The Blueberry

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Babymooning at Chateau Blueberry

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When Clint and I planned our “Babymoon”, we realized that our budget and travel ambitions did not match. Since we aren’t the Federal gov...
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Out of the Blue…berry

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We inherited a dear neighbor’s blueberry bush when she moved this spring, and with it came dreams of abundant berries.   On...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

Our (nearly) Priceless Wet Bar

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What do a media room and library lounge typically lack?   A wet bar, of course.   To remedy this often oversight, w...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Singing in the Rain

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Walking into our bathroom was accompanied with an Alfred Hitchcock soundtrack when I first moved in to the Blueberry.   No amount of disin...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Led Zeppelin Steps

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They must have had our house in mind when writing their climbing lyrics. Our original 1914 home had a second floor (rafters...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

A Charlie Brown Christmas

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After our drawn-out floor staining process, we were exhausted. Christmas Eve morning, we stumbled into Starbucks for piping hot cocoa and w...

Staining with the Beach Boys

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“Little Saint Nick” lyrics are eternally tied to my memory of staining our fir floors. The week before Christmas, we patched, mended, and sa...
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Jennifer Nelson
Seattle (Renton), Washington, United States
When Mallory was asked why he climbed Mt. Everest, he quipped, “because it was there.” That’s not nearly as poetic as our housing venture, but it seems just as challenging to Clint and me. The vintage 1914 home was purchased at the height of the housing bubble—smart, we know. It is an ugly duckling home, but on its way up the amphibian hierarchy. I am setting a fairly optimistic goal of completing the remodel in 52 weeks. Friends and family insist that while it is my journal, it’s a goal imposed on Clint, as he is the one doing most of the work. This is a minor detail, and I see it as fulfilling my role as personal motivational speaker. So, with 6 months of matrimony under our belts, and 2010 spread before us, we begin our journey.
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