Rice Urges Ceasefire, Diplomatic Solution in Georgia

This news photo shows demonstrators sitting next to a poster depicting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the uniform of a ... to deliver on its pledge to cease fire in Georgia, as the United States draws up humanitarian aid plans ... House after briefing President Bush on diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Georgia, where [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 22:26:26

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I Can Walk on Water!

We (finally!) went fishing last night!For those of you unaware of such things, this means walking (or driving) ... is drawing fish house plans. This is one of his designs, hand built by us in the barn. This is actually what could be considered a combination house. It can be used for fishing (and mostly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:02:00

Greene & Greene reproduction dining set: $16,700

Originally designed for Greene & Greene's Robinson House (original plans, including drawings for this table) ... - made by master craftsman Jim Ipekjian (who is responsible for much of the recent repair work at the Blacker House) - is for sale (along with 4 leaves; it seats up to 16, altogether; the price also [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 11:00:00

house planning

As an Architecture student, I had a whole collection of architectural magazines and books that I find very inspiring in my studies ... that you need in finding the perfect plan of that dream home whether it is an American, Mediterranean ... when it comes to form and function.  You won’t be paying more for an architectural drawing plan since [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 22:25:12

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - December 16, 2008

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for December 16, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics: Republican Party candidates, ... CBS2 -- House Votes 113-0 To Begin Impeachment Proceedings Blagojevich Has No Plans To Resign ... -- ENTIRE FRONT PAGE IS A DRAWING OF BLAGO AT A PODIUM DUCKING SHOES: House speaker moves to begin [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 15:45:06

Refinancing Mortgage Deals - Tips To Find The Best Available

Whether you need cash to renovate your house, money for college, or simply want to liquidate some of the equity you’ve built up in your home, ... or improvement project will require you to submit documentation that includes full plans, architectural drawings, contractors’ estimates, project budget and an appraiser’s assessment of the home’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 04:40:38

it’s a temporary kick to alleviate restraint

coffee with jer, who’s addicted to the word “hack”, and driving “funny bad” in the snow ... says. making plans with purtle to draw every day. tonight there’s a godard double feature over ... (sp?) at my mom’s house and make sheets out of them. that’s cute right? or too dingy? the grant went [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 23:05:18

Uh, Detroit, the Obama guys have a real problem with your bailout

Incoming Barack Obama senior advisor David Axelrod issued a fairly stern warning to American automakers today that they'll have to come up with a ... for the incoming White House Obama team on another Sunday morning news show. "They have to do it," Daley ... next month. Congressional leaders told the three major U.S. auto manufacturers to draw up plans [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 05:21:23

Incredible disappearing waterway could cost Laguna millions

Sniff, sniff, snifffff…The Watchdog smells a lawsuit brewing… ... to the city in 2002 with plans for a 4,158 square foot house. Denied. Back again with a smaller ... commissioners examined architectural drawings, sniffed, said there were too many Tuscan-inspired [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 14:00:26

expect the unexpected

We're back from Christmas vacation and therefore I'm back from my temporary blog hiatus ... and sleeping and feeding plans and discipline and other ideas about how this house will run ... .  However, we are having too much fun drawing vacation out at home as the girls don't return [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:53:15

Paper Roses (a la Marie Osmond)

It Ain't John Steinbeck's Crepes Of WrathPhotographs copyright: ... by us when we built this home.I planned the garden before the house was built. I sketched each garden bed and each prospective plant on the architectural scale drawings. I sketched where the garden gate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 19:00:00

The Restorers Library " Pallisers New Cottage Homes 1887"

From Time to time I like to recommend reference books that may be of interest to Old House restorers, Palliser's New Cottage Homes 1887 is a reproduction of the rare catalog that originally was published in 1887. It includes 1,500 detailed drawings of floor plans, elevations, perspective views [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:50:00

Simple Things

After seeing several videos and many blogs last week, I was inspired to do several simple drawings ... shakers and went to another room to retrieve them. I made several black line drawings of them ... liked the above image so much that I am planning to look for other simple objects in the house and make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:53:00

Totally Awesome Giveaway: Win a spot in Big Picture Scrapbooking's first expert workshop of 2009: "Get Organized and Be Inspired" with Wendy Smedley

Organized The new year is just around the corner, and what do we all do in the new year? We make big plans to do stuff, right? ... , I've been to her house. It really does look like this. I have one free spot to give away ... draw a winner sometime on Sunday afternoon. In the mean time, feel free to check out the class [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 17:50:50

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