, ALWAYS longed for Ireland.This being my 5th year at my present job, I became eligible to apply for a "renewal" sabbatical. My proposal didn't have to have anything to do with academia or my

Kimberleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748470530402637642noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8126621849211834393.post-22836151985171777442007-11-24T17:15:00.000-05:002007-11-26T07:41:25.849-05:00

Oh Friends of the Forestand Friends of the AirI invite you to partakeof this Thanksgiving fareWith the hope that you're guidedsafely to SpringAnd always rememberthe blessings it bringsA belated Happy Thanksgiving to my human friends as well :)Kimberley

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So.It's hard to know where to begin (yes, it's going to be that kind of post),but I want to start with my blessings.Chrisa great family-- supportive, loving, fun, and all kinds of other groovy stuff. All the good things that I am come from them.truly excellent friendsgood healtha job that I know some people would kill for-- I'm well-paid for my field, generally appreciated, given the freedom to

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Having missed work on Monday (driving back from Orlando and across the great Georgia desert), I've been frantically trying to get caught up all week and also had commitments that kept me pretty late the past few nights. So, this is the first chance I've had to tell you all about the wedding at which I officiated this past weekend.The short version is: it was great! The bride was beautiful, the

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I just wanted to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to our veterans, from the "latest generation, to the greatest generation", as the History Channel says. It is difficult to comprehend the sacrifices that men and women of the armed forces have made, but Veterans' Day is the perfect opportunity to make the effort.No matter what your political stance, I think that we can all agree that

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Those of you who are new to Tallulah House (or those who simply have lives and can't remember every single detail about me!) may not know about this dress. I am performing a wedding this weekend and it has a medieval theme. The bride and groom are very into renaissance faires and when I asked the (very UNbridezilla-ish) bride what she wanted me to wear, she said that she didn't expect me to buy

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*sniff*It's time to bid Halloween a fond farewell until next year. It always makes me a little sad to pack these festive things away. It rarely feels like a chore, though, because I've spent years collecting my Halloween goodies and almost every one has a story. So, packing and unpacking them is always done in a feel-good, sentimental haze. I know, I know, this is usually how people describe

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Tallulah House is pleased to be a part of the Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun Halloween party. After you've had a look around here, you might want to click on that link and visit some of the other spooky locales :)Let me show you around! You approach the front porch:As you get closer, you notice the urns at the bottom of the steps-- no ashes in them, though, only colourful gourds and owls :)(Never you

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I am truly flattered! The ever fab-u-lious Kari and Kijsa featured one of my white pumpkins on their blog :) You can see my pitiful efforts, along with their crazy pumpkin decorating talent here.I'll be posting more pics of the white pumpkins, along with pics of Tallulah House decked out in her Halloween finery, later today as part of the Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun virtual Halloween

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Three lovely ladies have banded together to stage a virtual Halloween party! You can read all of the details at Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun .I had wanted to do something similar, but since I only had two participants, I've since called it off. Thanks to the lovely Kari & Kijsa for offering up their photo. Go check out their blog-- you'll love it!Our annual Halloween party was Saturday night, and

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There were pizzas and ghost milkshakes...There were friends carving pumpkins...There was a curious Labrador Retriever...There was a porch full of jack-o-lanterns...There was lots of Halloween fun :)

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Woohooo, post #50! How fun that I'm hitting this milestone during my favourite time of the year :) To celebrate, I'm doing a giveaway. Not of this lovely skellington (he belongs to the Art Department and must be returned after Halloween), but of something fun and charming and Halloween-ish. Here's how it works: you have until midnight on Sunday, 28 October, to leave a comment for THIS post. One

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Here are some photos of our Saturday excursion to a north GA pumpkin farm. I was so excited, standing there in the middle of that huge bunch of pumpkins, that I just about needed a paper bag in order to breathe. If I'd been a dog I would have been thumping my tail wildly and rolling around on the ground :)There were heirloom pumpkins, regular carving pumpkins, sugar pumpkins, huge, gigantor

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Hail, Dante Allighieri and his poisonous treats! :)As you can see, Frances and I got some decorating done today. I hauled home that bust of Dante from my office yesterday and added the tiny black roses to his head. Frances wrote the labels for the apothecary jars (I'd wanted some for about a year, but refused to pay the outrageous prices-- went to Big Lots yesterday for something else and bam!

