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  • Ready, Set, Kitchen GO!

    Ready, Set, Kitchen GO!

    So how does one design a kitchen? We need to go now because we’ve already moved out of the house. Spending two years picking a designer, an architect, and agonizing over cabinet pulls is not in the gantt chart. What can we do overnight? Step 1. Assemble design team Step 2. Draw kitchen layout Step…

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  • Before.

    Before.

    Kitchen problems The kitchen had the best view in the house. Beautiful light. But it was a labyrinth that was cut off from the rest of the house. Boys were making a mess in the dining/ living room and we would be squeezing back and forth frantically fetching more juice, chicken nuggets, apple sauce, and…

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  • Ta da! New house.

    Ta da! New house.

    Today I declare the house renovation, first phase, DONE! There are still a few things left but I am putting the furniture back and that’s it. I shouldn’t complain. We started the Monday after Thanksgiving, November 27th. Today is February 10th. Eleven weeks. OK November 10th and thirteen weeks if we count refinishing the floors…

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  • Rebooting Fluffy Frog Blog

    My old blog was lost and I am not sure that I backed up the server. After a few years of languishing on my backlog, I think I’ll defer figuring out the old content. For now, I will just start fresh again. Some topics that are top of mind these days:

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