tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328494902024-03-12T20:03:18.545-04:00Life at the Chicken CoopS. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.comBlogger960125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-78367859494733492632013-01-30T22:38:00.000-05:002013-01-30T22:38:56.906-05:00Snow, Dinner and Party<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Finn took advantage of the foot of snow by making an igloo. He worked in the snow for hours. </div>
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And Miles got his turn with a dinner date with his Daddy. They got nachos and ice cream. The tie was Miles' choice and I let him wear it! :) </div>
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And, to celebrate Lucy turning 6 yesterday, we had a party after school today, complete with birdhouse-painting, pinata-breaking and brownies and ice-cream-eating. </div>
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Lucy said, "That was the bestest party ever!" I am glad she liked it. The girls were very sweet and things only got chaotic at the end. Finn kept pestering the girls and I had to remind him over and over, erstwhile managing the party, that he needed to quit it. I got the house cleaned up, the broken pinata put away, the girls taken home, the dishes done, dinner fed and cleaned up, and now it's time for some rest!</div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-49009915517146021722013-01-24T16:55:00.002-05:002013-01-24T16:55:45.396-05:00Master Bedroom Curtains<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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I made some new curtains for our bedroom over the past couple days. </div>
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For the first time, I lined them with actual lining that I bought and not pieced together fabric remnants! It was so nice! </div>
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I got the fabric and lining at Home Decorator Fabrics in Boise, my new source for great deals on upholstery/drapery/home decor fabrics. I am pleased with how they turned out, although my room is starting to feel very "fabric-y" with all this fabric in it. Maybe I am just not used to it. I still think the room needs some pattern mixed in with all the neutrals.</div>
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S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-75342655313989825962013-01-24T16:50:00.003-05:002013-01-24T16:50:34.209-05:00New Carpet<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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This past weekend we had greige cut-pile carpet installed in our closet, bedroom and Lucy's bedroom. </div>
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We've been living with bare wood floors in the bedrooms and outdated linoleum in our closet for the past year and a half, so it feels so nice to walk on something soft! </div>
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I love the smell of new carpet too. While we had the shelves taken down, I painted the closet beige to match the rest of the house. It feels like a totally different room now. </div>
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S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-44976498648573890122013-01-24T16:42:00.002-05:002013-01-24T16:42:41.315-05:00Homemade Upholstered Headboard<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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We needed a headboard after I went on a selling spree a couple weeks ago and sold our old one. </div>
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I wanted something soft, yet visually strong, so I decided I'd try making an upholstered one. </div>
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I had most of the materials and got a good deal on some greyish-brown wool fabric, so it was just a matter of focusing and getting it done. </div>
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I think it turned out fine. I am not used to having such a tall headboard, but I can always cut it down if I want to. </div>