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Errr. I REALLY love pumpkins :) These are not arranged as artfully as I'd like (and will hopefully get around to doing before they get carved up), but they have such charm in their sheer number and colour that I had to share! Originally I was going to arrange them all down the front steps, but when I got home today I saw that those blasted squirrels-- nasty little tree rodents!-- had been at the

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Hi, everybody!As my readers (and since installing the Neo Counter last week I know that there have been over 300 of you!) know, Halloween is my favourite holiday. We have a Halloween party every year and that is always cause for much preparation (which I adore).Today I come to you with a Halloween decoration-related problem and I cast myself on your creativity! Usually at this time of year I am

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Chris and I just got back from a weekend in the Boone/Blowing Rock area of NC, and I thought I'd share some photos. These are some shots of beautiful Linville Falls. If you look at the above photo, about 1/4 of the way from the top, you'll see some tiny dots. Those are people! That should give you some idea of the scale of the shot. Also, below, see that log in the lower part of the picture?

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Yes, Chris and I saw Loreena McKennitt last night! "Magical" is probably the best word to describe her performance, and the performance of the nine other musicians with whom she wove the musical web. If you like her music and ever get the chance to see her perform live, do yourself a favour and go for it. The only way you could be disappointed is if your fellow concert-goers were annoying.*

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Isn't that pretty? I especially like using my wooden bowl (an anniversary present from my parents last year) during the fall and winter, and having a Halloweeny cloth in it, along with apples, pears, and oranges just makes it better :)I'm home sick today-- feel quite wretched. Chris has been sick for a few days, but I thought I was holding it off pretty well. Yesterday, though, I had to go get a

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My friend Maggie had two extra tickets to Japanfest, and offered them to us! (She's nice AND smart-- she had the tickets off the Japanese Consulate, which gave them to her because she has a Fulbright to go to Japan in October!)Here's Chris in front of one of the banners:We headed inside to get something to eat. Here's a picture of one of the food lines:I stood in THREE of them, only to be told at

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Good thing I'm here to help, then! :)Our theme for this year's Halloween party is "Nightmares & Fairy Tales", and I've decided to go for the decaying mansion look (it'll be no easy task in our tiny, 1949 Cape Cod, but hey! I'm counting on the magic of Halloween... and gloomy candlelight-- that'll help!) The colour scheme will be black and white-- not even orange pumpkins, maybe, as I'm thinking

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Hi, everybody! It was another tiring and busy (but good!) week at work, and I really missed blogging. But now it's Friday! To celebrate, I decided to share pictures of this dress. No, I didn't make it. The Valaar did not imbue me with that talent, unfortunately. Rather, I found it on E-bay, source of myriad goodness!Surprisingly to those who know me, this dress ISN'T for Halloween! Nope, it's for

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Hi, everybody! It's been a rough week at work (I know, I know, I give all appearances of being an indolent sloth, but even *I* have to put forth some effort some time ;), and I've had no time for my blogging fix! I've been reading, though, oh, yes, checking in all of my favourites just to see what everyone's up to!Continuing the Teapot of the Day series, here's a favourite of mine: the Little

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Isn't this a lovely teapot? With its cute size, shape, flowers and, of course, butterfly, it has everything going for it :) This is another of my mom's teapots, and it originally belonged to HER mother. I just love things with family history and age. I like the idea of using the same things that earlier generations did, and of caretaking them for the future.In other news, you (all three readers

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Dear reader:I interrupt your regularly scheduled "Teapot of the Day" post, in order to say...IT'S HERE!!!Yes, the Halloween issue of "Country Living" arrived today :) (I'm not excited at all. Really.) I actually look forward to this issue like you wouldn't believe. "Country Living" is my favourite magazine, though "Home Companion" is a close second, and it can always be trusted to do right by my

