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		<title>Priceless: Returning to my roots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went camping last weekend. Let me reiterate that: I. Went. Camping. My idea of the outdoors is reading a book on the porch rather than on the couch. There are bugs. And spiders. And &#8230; dirt. Not to mention the fact that I have a one-on-one relationship with my allergist, who knows how allergic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D-I-Y Fever: The garage shelf</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My neighbor across the street complains that my garage isn’t messy enough. For years, that’s been my justification for creative use of floor space. I’ve lined anti-freeze jugs, paint cans and garden tools along the baseboards. Stacked tackle boxes in the corners. Leaned fishing poles and hockey sticks over them. While such neighbor-pleasing clutter provided [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kudzublog.com/?p=2832</link>
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		<title>Happy NO birthday (party)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daughter, B, turned seven late last month. In the last 6 years, we&#8217;ve had an Elmo party, a ballerina party, a Disney princess party, an Arizona/cowboy party, a Hawaiian luau and a Mexican fiesta. They&#8217;ve all taken place at our house, and required a week of cleaning, decorating, cooking, more cleaning and more decorating. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kudzublog.com/?p=2718</link>
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		<title>D-I-Y- Fever: Installing a tool rack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My shovels, rakes and hoe balance in a grungy garage corner like wallflowers at a dance. Except their co-mingling attracts &#8212; rather than repels &#8212; dust, dirt and the shells of desiccated beetles. It’s no wonder I want to get these tools off the concrete with some sense of order. My plan is simple: select [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My UFO Sighting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw a UFO this week. No really, I did. An unidentified foreign object&#8230;in my eye. What did you think I meant? It all started last Sunday. I had been drilling holes into our white kitchen cabinets to install babyproof latches. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until that evening, when I noticed a tiny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweating out Do-It-Yourself fever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally noticed the symptoms. Sore muscles. Nicked fingers. Surfing home improvement websites. Pausing for long stretches on HGTV. I’ve even found myself in the parking lot at The Home Depot or Bed, Bath and Beyond with a game plan. Mr. You-Know-Anybody-Who-Can-Fix-This? is pretty sure he’s contracted D-I-Y fever. It started slowly, so I should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kudzublog.com/?p=2751</link>
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		<title>Thirty is the new eighty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, not for people of course.  For people, thirty is the new twenty &#8211; better yet, the new fifteen.  That would explain my oily skin, pimples and occasional bouts of social awkwardness. But my theory is that for houses, thirty is the new eighty. It worries me a bit that my home, two years younger than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kudzublog.com/?p=2765</link>
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		<title>One for the road: a travel luxury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, this is me in a Dodge Challenger. And, yes, it is a completely ridiculous (rental) car. The week before last, I visited the City of Brotherly Love for work. I think I must have been a travel agent in a former life, because with careful online manipulation, I managed to shave $189 off my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kudzublog.com/?p=2727</link>
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		<title>Does the dog come with the house?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We put our house up for sale this summer. I think we can equate this chapter in our lives with a momentary lapse of reason. It&#8217;s an incredibly stressful upheaval. Since we work full time and the kids are in camp all day, it&#8217;s a challenge to keep the house clean every day. But, we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kudzublog.com/?p=2699</link>
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		<title>HGTV attraction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m well aware of my shortcomings when it comes to major renovations, but like to believe I can tackle the small fix-it jobs. Others don’t. When I replaced the sliders on a patio screen for my best friend, she politely ignored that they were inserted backward. It slides perfectly but she has to go outside [...]]]></description>
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