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(Sidenote: you can see the curtains I made yesterday hanging in the picture below). </div>
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I'm debating on whether to hang this painting above the bed... </div>
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...or on the wall opposite the bed (the first wall you see when you walk in the door). </div>
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Any thoughts either way? </div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-25137958469767334392013-01-24T16:35:00.001-05:002013-01-24T16:35:04.214-05:00Lucy's Invitations<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday Lucy made her own birthday party invitations. </div>
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I cut out flowers and tied bows, which she sewed onto construction paper cards. </div>
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Then she and I wrote on the cards to invite her friends to her party next week. I like how playful and simple they are. I like that almost-six-year-old too! </div>
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S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-49199193012269424922013-01-09T15:33:00.001-05:002013-01-09T15:33:22.309-05:0030 cent Cabinet<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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I got around to putting several coats of Danish oil and some knobs on the faux cabinet I made last weekend. </div>
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I figured it cost me 30 cents to make it (the knobs were 10 cents each) because I already had everything else and the wood was free. </div>
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Not bad for a non-functioning cabinet for the front room! :) </div>
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And, yes, I know Travis looks like he's about to fight somebody, but he's really not mad, I promise. This was right before he and Lucy went out for dinner Saturday night. She was thrilled, as you can see, so much so that she pulled her socks up over her leggings as high as they could go. Love those two!</div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-53753114963549633642013-01-04T20:17:00.001-05:002013-01-04T20:17:42.222-05:00Reminiscing<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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I finally found a picture of our home before we bought it. </div>
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I love looking at before and after pictures. In these photos, it's almost like playing the "what's different" game because the differences are so subtle. For those that don't like playing games (or find the differences a little too subtle!), I'll just give a recap of what we changed about the exterior of the house:<br />
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<li>put on shutters on front windows</li>
<li>removed planting area and blocks near mailbox</li>
<li>planted plants around entire foundation, added mulch and black edging</li>
<li>planted grass along sides and back of house</li>
<li>put in railroad ties along driveway</li>
<li>took out partial brick walkway on opposite side of house, put in full gravel walkway</li>
<li>took down satellite dish and other attachment on front of house</li>
<li>removed peeling paint all along foundation</li>
<li>patched all along foundation, painted over that</li>
<li>put in basement egress window</li>
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I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but at least you get the idea. We spent hours and hours getting those above-mentioned items done and it seems so basic to just list them because each one took so much time to complete.<br />
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Here's to a new year full of projects, hopefully none involving gravel, railroad ties and/or dirt! </div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-16446226266807978762013-01-01T15:52:00.000-05:002013-01-01T15:52:07.237-05:00Holed Up for the Holidays<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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What I wouldn't give for some of the chocolate scotcheroos from this plate now! (This is one of the 25 or so plates we gave out this year). </div>
