Lusso Collection Adds $5 Million Tuscan Villa
Filed under: Journeys In August we reported that the Lusso Collection portfolio of multi-million dollar residences in the world's most desirable ... -restored stone farmhouse with five bedroom suites, stone fireplaces, terracotta floors and brick ... , the company plans to have 39 luxury residences in 21 destinations by year's end, with London and Paris [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 09:03:00
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A trip to Colorado and my new Martha Stewart/KB Home community
I went to Denver, Colorado the week before last to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of our Martha Stewart/KB Home community in Stapleton ... . More information is available HERE. Homebuyers at the Stapleton community have their choice of 5 floor plans ... The kitchens in the homes feature lovely details like deep farmhouse sinks, granite counter [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 04:00:04
Book review: 'Classic Kitchen Style'
“Classic Kitchen Style: The Essential Handbook for a Timeless Design” by Mervyn Kaufman (Filipacchi Publishing, $16.99) ... , in four main categories: traditional elegance, country charmers, farmhouse fancies and a blend of styles. The book includes advice on choosing custom or stock cabinets, as well as colors, floor plans [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 14:58:19
Farmhouse part 3
“So someone is trying to kill me?”“You are not getting the point. We are blaming each other. But neglecting a very important point ... . They had loads of plans which now would never be done. There were bottles of alcohol to be emptied in 2 days ... on the floor next to Janvi persuading her to sleep, but getting no answer back. After sometime [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 02:37:00
30 Rock 3.04 - Gavin Volure
Welcome back to our 30 Rock recaps after a *totally planned* one-week absence. Yes. Of course I always meant to post this the week the next new episode aired. Completely. Anyway… We open as Jack urges Liz to loosen up as they walk into a schmancy dinner party, but she’s 1.) Connecticut, 2.) No food yet, 3.) “Away” toilet situation, so no dice [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 00:19:34
The Albino Banshee
I'm going to tell you a scary story. It happens to be true, which makes it even scarier. In the early 60's, when I was in 8th grade at St. Theresa's, we lived in a 300 year-old, stone farmhouse in Hellertown. Its three foot thick walls kept the house cool in summer and warm in winter . . . except on the third floor. That's where [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 04:05:00
Sometimes I Get To Read
though not often. I don't have time. I also tend to be obsessive, so when I do get to read a book I have to read it straight through, ... on the floor in her drafty, rickety three-room shack and live in fear of her moods and temper ... , has other plans. Rozelle wants her daughter to work, cleaning houses for whites, like she does [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 22:42:00
Protecting Future Generations By Protecting Air, Water & Wildlife
CHERRY VALLEY AND KITTATINNY RIDGE It is easy to forget in these troubled times that government can help good people do good things ... to my horror that other houses, including a magnificent late-18th century farmhouse surrounded ... , and through a coalition of environmentalists and sportsmen, Du Pont's plans not only were thwarted [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 11:45:00
A hole in the ground erupts, to Estonia’s delight
By ELLEN BARRY TUHALA — All day, people crunched through the frost-encrusted woods, in snowsuits, leather jackets and perilous heels, until they came to the spot where the water was churning. According to legend, the witches of Tuhala were taking a sauna underground, beating each other vigorously with birch branches, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 18:48:34
I have a lot to say and you're going to read it.
So it’s been a while. You COULD blame me but then I’d punch you in the gut. P.S. this is a long one ... marvelous things. We went to stay in Tuscany in this freezing but absolutely adorable farmhouse that was apart of a greater hotel/resort sort of complex. From the farmhouse we were able to bus [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 14:23:00
My Sister Dilly
This is a powerfully emotional book! Admittedly, it took me a bit longer than usual to catch up with the story, so I almost felt like going back and reading it again when I was through, but it was truly an amazing book! Moms will understand, sympathize and relish in what this book has to offer [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 16:51:38
Get Sticky with Erik from Pash
Erik Bruner-Yang of Pash is also GM for Sticky Rice, a new DC hot spot located at 1224 H St NE. Today he was quoted in a really good article from the Post. I've re-posted it below. H Is for Happening Entrepreneurs Push a NE Neighborhood Toward New Life as a Food Destination By Jane Black Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 25, [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 18:21:23
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
I swore off the Hannah Swensen mystery series by Joanne Fluke after the third installment, Blueberry Muffin Murder ... Scharf. It’s an old farmhouse that belonged to Rhonda’s now deceased aunt, and Norman plans to tear ... to remove some antiques that Delores plans to sell at her store. While checking out the basement [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 10:41:26
A place for us?
