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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Operation Smile and Campus Book Rentals

Operation Smile is a charity organization for children – donate non profit

As you may already know I am a retired college professor and between my husband and I we have 6 college graduates and several grandchildren who are nearing college age.  As a parent and professor I was constantly reminded of the huge cost that students incur when buying their text books.  If any of you are parents or even students, I’m sure you can relate.  Well, for a nominal advertising fee I have been asked to endorse a program being offered by CampusBookRentals and I have agreed.  This post was written by me and all opinions are 100% mine.

While they have an excellent web site and there are great advantages to renting from them; 
     -save 40-90% off of bookstore prices
    -free shipping both ways,
    -can highlight in the textbooks,
    -flexible renting periods,
I want to focus on two items of note.  The first and very important is that they partner with Operation Smile.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

My Unordinary Valentine!

I wanted to do something different for my Valentine decoration this year, but what? I was cleaning  out some wood in the barn and created a pile of wood trim pieces that I used for testing paint colors. I hated to throw them away, but they were small pieces and not really "Valentine" colors. My mind started to work and I thought, why not a Valentine plaque. So here is what I created.
Eclectic Red Barn:  My Unordinary Valentine!
Now let me tell you how I did this.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Broken washing machine, means new floor!

Nothing like seeing water floating all over your laundry room floor to make your day. Well that is what happened last Monday. Our laundry room is between the kitchen and the garage. Water ran into the garage but not into the kitchen. I had projects out there that had to come up off the floor and be dried off. What a mess!

The new washing machine couldn't be delivered until Wednesday night. We had put down Brazilian Cherry re-engineered flooring in the great room and into the kitchen. We stopped where the kitchen meets the laundry. It has been that way for 2 years. 

Here's the new floor. The dogs seem to like it. This is their area since I feed them here and their water bowl is here.
Eclectic Red Barn: Finished laundry room with new tile

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Sweet Wednesday Link Party #18

Welcome to the Sweet Wednesday Link Party #18

I am so excited to be co-hosting with Heather over at My Sweet Mission.  Her blog was created from two of her passions in life; baking and missions. Her love for baking goes way back to when she was a young girl. Both heather and her husband  are involved with local and global missions throughout the year. You can read more about her here.

Thanks for linking up your best, family friendly posts to the Sweet Wednesday Link Party #18! 

Thank you so much, we can't wait to see
what you're going to link up today!


Party Requests:
Link to a specific post, not your home page.
Don't linkup parties, shops or giveaways. 
Thank you!

Host:
Guest Co-Host

Sweet Wednesday Link Party at MySweetMission.net

Let the party begin...
Show us what you've got! 

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Old Wine Box gets a Facelift

I have a strong love of boxes. It is hard for me to pass up any type of box at a flea market or garage sale. You can do so many things with them. So when I saw these boxes at a garage sale a few years ago, I had to get them. Of course the price - 50 cents each, was also a contributing factor. 
Eclectic Red Barn: Vintage Wine Box



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