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Henry in his favorite accessory- Batman underwear over his pants (he still wears diapers, so they're a pretty tight fit). </div>
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Our garage with a slippery sheath of snow. </div>
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Sick Henry, constantly needing his Mama lately, who is also sick. </div>
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Lucy and Henry (behind the bear) perched on the table, aka the dance stage. </div>
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Trying to cure my cabin fever, I cut some branches from a tree behind our house yesterday and put them in a vase on the entry table. I like the brown tones together. </div>
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I also made this cabinet this morning, in another attempt at curing cabin fever. </div>
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I cut down paneling and trim I got for free at the ReStore in Redmond a while ago. It isn't functional (the doors don't open), but it's to hide some electrical outlets and anchor the picture on the wall.</div>
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I just can't decide if I should leave it natural, stain it, or maybe just put a clear coat on it. Any thoughts?</div>
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And here are the youngest three playing trains on the first day of 2013.<br />
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Happy New Year! </div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-87504672225066042152012-12-18T16:48:00.001-05:002012-12-18T16:48:35.314-05:00Drawer Pulls<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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So the drawer pulls finally came and now the kitchen hardware installation is complete! </div>
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Above: in the dining room. </div>
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Above: my favorite view is this stack of drawers with pulls. </div>
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And Henry wanted some face time on the blog too. </div>
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I am happy with how it turned out. And, I got a great deal on everything. The pulls and knobs were around $1.50 each, which is a steal if you've ever priced cabinet hardware. I got them <a href="http://knobsandhardware.atgstores.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-38592218123120157452012-12-18T16:41:00.000-05:002012-12-18T16:41:22.494-05:00Winter Update<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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We had our first snow that stuck last week. Henry insisted on going out in it with the older siblings and lasted about 4 minutes before he tromped back into the house in a huff. (Truth be told, I knew he wouldn't stay out long, but I wanted to see him all bundled up). </div>
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Yes, we did the unthinkable and let our kids open presents 10 days early. Our reasoning: we weren't going to be here on Christmas Day and we didn't want to take the presents with us, plus it was the last weekend we had before leaving. </div>
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When I put an apron on, Lucy put hers on, which led Henry to want one on too. Domino effect. </div>
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Finn's Christmas Lego helicopter. </div>
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Lucy carefully building her Lego campervan. </div>
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And here's Miles with his Star Wars ship. He hasn't taken off those pajamas since he got them, save to bathe.<br />