I can hardly believe that it’s nearing the one year anniversary of our move to Nebraska. What a year it’s been! We came with such high hopes and exact plans of how everything would work out and God allowed ... do with our own piece of land” plans, then it would be just what we need. This agrarian dream of ours would [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 22:48:24
East Coast Coast Destinations
New England Coast Destinations – Vacation with Friends School break is coming up and you and your friends are eager to travel to New England ... by these places. Yale University You may have no plans of switching colleges or universities ... satisfactory bed and breakfasts to solve your dilemma. 1886 House, Massachusetts You’re going to share [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 17:21:47
My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang
Posted by bookroomreviews on October 6, 2008 It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 02:30:54
My Simple Living Story Revisited
This is a post I made on my old blog here. It is linked into Rhonda Jean's blog in her sidebar under Readers Stories, ... into saving came in 2003. We were living in a rented farmhouse near Melbourne in the bush. We also ... him to get a contract. So on the contract at the farmhouse, he was told it wouldn't be renewed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 13:01:00
This is the final installment in the boxed sets section of the Ultimate DVD collection. The movies are for the most part covered under my earlier posts on Sci-Fi movie night, and I will post the lesser known ones, those on VHS and any boxed sets that escaped my notice, in a later post, as well as one on Paranormal/Fantasy. Enjoy! [more...]
Date: 2008-06-07 21:11:51
Homepages, the Book
Thanks to a tip from Primal Sneeze, I recently found out about Homepages: Stories from the Irish Blogosphere ... on election-related materials. So I decided instead to rework two of my blog posts about our little house ... . For me, it's a weird anticlimax. I've waited seven weeks for the closing on our house. I should [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 05:58:00
runewheel
Of course we bought a farmhouse in Maine. . .in Round Pond. The house sat back from a curving road with hardly any traffic ... us the Russell house was still standing. We drove by the house and plans to visit the cemetery ... . It was (for me) a dream come true. We named the farmhouse Runewheel.I sold my loft, L kept [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 17:08:00
New contest! 4 copies of A Little Bit of Faith by Cindy Kenney for Precious Girls Club AND 10 free trial access codes! Open internationally, this contest closes October 12, 2008. Don’t forget to enter! Don’t forget to enter our contest, 5 blessed winners will receive an autographed copy of Craig Houghton’s Family UNplanning [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 06:41:39
Farmhouse part 4
It was Jatin s birthday. He along with his friends Sanjay ,Chetan, Janvi, Saakshi were at Sanjay s farm house to celebrate his birthday. “Chootu ... in front of his girlfriend?” said JanviChetan could not stop blushing. The farm house was about 100km ... that they would spend a couple of days each year at this farm house. The location was very good [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 19:45:00
Lessons from Liz Clark
A very good friend of mine, sometime writing partner, and fellow Pennwriter, Liz Clark, stopped by the other day for a chat. I took advantage of the situation and fired up the Dictaphone. Below is the record of the event. Sue Lange: What do you write? Liz Clark: I write poetry about animal rescue and events that are meaningful to me [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 15:25:13
Homeschooling 201: Remodeling the Kitchen Floor
written May 1st About a month ago, for LucyLillie’s birthday, we were cleaning, ... sure with Matt’s schedule that would be nigh impossible. When Heather called me and we made plans ... Floor The first thing they had to do was to remove all of the wood moulding with their hammers [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 18:12:19
My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang - FIRST Wildcard
Originally Posted at Bibliophile's Retreat by Melissa Meeks It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 12:00:00
Reader Design Dilemma-Farmhouse kitchen
It's time for another reader design dilemma! This one comes from Catherine in Los Angeles, CA. She recently moved into an old 1892 farmhouse, and wants to update her kitchen."I am always drawn ... with the counter-tops (we don't have a detail shot)Here are some items Catherine plans to switch [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 14:00:00
I'm telling you right now, this one is not as detailed or as interesting as the last one. But there are more pictures. Wednesday 3.30 Out of bed! Good morning, world! Good morning, thoughts running through my head! Good morning, absolute blackness of night! 3.45 Out the door. It's fricking freezing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 23:02:00
FIRST Wild Card Tour: My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! I really enjoyed this book. You can click here to read my review [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 12:00:17
House Plans
They say that if you dream, you dream big! It’s the only thing in life that is always FREE ... such as Contemporary house plans, Country house plans, Country French home plans, Craftsman house plans ... and its corresponding floor plans. As I browse at their site, my mind goes wild with so many beautiful [more...]
