Vermont..My dream

I dream of Vermont quite often.  I've only been there a couple times, but have fallen in love.  It's as quaint as all the pictures and movies suggest; at least in my memory.  So, I decided to check what $250,000 can get me in Vermont.  Here's my favorite.

I'm a sucker for land.  I love the thought of having a safe place for my children to run around and not feeling crowded in by fences and neighbors.  Don't get me wrong, I love having neighbors.  I just prefer to look out my window and see blooming trees rather than my neighbor inside my neighbor's home.  Do you have any places you would love to live?

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Visiting Casper, WY

Casper, Wyoming is my local market.  I've been checking out this market lately because if we stay in Casper, we will be buying.  We have a home in Idaho that we rent out.  We'd rather sale it, but the market hasn't bounced back so we keep hanging on to it.  The homes are a bit more expensive here in Casper.  I want to show you what $250,000 can get you.  Be sure to look at Monday's posting and see what that same amount can buy you in Central New York.

click on pictures for source at realtor.com

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House Shopping for fun

This week, just for fun, come house shopping with me.  I'm visiting the Syracuse, New York area.  I was born in Syracuse and it holds a warm place in my heart.

Tell me I'm not the only one who browses realtor.com.  I like to visit my fun areas and see what kinds of places I can find.

Here's my dream home.  And to think, it's SO affordable!  $249,000--for reals.  Problem?  I live over 2000 miles from my dream home.  Well, if you end up buying it, let me know.  You can thank me by letting me visit once in a while.

click the picture for the source.

 

Who wouldn't be ready to move for this kind of deal?!! 

Anybody want to offer me a job?

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List of 35 update

I'm using my Friday's at an attempt of holding myself accountable to accomplish my list of 35.  Friday's are my updates of what I've accomplished.  You can read the list HERE.

We attempted to fix the breaks of our car.  We took it in, they fixed it, car wheel rattled.  Took it in again, they fixed it again, car rattles again.  It has another appointment on Tuesday.  Hope they fix whatever was broken.  

I save the rest of my progress for another week.  Gotta get some homework done.

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Let Your Child Explore His Inner Engineer

We absolutely needed a new printer.  I had just put in new ink and for whatever reason, the printer was not acknowledging them.  So we waited for the amazing sales and bought a new printer.  The old one?

Rather than throwing all your old appliances out right away, give your children a chance to explore.  Let them explore their inner engineer.  

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Gameboard Journal

The mission was clear and I accepted.  This project require $0....a budget I could handle.  I needed to make something from a game, using these pictures as inspiration.

How did CSI know that I was the perfect agent for this game?!!

I've drilled in the arts of game board makeovers.

Now it was time to take those skills and put them into action.  I took the game board off my wall and cut it into four equal parts.  Each game board is enough for two journals.

  

I went through my Scrabble letters to make sure I had what I needed to spell out TRAVEL JOURNAL.

I set aside the letters I needed for later.

I grabbed a stack of cardstock and pulled out some book pages I had left over from another project.

Using my Cinch machine, I punched holes into both my game board and my cardstock.  I punched the game board incorrectly the first time.  Good thing I had extra!

I cinched the binding, though you could do this by hand if you didn't have the machine.

I used my glue gun to place the letters on my cover.

And that was it.  Easy squeezie.  I mean, DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME BECAUSE IT IS SO SUPER DANGEROUS AND YOU SHOULD BE AN EXPERT AND WELL TRAINED BEFORE ATTEMPTING.  

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

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