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I freely acknowledge it. Oh, not the shape of it, which is quirky and fun. It's the rotten, blotchy paint job. But my mom loves it. You'd think that offspring would eventually grow out of the I'm-going-to-give-a-hideous- handmade-gift-that-I-think-is- lovely phase, and that parents would grow out of thinking that these pitiful efforts are works of sheer genius. A-hem.I made this for my mom when

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Today my workplace held an assembly to commemorate the 6th anniversary of the deaths of those who died on September 11th. Several of us were asked to share our memories of that day, based on the prompt "I remember". Here's mine:I was working as a librarian at a university in North Carolina in 2001. On the morning of September 11th, one of my colleagues told me that a plane had crashed into the

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So my mom's addicted to chamomile tisane. Yes, it's true. Anyone have the number for Herbals Anonymous?? :) The poor woman brews up several dozen pots a day (ok, maybe that's a SLIGHT exaggeration) and seems to have forgotten that she has any other kind of tea in her cabinet. All of mom's other teapots seem to have been forgotten, as well, in favour of this cheerful little thing. I swear this is

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Don't bother rubbing it 'cause no genie lives here. It's not a lamp, and it's not even Middle Eastern :) It is, in fact, from China. Welcome to the second feature of the "Teapot of the Day" series.I spent fall semester of my senior year of college in China. It was an amazing experience, and at the end of three months I came back to the U.S. with some Chinese language skills, an intestinal

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After all of the excitement of last night's dinner party (details below), I was drowsing over my morning tea when I was inspired to begin a new series called "Teapot of the Day". My mom and I both have extensive collections, and since I know that there are a lot of tea freaks out there, I thought y'all would enjoy it. TEA FREAKS! I KNOW THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE! THIS IS FOR YOU! :)I'm starting with

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guarding the living room...... the bedroom...... the deck...... and the living room...(sometimes we wear special helmets-- I hate my mommy)Raaaaaawwwrrrrrr!

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First, there was Mr. Atoz, my beloved Saturn sedan, named for a crazed librarian on an old-skool Star Trek episode! (He was totalled in a car accident when a spacey, lead-footed kid in an SUV slammed into me-- stupid spacey, lead-footed kid).Then there was Tallulah House!Tallulah was soon followed by RidiculousBed!Next to arrive was Happy!Then came Gwendolyn, my beautiful white sofa who presides

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Hello, everybody!I wanted to share some recent junking finds that have me all a-flutter ;)When I was visiting my parents a few weeks ago, my mom and I visited one of our favourite thrift shops and I found lots of good things, this lotus bowl being one.You must understand that I have longed for a lotus bowl like this for quite some time (I'm not quite sure why-- I can't explain, so don't ask me to

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Today my friend Elizabeth and I had afternoon tea at The Faded Rose Tea Garden and it was delightful :)This is Elizabeth, looking lovely and oh, so Anne of Avonlea:We were waited on by two of the nicest gentlemen, who were determined that our experience be as close to perfect as possible! We had a wonderful time, and made absolute pigs of ourselves with the tea as our new friends told us that we

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and the living is sweaty! Ugh, disgusting, in fact. It was 100 degrees here today, with a heat index of well over that. I swear I can get sunburned just walking the few steps from my car to the building where I work, and watching all of the plants struggling to live is painful. Also, the hotter it is the worse the smog is, and we've had Code Reds for the air quality more days than not. *sigh*In "

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Hi there, friends and neighbors!One of my favourite parts of blogs are the pictures. I get so inspired by seeing what cool stuff other folks are doing in their homes (and being jealous over their vintage finds and family heirlooms!). Now I'm not saying that any of my pics will inspire you, but its great to join in the fun of sharing :)Tallulah's kitchen has been one of the hardest rooms to

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Good morning! Giddy with the excitement of having the problem with the camera resolved, I'm posting more pics. These are of the yard project upon which Chris and I have been working for the last few months. I feel compelled to explain that there was a LOT of deferred maintenance on Tallulah that we had to catch up on and so the yard really suffered from indifference. Oh, the grass was always cut

