Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 10 - Jack-o-lantern Folding Paper Garland

The photo is cooler than the garland from Hallmark. I'm going to cut them apart so a that pair can be made into a card.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 9 - Old Office Key

Oops, I guess I didn't turn in all the keys from my old Insurance Agency to the lady who subleased my storefront back in 2008.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 8 - Girl Scout Cookie Cutter

I bought a bunch of these many years ago and have been selling them on Etsy and eBay. I just sold another so it counts as clutter clearing with a bonus.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 7 - Halloween Jack-o-lantern Crepe Paper

Really? I've kept this unused crepe paper for over 10 years thinking I'll use it someday. This photo is the closest I've come yet.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 6 - Wally Walus Halloween Mask 1960s

I love his yellow top hat and he's in delightful condition; I'll almost miss him. I hope he finds a happy home with lots of mackerel.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 5 - 1990 The Flash Halloween Mask

Who needs to hang onto a squished, cracked, Flash mask?

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 4 - Beauty Pagent Halloween Mask 1960s

I'm pretty sure I had a mask like this back in the 1960s. I thought she was very glamorous and that I was very sophisticated in my homemade costume and plastic face.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 3 - Scooby Doo Halloween Costume 1973

Rut roh. I have the vinyl costume but not the mask. I couldn't sell it so it's going to Goodwill. Bye, bye...

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 2 - 1950s Peter Rabbit Halloween Costume

I used to collect Halloween items and this came in a box of stuff; it's new temporary home is Goodwill. The graphics on the box are cool but the mask is a little creepy. Peter is the kind of bunny that could scare away ghouls and goblins.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 1 - Couch

I've been clutter clearing lately and after hauling off gobs of stuff; I decided to start documenting it. Our puppy, Buffy, ate a hole in the couch and now it's waiting for pickup on Monday. I frugally rearranged the living room using furniture that we already owned; it looks great. It was nice to use orphan chairs and tables; I'm not sure how I ended up with so much stored furniture.

The demise of our latest couch got me to thinking about our couch history.

#1 - A free couch that had been used as a scratching post. The fabric was medium grey, nubbbly with a slightly oily feel; no one would sit on it. Guests would cruise past to sit at the kitchen dinette. I shared the flat with 3 guys and numerous mice; the mice didn't want to sit on the couch either.

#2 - A garage sale wood framed beast that I painted and recovered; it looked like cabin furniture from the 1950s. One day a spring went through the cushion and it vanished in the middle of the night.

#3 - A blue plaid couch and loveseat from Slumberland; yes, I said blue plaid. I looked nice for about a year but it's best feature was that it was extremely inexpensive. The cost may have factored into it's longevity.

#4 - I was going down the escalator in Donaldson's and spotted a couch that took my breath away. I started going up the wrong way on the escalator just to get a better look at it's elegant lines. It was unbelievably comfortable, and the fabric was perfect. The loveseat was delightful but the couch was the perfect length for a nap and was more comfortable than my bed. Alas, it's gone now.

#5 - We fell in love with the fabric for 2 overstuffed chairs. One is covered in fuchsia tropical leaves and the other is a subtle vintage style palm tree pattern. We had the chairs made and bought a green couch that would go coordinate. The couch would have lasted a bit longer but puppies are tough on upholstery.

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Car Fire At ARCC

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Grimm Pre-screening

We went to the prescreening for the new TV show Grimm. The show was engaging and Alethea won a prize for answering the trivia question, what was Cinderella's real name? The answer was Aurora but that was in the Disney version.

Her prize was Chuck Season 4 and I sold it this morning on Amazon.

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Steam Punk Bike

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Home Made Bike Rack

How ingenious. The bike rack is a 2x4 bungied to the spare tire and the bike is held in place with garage hooks.

My daughter took this photo in traffic near the Uptown area of Minneapolis.

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I Need A 10 Step Program For Sugar Free Jello

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It's No Wonder My Jeep Is Cranky

I heard that today's temperature was higher than 100 degrees but this is what my car's thermometer said.

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We Had A Record Dew Point

It is very hot and humid plus the record dew point created so much moisture on the outside of the windows that we can't see out.

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Derailed Freight Train In Fridley, MN

Heavy rain washed away the train track's support and caused a freight train to derail.

The yellow stuff in the lower left is corn.

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Road Kill Barbie

No, I didn't do in Barbie; she obviously couldn't get out of the way quickly enough with those pointy little feet.

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Heat Lightning and Fireworks

We were watching the Park Rapids, MN fireworks show and a storm came up. This photograph was taken while heat lightning played across the horizon, The next photo was taken immediately after; notice the smoke is the same.

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