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Merry Christmas season from our crazy house to yours!</div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-45752009169963978122012-12-11T14:31:00.000-05:002012-12-11T14:31:05.279-05:00Kitchen Knobs<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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This kitchen has never had pulls on any of the cabinetry. I thought that pulls would dress up the cabinets, plus give me something to grip instead of the edge of the cabinet or drawer.</div>
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I've only received the knobs so far, and the <a href="http://www.knobsandhardware.com/cabinet-pulls/harney-hardware-36240-cabinet-pull_g771617.html?isku=6667964&linkloc=cataLogProductItemsImage" target="_blank">pulls </a>are on their way, so here's what I have to show so far. </div>
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I think it dresses things up in a subtle way. Now I just have to get used to grabbing the pull instead of the cabinet door when I want to open one!</div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-18147362913289493452012-12-10T21:23:00.002-05:002012-12-10T21:23:58.095-05:00Cookies with the Cousins<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Several weeks ago my Mom brought cousins Ivy and Ruby over the river and through the woods to visit. Among other things, we frosted and decorated sugar cookies. It was an intense 20 minutes and the cookie creations were as varied as their creators. </div>
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One day for work a couple weeks ago, Lucy and I made homemade fire
starters from pinecones and old candles. We melted the candles down
with a homemade double-boiler on the stove, tied string around the cones
for "wicks" and then dipped them in the melted wax and let them cool on
egg cartons. It was alot of fun. </div>
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Here's an excerpt from my weekly letter to my family about Travis' office party dinner:<br />
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It was so fun for me to decorate the house with fresh greens, berries
and lights. I stockpiled plates, candles, glass hurricanes and a
tablecloth at the Goodwill in Redmond in preparation. I even found
treasures at the thrift store in gold chargers, ornamental berries and
pine cones, and more pillar candles. Each guest got a little gold
sparkly take-out box with homemade toffee inside, wrapped in a red
ribbon. I was in my element. Taking a clue from last year's party
where I was over-stressing about the charred chicken cordon-bleu and
Travis almost ran to the store for rotisserie chickens, I kept the main
dish easy in a spiral-cut ham, then we had mashed potatoes, chicken
gravy, Ruth Wilson's rolls, green salad with assorted dressings, green
beans with bacon and onion. The desserts were chocolate cake, carrot
cake, and Costco cheesecake with cherry topping. With the rented table
and chairs, we tightly fit 16 people in the kitchen and dining room.
Travis works with a good group of women and we had a good time chatting
with them and their dates. The kids ate quickly and then disappeared
downstairs. And as much fun as it was to anticipate, it was nice when
the last dish had been washed and placed on the stack, the lights were
turned out, and I went to bed for some much-needed shut-eye. </div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-10514214810740667192012-12-04T15:52:00.002-05:002012-12-10T21:24:53.099-05:00Valances: Third Time's the Charm<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Here's pictures of the new valances. Sorry the pictures didn't upload very well for the previous post.</div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-14407586867796274892012-11-27T14:14:00.001-05:002012-12-10T21:21:25.760-05:00First Attempt at Kitchen Valances: Not So Hot<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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I wanted to soften the look and dampen the sound in the kitchen, so I made these valances. Honestly, I'm still not sure if I love them, so I wanted to post them and see what you blog-readers had to say. <br />