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Awww, Alison over at Vintage Amethyst gave me the Nice Matters Award :) Thank you, Alison, that was very sweet of you. I think, dear reader, that you'll understand better why I'm so humbled when you read the description of this award, created by Genevieve at Bella-Enchanted:"This award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and

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Hooray, huzzay, woot for Eddie :) He's a tech genius at work who figured out what was going wrong with the recalcitrant camera, and retrieved the pictures. Thank you, Eddie!So, now I can show you pictures of things I've mentioned before and also show you more of Tallulah House (TH is now preening-- she loves being shown off!)I'll start with the Hardiplank project, because its the most major thing

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So, I have to run into work tomorrow to do an orientation. It'll only take about an hour, but this is always the signal that my vacation is almost over *cry*I do have Friday to look forward to, though: Frances and I are going junking :) Oh, and Saturday I'm attending a life coaching seminar, which I feel a little silly about admitting, but I think it'll be really interesting, so there! I mean,

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Chris and I had our friends Stacy and Andrew (they're newlyweds!) over for dinner on Friday night, and it was so much fun :) S & A would probably agree, except for the part when I forced them both into the bathroom and demanded that they admire the ceiling :)"Isn't it beautiful?? Doesn't it look amazing? Don't you LOVE IT??," I bellowed, gesturing wildly towards the plain white ceiling and walls.

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I saw it first on Grace's blog, Rose Cottage Lane, and knew that I had to make my own :)Its me, if I were in Springfield with the Simpsons, in all of my black-clothed (with a vegetarian spin), ghostly-pale, messy pony-tailed, "whatever" expressioned glory! Happy Saturday,Kimberley

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9:16pm. All is pitch dark in the python-stalked environs surrounding Tallulah House (well, as dark as it can get with streetlights and porchlights-- we are a safety-conscious community after all!). However, within Tallulah House all is well as the scents of vanilla candles and Chris's chocolate ice cream, duly drowned in chocolate sauce weave seamlessly, and the punkish joy of Joey Ramone's "What

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Its 4:16 on Tuesday and I've been completely lazy yesterday and today :) I did get out yesterday and buy the much-anticipated blue paint and had a funny conversation with the Absent-Minded Hippy who works in Paint (very funny, but probably a lot to explain). I also bought groceries-- badly-needed groceries.Note: Its a very curious phenomenon: I am the only person in our house who is imbued with

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Yes, yes, she's always lurking close to the surface, I'm afraid :) In this instance, she's over the moon-- no pun intended-- about the fact that Eclipse is only 8 days away from being in the bookstores! Eclipse is book three in the ongoing series by Stephenie Meyer, authoress extraordinaire, about Bella and Edward, mortal and vampire.Stop. I know what you're thinking (oh, and cut out the

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Yep, I said "junking". Its my mom's term for what other people call "antiquing", but she says that's WAY too fancy for what we do ;) After spending the morning playing with our dogs (her Pug and my Pekingese), we headed out to make the rounds of what our UK friends call the charity shops. And, boy howdy, did I have good luck today!I found several pieces of iron, including a star like the ones

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So, with the bathroom ceiling project finished (again, huzzah!), I've moved on to some smaller, but, in their own way, no less important things that I've had on my list for a while now. I'm visiting my parents this week-- wanna talk amazing DIY-ers?? Meet my parents!-- and my mom is an amazing seamstress, so I've shanghaied her into helping me.Note about my mom's skillzz: When I was a little girl

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I'm just tickled pink that I was one of the winners of Beverly's Pay It Forward Gift Swap! I happened to find her lovely blog, Tea Time & Roses, and left the third comment. It'll be such a nice surprise to receive a little handmade treasure from this talented lady-- I feel certain that it'll show up on a day when I need my spirits lifted :)So, according to the rules and spirit of the PIF, I'm

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Well, I got all of the shelves and towel hooks put back up yesterday in the bathroom (read all about the bathroom project saga here and here ), put the knicknacks back in place, lit a green tea/lemon verbena soy candle and stepped back to admire :) I truly am pleased with how the ceiling and painting went-- so glad I did it and so glad that its OVER!I'm getting started today on a project that

