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Grand Canyon Vacation Day 2
Woke up early and went for a walk with Mark and this is the view outside the hotel. Ian took this for me as we were driving past. After this the country side really started changing and the red rocks...
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Day 3 of Grand Canyon Trip
We finally made it home last night and I have a secure internet link, so I can finally continue my blog diary of our vacation. My hope had been that I could do this as we traveled, but that soon...
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Day 4 of Grand Canyon Trip
Day 4 of the Grand Canyon Trip, we woke up fairly early and Mark made French Toast and sausage to start our morning out with a good meal, since we were going to hike down into the Canyon. Today we...
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Day 5 of Grand Canyon Trip!
Day 5 of our Grand Canyon Trip. Hiking the Bright Angel Trail! This is the trail that most people attempt to do when they want to go to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Once again there are many...
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Day 6 of Grand Canyon Trip
Day 6 of the Grand Canyon Trip We all slept in a little this morning after the long hike yesterday. But once we got up and started packing up the campsite, I walked up to the bathrooms to brush my...
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Day 7 of Grand Canyon Trip
Day 7 Of our trip we ate a good breakfast at Jacob Lake Inn and drove back into the park for another day of hiking. While your driving into the park on the North Rim side, it is completely different...
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Day 8 of Grand Canyon/Zion Trip
As I said before, they all decided we had seen enough of the Grand Canyon and wanted to move on to Zion National Park. So we packed up camp and started driving to Utah. Along the way we made a side...
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Day 9 of Grand Canyon/Zion National Park Trip
Day 9 we are in Zion National Park and have decided to hike a trail called Angel’s Landing, which is one of the highest points in the park. Mark and Ian really wanted to do it and Becca sort of did....
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Final Day of Grand Canyon/Zion National Park Vacation
Day 10 or our final official day of vacation! For this day we have saved our longest and most challenging hike of all, a hike up the Narrows. The Narrows is created by the Virgin River, which has...
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Dinner Tonight (Eros Eclectic Greek Taverna)
This post is out of the norm, but I thought I would introduce you to this place that has some different and unique dishes. Ever since the girls went off to College, Mark and I have tried to start...
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4-H Projects
Years ago I went to 4-H, my brother and sister and I, joined Salem 4-H Club and learned a lot of life skills. Leadership was one of them, because in 4-H the members(kids) are the officers and run...
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Pillows and their trimmings!
Pillows are a great addition to a room, they can bring instant color and style to a plain or boring sofa, chair or bed. They can add that extra pop of color to a room. Pillows can easily be changed...
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Windows and More by Chrystal’s Workroom
So after showing a lot of the projects we create in our workroom, I have decided to let you see some of the equipment we use in our workroom. Years ago when we started out I worked in my living/dining...
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Last Week in the Workroom!
Last week in the workroom had a lot of variety in some ways and a lot of the same thing in others. Is that a confusing statement or what? So last week I did a lot of cushions to start out with. One...
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Window Treatments from Conception to Completion.
So lately I have been using my rendering program (Minutes Matters), a program where you can show the customer what their vision of their window treatment will look like. It is a wonderful tool that...
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2 – Story Window Treatments and Installations
Recently we have installed a couple of 2 – Story Window Treatments or Tall windows. They make for very interesting installs and lots of work in the workroom. There is a lot more that goes into...
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Making a gift bag for a wine bottle and other stuff!
Eventually this post will be about making this wine bottle gift bag, but first I want to catch you up on why I haven’t posted for so long. It has been a busy couple of months with Thanksgiving and...
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A review of our Christmas 2013!
So most everyone who writes a blog, wrote about their Christmas decorations the whole month of December and most of November, not me as usual I am behind. For the last couple of days I have read a...
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Installations before the Holidays!
So one of my goals, not resolutions this year is to do a better job on keeping up with my blog. As I said before, for a while I couldn’t download pictures, (and that is really what this blog is...
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How to Modify Mirrored Top End Tables
If you remember this post, and all the projects I had to complete, this was one of them. There they sit in the middle of everything with the wallpaper on top of them. To start at the beginning, while...
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