The pictures don't show it very well, but the walls are grey and the valances are a beige linen. They don't look very contrast-y in the photos, but they are more-so in real life.</div>
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This one isn't a great picture (above) but it gives you the idea. </div>
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S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-7341945001588615862012-11-27T14:08:00.000-05:002012-11-27T14:08:15.968-05:00New Kitchen Color + Four-Eyed Henry<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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This is the third time I've painted my kitchen and I think I've finally found a keeper. First I had the beige color that is throughout the rest of the house. That didn't go with the cabinets. So I tried a darker beige that looked too pink. This time I chose a greyish-beige and I think it works well. It makes the cabinets pop and lends coolness in contrast with the warmth of the wood cabinets and floor. </div>
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And here is my little four-eyed busy-body. After trying on his dad's glasses, he ended up breaking them. That's the name of his current favorite game: get into anything and everything, especially the fragile stuff.</div>
S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-68092241333507711782012-11-10T14:45:00.001-05:002012-11-10T14:54:42.233-05:00Craft-tastic<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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It's that time of year again...check out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/prettyswank" target="_blank">the shop</a> for what I've been working on, plus a darling quilt made by my sister Whitney. </div>
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S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-37061052258898995822012-11-10T14:26:00.003-05:002012-11-10T14:31:28.904-05:00Halloween 2012 a la Spooky Schullers<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Once again my kids manage to dress up for Halloween looking mostly like they do on an average day (minus the facepaint). Good times, good times.</div>
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S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-36189142894420801432012-10-29T19:15:00.001-04:002012-10-29T19:15:56.781-04:00Is It Too Early to Post Christmas Wares?<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75HSlvWttHNxUpXYEek3sWGVp2S_zk1grTeWSKyvrdlL-tQXAdn4XShnEBBWlgdOsz2xxAVoWTBg57CCUNwRWJIPYOfe0R7Q9bCOcGqIt_yz9EjWQPX8FoVnXQoEDG2mQGVW2ZQ/s1600/IMG_8575.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75HSlvWttHNxUpXYEek3sWGVp2S_zk1grTeWSKyvrdlL-tQXAdn4XShnEBBWlgdOsz2xxAVoWTBg57CCUNwRWJIPYOfe0R7Q9bCOcGqIt_yz9EjWQPX8FoVnXQoEDG2mQGVW2ZQ/s400/IMG_8575.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyHAVChz66A1n89onLV3VY483rm_nO8Pj8mtE6Ue_cFxQ-QvwolkJICM1seDimvE_AcBwiYSF8RyRgV2Y1g9cWWDTxlAPR8iOWUJTah4NnfMe0qw0zZ4EvOdjrpdLJP-QFPnJ5A/s1600/IMG_8574.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyHAVChz66A1n89onLV3VY483rm_nO8Pj8mtE6Ue_cFxQ-QvwolkJICM1seDimvE_AcBwiYSF8RyRgV2Y1g9cWWDTxlAPR8iOWUJTah4NnfMe0qw0zZ4EvOdjrpdLJP-QFPnJ5A/s400/IMG_8574.JPG" /></a><br />
Just listed <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/113514012/christmas-arrow-tree-skirt" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-64342251972072789572012-10-29T18:53:00.001-04:002012-10-29T18:58:22.971-04:00Side Yard Before/After<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Our grass is growing in the sideyard and we finally got rid of all the dirt/gravel along the edge of the railroad ties (see the long pile in the far right?) I thought I'd post some befores and afters to give you the full effect of the finished project.<br />
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<strong>BEFORE:</strong><br />
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<strong>DURING:</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyGV9xGtZo5oKoteSzVACDNcRhFNykRbe2HUsuX92rRiY3FCKlAyKsqUM2fynf6ZsiV1LCXxTxMUHhbaqNgXT9ZXMsBV0dQ5zFokh0MY_F5fgKHNqVtzBBcSONYrTkRvtRxlttA/s1600/IMG_8516.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyGV9xGtZo5oKoteSzVACDNcRhFNykRbe2HUsuX92rRiY3FCKlAyKsqUM2fynf6ZsiV1LCXxTxMUHhbaqNgXT9ZXMsBV0dQ5zFokh0MY_F5fgKHNqVtzBBcSONYrTkRvtRxlttA/s400/IMG_8516.JPG" /></a><br />