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Huzzah, hooray, three cheers, etc :)The end result is clean and lovely, which is exactly what I wanted. It makes the past few days of standing on the ladder whilst muddy plaster rained down on me, of holding the Mr. Toad-like sander-- think his Wild Ride-- above my head for hours, being covered to the eyelashes in plaster dust, and the seemingly endless round of patching, sanding and painting (I

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Welcome to the continuing adventures of the bathroom ceiling. By working hard all day yesterday (and also because the bathroom is hobbitt-sized), I managed to not only get all of the popcorn stuff off, but also to get it sanded.Yes, the sanding *sigh* I started out using a Black and Decker Mega Mouse sander (my husband's), but quickly realised that that wasn't going to work, mainly because the

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So after I got back from Home Depot (oh, and Whole Foods, 'cause there wasn't much of anything to eat in Tallulah House), I made us some lunch and got started with the ceiling. Here's the recipe for the yummy sandwiches we had:Take one freshly baked (err, bought, but still) baguette and slice off two pieces, however long you want your sandwiches to be; ours are usually about 6 inches.Slice your

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Hooray! Chris finished Tallulah House's new banner (see above) :) I adore dragonflies and like how he used that one for the "T". Nice job, sweetie!Well, today is the first day of my vacation and I had every good intention of beginning the bathroom ceiling project this morning... Unfortunately, I was much too lazy to get out to Home Depot yesterday for my supplies so I've got to go today. S'okay,

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I've been tagged by Vintage Amethyst (go see her beautiful blog!) for the "8 Random Facts" game, so here goes:I've been a vegetarian for 17 years. It started out as some weird psychological reaction to beef, and then after I read Gandhi and found that I agreed with his idea that it is wrong to take something else's life in order to sustain one's own, quit eating all other meat. (A friend recently

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Yippee, tomorrow is my last day at work for a few weeks! People keep asking me if I'm going on a trip and I just keep thinking if they only knew what my house projects list looks like that they wouldn't bother, lol. Come on, all you old-house people know what I'm talking about!So, here's what that list looks like:scrape the bathroom ceiling (it has that stomp stuff on it that mildews and that you

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We're back from Albany, GA! Congratulations to Stacy and Andrew on their marriage :)Well, the house hob DID in fact help me find the cd with the camera drivers on it, but for some reason they're not working *frown*. So.... yet another boring, picture-less entry from me, I'm afraid. I do, however, want to share a tip. Fred over at fredsworld had asked about removing stains from linens without

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So yes, we spent the 4th working on the raised beds and they're coming along nicely, huzzah! Unfortunately, I can't find the cd with the drivers for the digital camera and therefore am unable to share pictures :( (Attempts to download them from the Canon site have proven fruitless-- oh the frustration!) However, I am hopeful that the house hob will locate it for me and that I'll be able to share

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Once upon a time, a very nice young couple (that'd be Chris and Kimberley) were looking for a house. Rent was so very, very high in the big city of Atlanta that a mortgage was actually less expensive. And so this intrepid young couple went looking for something affordable inside the Perimeter, a seemingly impossible task. However, after only a couple of weeks, their realtor brought them to her

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After a fun weekend in Chattanooga, TN, with Peggy, Antoine, and Lucien, Chris and I arrived back to the warm embrace of Tallulah House early yesterday evening. The dogs were glad to be home-- I think that we wore them out at Rock City, but hey! Now they can tell everyone that they've visited an attraction!We also visited the aquarium while we were there (although, oddly enough, the dogs weren't

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Blog building is hard work-- at least if you're as indecisive as I am about appearance :) I've changed the poor thing's template and colours so many times its poor head is spinning, I'm sure. I know that *mine* is!I want this blog to reflect the feeling of Tallulah House, which is frequently described as warm and happy by visitors. I'll probably keep on obsessing about the colours for a while,

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I have so enjoyed other blogs about people's homes, particularly cottages, and wanted to contribute by sharing the joys and tribulations of Tallulah House, a 1949 Cape Cod in Atlanta, GA. My husband and I have lived in Tallulah House for almost four years, and are constantly working to make what has essentially been a starter house for so many people into a cherished home. I plan to share the

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