Date: 2008-06-28 05:22:48
The Johnston House: It’s the Roof
When you travel south of town, you’ll see the Johnston House, on the hill to the east ... by the Cassinelli family. Through the decades many plans were floated for this property: San Francisco County Jail ... of the old farmhouse south of Half Moon Bay. The Johnston House. Renowned cultural historian C. Malcolm [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 16:09:01
My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 14:00:00
Excerpt - MY SISTER DILLY by Maureen Lang
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 07:01:00
Raid by karnataka lokayukta
e - Voice Of Human Rights Watch - e-news weekly Spreading the light of humanity & freedom Editor: Nagaraj.M.R....vol.4 . issue.48......29/11/2008 TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS OF INNOCENTS VISIT ,http://www.amnesty.org Editorial : PRESTIGE Apartment collapse & Raid by Karnataka lokayukta on police officials - seizure of crores worth [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 13:32:00
Merry Christmas
I wasn’t quite able to slip cookies or kneeling into this, but the two things will be in this story. Certainly the kneeling is around the corner ;) * * * Bloody hell. His friends had lied. Collin glowered at the two men sitting across from him in the cab [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 18:00:40
Plans?
I had all kinds of plans for today.It turned out that life just got in the way ... at the appointed time. Thanks be to God!But the house was frigid and all the things you take ... up as country kids Dale and I were surprised as all get-out that this old farmhouse was equipped [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 07:05:00
My Sister Dilly
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 14:17:00
Kitchen Demo
We've finally decided to take the plunge and begin the real work at the Woodbury house ... will be like. In the Oxford-Boynton house we did a country style kitchen with white, slatted door cabinets ... and finally came up with this:We will be going with a Farmhouse sink, side by side fridge, double wall [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 02:52:00
My Sister Dilly
This past week I had the pleasure of reviewing My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang. The book is about two sister's, one has just gotten out of prison. Lang's realistic writing makes it a difficult, emotional read at times, but one that everyone can relate to [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 01:10:56
FIRST: My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 11:49:00
My Sister Dilly
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 20:42:00
"My Sister Dilly" Book Review
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 15:21:00
Raid by karnataka lokayukta
e - Voice Of Human Rights Watch - e-news weeklySpreading the light of humanity & freedom Editor: Nagaraj.M.R....vol.4 . issue.48......29/11/2008 TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS OF INNOCENTS VISIT ,http://www.amnesty.orgEditorial : PRESTIGE Apartment collapse & Raid by Karnataka lokayukta on police officials- seizure of crores worth illegal [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 13:34:00
My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour ... is: Maureen Langand the book: My Sister DillyTyndale House Publishers (September 10, 2008 ... : 352 pagesPublisher: Tyndale House Publishers (September 10, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 23:45:00
Victorian Style Homes
Search our Victorian Home Plans collection Click to view this Victorian house plan ... , elaborate turrets Victorian floor plans range widely in square footage Victorian home designs ... of architecture. The floor plan of this popular Victorian farmhouse features a wrap around porch, upstairs [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 16:43:27
FIRST WILD CARD BLOG TOUR: My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang
It is time to play a Wild Card!Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 19:50:00
Cynsational News & Giveaways
Enter to win one of three hardcover copies of The Robe of Skulls: The First Tale from the Five Kingdoms by Vivian French (Candlewick, 2008)( ... more than a little magic to get what she needs.Will her plans be foiled by the heroic Gracie [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 14:23:00
New England Coast Destinations – Vacation with Friends
School break is coming up and you and your friends are eager to travel to New England ... when you drop by these places. Yale University You may have no plans of switching colleges or universities ... the one in the 2nd floor – good for two and with an antique iron [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 15:23:40
Slow Cook Thursday
Slow (sloh) adjective, -er, -est, adverb, -er, -est, : moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train; ... , CT, where they restored an old 1789 farmhouse. In 1970 my father got a telephone call that would [more...]
Date: 2008-06-19 07:10:24
A Favorite Wild Card of Mine by FIRST: My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour ... is: Maureen Langand the book: My Sister DillyTyndale House Publishers (September 10, 2008 ... : 352 pagesPublisher: Tyndale House Publishers (September 10, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 19:11:00
Home Remodeling: Super Low Bid a Reason to Question Contractor Further
Kathy Maynard Sacramento Bee Q: We want to remodel our kitchen and have collected estimates from remodeling contractors and a custom home builder ... A: There can be many reasons for differences in estimates, but if all the contractors bid on the same plans [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 18:07:24