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<strong>And NOW/AFTER:</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGqza0KIS6Z9fk2FWk6CDUqbv-g5DCMV6TQNnL3NMJHA_aZXQmPeTrxhGTGKUyKkT_W0FF4p_rSvHN-6JFLRZ_nGCDunJdHvbcYZMZXFSX553p-HcImGBjzgy-QTo5PqQXNtWxQ/s1600/IMG_8571.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGqza0KIS6Z9fk2FWk6CDUqbv-g5DCMV6TQNnL3NMJHA_aZXQmPeTrxhGTGKUyKkT_W0FF4p_rSvHN-6JFLRZ_nGCDunJdHvbcYZMZXFSX553p-HcImGBjzgy-QTo5PqQXNtWxQ/s400/IMG_8571.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEZxm-EW3nH4Tx2-GoSsbq1yYRclA07g9w_pct2f2xIVVHCUyEcTuIYhHebueFPwbkxZHPkhyphenhyphenX0Jg08TOoqh3Q0tg_esDnnxybnO9tY0rR3o9bXGP3AqJ_M2iiYUWLago-R70_w/s1600/IMG_8570.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEZxm-EW3nH4Tx2-GoSsbq1yYRclA07g9w_pct2f2xIVVHCUyEcTuIYhHebueFPwbkxZHPkhyphenhyphenX0Jg08TOoqh3Q0tg_esDnnxybnO9tY0rR3o9bXGP3AqJ_M2iiYUWLago-R70_w/s400/IMG_8570.JPG" /></a><br />
Thanks to Mother Nature for providing warm weather and mostly sunny days, the grass grew well. It took load after load of dirt/gravel in a wheelbarrow to remove all the piles along the driveway leftover from the excavator. It feels so good to have that project done. Now if we could keep the deer out of our tender grass, we'd be doing even better.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-80561643127904621612012-10-10T12:45:00.002-04:002012-10-10T12:45:39.710-04:00Backyard Corner<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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This corner of our backyard has been a long time in the making. Last night we finished it by putting railroad ties around the base of the oil tank (to hide the mismatched bricks and supports), and covered it all with black mulch. </div>
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Just to refresh your memory, this was the oil tank before we painted it. </div>
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Then, here it is after a coat of gray outdoor paint. </div>
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Here's the window before we mulched the dirt around it. </div>
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And here are pictures from this morning. It feels so good to have this corner finished. </div>
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We're getting there....only the opposite side of the house to work on now and we'll be done getting the basic yard footprint finished. </div>
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S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-26751753952795286532012-10-08T12:33:00.001-04:002012-10-08T12:33:57.543-04:00Finn's Summer Fort<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGo07t4nbqrwAfAGcjRfV8uPPMomgRNnmjwfjubKpFQvkMWLy-2UOMR5RlKI6TJ8AnaSXHFlMvCi7srHkpowLDTQ6vk-qTOd3d3okD-NndjAUl8gRtypcAX73f3Jj23FQgWhLdA/s1600/IMG_8408.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGo07t4nbqrwAfAGcjRfV8uPPMomgRNnmjwfjubKpFQvkMWLy-2UOMR5RlKI6TJ8AnaSXHFlMvCi7srHkpowLDTQ6vk-qTOd3d3okD-NndjAUl8gRtypcAX73f3Jj23FQgWhLdA/s400/IMG_8408.JPG" /></a><br />
Finn is always building something, whether it's out of Legos or wood or paper. At the beginning of the Summer, he started building a little house for himself.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XRnPvXtW0ONnMoeuoUyOIXT2-iPDuZPH659oaa6r2hbkJfJmZT94CjaPUHbQdtx-2PhO7Tzu6O7Xh6L4BLroTdM3HL59edX8wdjdjhi0tgjg1AhGjPK0W2kcvGcHdB4RFye0GA/s1600/IMG_8410.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XRnPvXtW0ONnMoeuoUyOIXT2-iPDuZPH659oaa6r2hbkJfJmZT94CjaPUHbQdtx-2PhO7Tzu6O7Xh6L4BLroTdM3HL59edX8wdjdjhi0tgjg1AhGjPK0W2kcvGcHdB4RFye0GA/s400/IMG_8410.JPG" /></a><br />
He worked on it for hours and hours, tweaking it everyday, changing things, adding collections.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-SHVZDXM6Fxc-mXOYZiWb9824L4BEgwAIpbSghXDKgYP0ByhFUxrbsf7ATj0muJXP23IP19ylElvxrWMnDaixlmYZfa5pMBx5GoUKahLV-N7ToctZJehU9cNjULd3Lu63G-86g/s1600/IMG_8411.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-SHVZDXM6Fxc-mXOYZiWb9824L4BEgwAIpbSghXDKgYP0ByhFUxrbsf7ATj0muJXP23IP19ylElvxrWMnDaixlmYZfa5pMBx5GoUKahLV-N7ToctZJehU9cNjULd3Lu63G-86g/s400/IMG_8411.JPG" /></a><br />
By the end of the Summer, he had created a little mosoleum on our back patio, full of wires, nails, wood, rocks, you name it: a Summer's-worth of time and heart from a 6-turned-7-year-old boy.<br />
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It was also driving me nuts. It completely took over the area right next to the back door, and it was beginning to look like shanty-town. I told myself that he could have it until school started, then we would disassemble the thing.<br />
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A week before school started, I knew it was time. He was not happy about it. He pouted and made silly faces when I took his last pictures with it.<br />
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Then I mentioned payment for helping destroy it and he was in. He and Lucy helped me take it down, piece by piece, and this compact work of art filled the entire bed of our pick-up! It cost $11 to get rid of it, plus a long drive to the dump, but I guess that's a small price to pay for hours and hours of enjoyment experienced by a budding carpenter.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-29071257646892026962012-10-08T12:24:00.001-04:002012-10-08T12:24:48.705-04:00The Man-Cave Window<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UKMdSga-RvLEqpvk5A1oq_HeYVPKzp0X-QqL1prByn_FF2iTk3BALG3OUZ73u7go0gl69uY2cDjwp7D1pBd8oK2sxXE1onX58X2f_w9pvyeaj4SXK5GyohqrKZ2w-C3RZAVOXg/s1600/IMG_8301.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UKMdSga-RvLEqpvk5A1oq_HeYVPKzp0X-QqL1prByn_FF2iTk3BALG3OUZ73u7go0gl69uY2cDjwp7D1pBd8oK2sxXE1onX58X2f_w9pvyeaj4SXK5GyohqrKZ2w-C3RZAVOXg/s400/IMG_8301.JPG" /></a><br />
I couldn't find a good picture, but this shows the corner where Travis put in a window for his basement cave. </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KRjLtt32sXJ44KHpCpGtIx-jjXLCcwbhlHgORaHkRMTtLyuVKQm8G4_6f3O3e8n8dLgYxJWnQUjZFdyfdSymrZeDvQEdMIfQ4Wo1ZAiSFNVBMf9v9q4_729i-XV4sJsG2P5YHg/s1600/IMG_8484.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KRjLtt32sXJ44KHpCpGtIx-jjXLCcwbhlHgORaHkRMTtLyuVKQm8G4_6f3O3e8n8dLgYxJWnQUjZFdyfdSymrZeDvQEdMIfQ4Wo1ZAiSFNVBMf9v9q4_729i-XV4sJsG2P5YHg/s400/IMG_8484.JPG" /></a><br />
First, he built a retaining wall around the crawlspace opening.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhsr-FxbasTKNokiDZS3VrT_Et94hnOeQYP86l5Q3D4psqCJkUFKo2LHQPW2T-2TZg_kCGJnbrFa5e1OLNL6EQjadQY8oDDLUJJJON8j_2ObONYZEh7GcQshNaC-zlNh1Y1q2uCw/s1600/IMG_8485.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhsr-FxbasTKNokiDZS3VrT_Et94hnOeQYP86l5Q3D4psqCJkUFKo2LHQPW2T-2TZg_kCGJnbrFa5e1OLNL6EQjadQY8oDDLUJJJON8j_2ObONYZEh7GcQshNaC-zlNh1Y1q2uCw/s400/IMG_8485.JPG" /></a><br />
(The view from a distance).</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyXwc-RstyCX9vx6QbwpXKFf1hjL4JgLGA_TsGzmiKohZxsyqxLUZg2wJ8nZNWC0w7TyUIn1oounlTpGVLVWGH-J7piOTPNs42uHLk9IM6A2TVGssIOds1k-d-St8Olxb5D3ujg/s1600/IMG_8511.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyXwc-RstyCX9vx6QbwpXKFf1hjL4JgLGA_TsGzmiKohZxsyqxLUZg2wJ8nZNWC0w7TyUIn1oounlTpGVLVWGH-J7piOTPNs42uHLk9IM6A2TVGssIOds1k-d-St8Olxb5D3ujg/s400/IMG_8511.JPG" /></a><br />
Then he put in a window where the crawlspace opening used to be. It helps the basement airflow, plus gives him alot of natural light. These little changes are fun to make.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32849490.post-56733883839534221452012-10-08T12:08:00.001-04:002012-10-08T12:10:11.857-04:00Fixing the Side Yard<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrKwnv24fnqLHhBtRFYOV2Baw6LmWRgzsP_jB2aChnnrXvGA8ifsMCV42GJxptvBrjVKPZiRs5r7vkryjy4W0vFIjJ7i64V2-xN93_6-ZiScMZl43Z-m4uecnQVtKQAWqWcXS0w/s1600/IMG_8487.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrKwnv24fnqLHhBtRFYOV2Baw6LmWRgzsP_jB2aChnnrXvGA8ifsMCV42GJxptvBrjVKPZiRs5r7vkryjy4W0vFIjJ7i64V2-xN93_6-ZiScMZl43Z-m4uecnQVtKQAWqWcXS0w/s400/IMG_8487.JPG" /></a><br />
A couple weeks ago we had an excavator come loosen up the compacted dirt in the driveway along the grass. We wanted to put in railroad ties all along the driveway to deliniate the driveway from the grass. After Travis spent alot of time pounding away at it with a pickaxe and only getting one railroad tie in (plus getting a few blisters), we decided we had better hire this out.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMGx4Yj64IjV3O2NEFBIN8xK7DEMWL0PcS9lgEF2Ssr9aEXKg6XXcLFHpTTLCEFpJTM7dupH5A9tjkWLAca2vcWrd32lx0gCivCI7H29iVXvUprWoG5YCSsJ5qNVc7EplCuIKaA/s1600/IMG_8489.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMGx4Yj64IjV3O2NEFBIN8xK7DEMWL0PcS9lgEF2Ssr9aEXKg6XXcLFHpTTLCEFpJTM7dupH5A9tjkWLAca2vcWrd32lx0gCivCI7H29iVXvUprWoG5YCSsJ5qNVc7EplCuIKaA/s400/IMG_8489.JPG" /></a><br />
So Byron the Excavator came over and for $60 he had the driveway torn up deep enough to put in the ties. That could have been the best $60 we ever spent!</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlTFO7LdccXWOb49KOyRiwei_xB5aLikEc1pRJYNDlSkCBfsdLB566eOZSKFt6FyGOaHkV_qeneLNArqrSVBXkZMkxsOGhKw8Bl78ZlUVx0E7MH0vbFp_1I-jrwdrUzabYQs39A/s1600/IMG_8495.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlTFO7LdccXWOb49KOyRiwei_xB5aLikEc1pRJYNDlSkCBfsdLB566eOZSKFt6FyGOaHkV_qeneLNArqrSVBXkZMkxsOGhKw8Bl78ZlUVx0E7MH0vbFp_1I-jrwdrUzabYQs39A/s400/IMG_8495.JPG" /></a><br />
We decided to keep the ties parallel to the house (the house and the garage are not paralell to each other). The string marked the line and it was pretty easy to lay the ties (easy for me because Travis just told me what to do to help!)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBx2RCFDMQ6dYNa7kvu_rgQs2E0PCZxSmvrupFUVPXzCCKGGFNbidxQIX3CkAB6uffyHXrzi6VtJC4Ff0MkWu2OGQCk6sXSrXQUbTNdROxLyfA-hY82mmT_CdWkJSM94jEVrlxw/s1600/IMG_8499.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBx2RCFDMQ6dYNa7kvu_rgQs2E0PCZxSmvrupFUVPXzCCKGGFNbidxQIX3CkAB6uffyHXrzi6VtJC4Ff0MkWu2OGQCk6sXSrXQUbTNdROxLyfA-hY82mmT_CdWkJSM94jEVrlxw/s400/IMG_8499.JPG" /></a><br />
After laying the ties, we backfilled them, then took away all the excess dirt inside the planting area. Then, we got it smooth, planted grass seed, laid out a cow manure mixture, then put on peat moss and straw for extra insulation and moisture retention.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwP2dcdJImjPetjU9VMsznBve26PhfdXXxNIHKDcgzyU0mKArfn3tFB0Xphhp4EyYxNEE1s1m-T3XZ8UjZ0OWYxeyvatUBVhtQcHzh_TwqISMotfv32ERHcas-OIo941aM4bloQ/s1600/IMG_8504.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwP2dcdJImjPetjU9VMsznBve26PhfdXXxNIHKDcgzyU0mKArfn3tFB0Xphhp4EyYxNEE1s1m-T3XZ8UjZ0OWYxeyvatUBVhtQcHzh_TwqISMotfv32ERHcas-OIo941aM4bloQ/s400/IMG_8504.JPG" /></a><br />
And this is how the ties look now. I like how they turned out. (As a sidenote: this picture was taken a couple of weeks ago, and now the grass is starting to grow! We weren't sure if it would grow with the freezing nightly temperatures, but it is finally growing!)</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFDJDb4zI7Ku7R3whQn6C-2ZmJIkimfQvmcCPkqSKm68EQeXYoJuSZoCsG8Qg9DFf4kelRWFkrl5XpiuECd1BCDzdp0dXJckl8t3_gmdF2wHng9rQYyDJAlObpR_EdUe_x9Vs6A/s1600/IMG_8498.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFDJDb4zI7Ku7R3whQn6C-2ZmJIkimfQvmcCPkqSKm68EQeXYoJuSZoCsG8Qg9DFf4kelRWFkrl5XpiuECd1BCDzdp0dXJckl8t3_gmdF2wHng9rQYyDJAlObpR_EdUe_x9Vs6A/s400/IMG_8498.JPG" /></a><br />
Our little bike-helper-expert-in-residence.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGClikHlNAAJv29h1g-trNpLjg8NP1tGqurPkFUKZk02cUU8ua8gQK4Sc5wgYJD9hJOKV7L_UzJT_q6SCr1FXHnKEQhgwFOrV_S9QeW4rXJsjwXEuHpCPTNqOhxBlxOaMqwSASVA/s1600/2012-05-25.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGClikHlNAAJv29h1g-trNpLjg8NP1tGqurPkFUKZk02cUU8ua8gQK4Sc5wgYJD9hJOKV7L_UzJT_q6SCr1FXHnKEQhgwFOrV_S9QeW4rXJsjwXEuHpCPTNqOhxBlxOaMqwSASVA/s400/2012-05-25.jpg" /></a><br />
It's neat to see the transformation from this Spring, to Summer to now. I'll try to dig up the picture of when we bought the house to show the full change. I'm happy with how it turned out. Next Summer the grass will be grown up to the ties and it will look even better.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>S. Schullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313589636098723316noreply@blogger.com1