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<\/a>\r\nAll done!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n I even had enough leftover material to do my shed and since we had some unseasonably nice weather this fall, Wendy and I went to work and got the shed resided. Watching the crew do it was enough to figure it out, plus I got to buy a nice nail gun too. \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 We\u2019ll have some touch ups to do in the spring when it warms up.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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<\/a>\r\nDone! (Almost…to be continued in 2022)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n And since you can never have enough projects. We went ahead and did a light makeover to the kitchen. We replaced the white microwave and refrigerator with matching stainless ones to go with the stove. Then we refinished the cabinets and put on a new countertop. It turned out very nice!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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<\/a>\r\nand finished!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Also noteworthy this year is something that hasn\u2019t happened for me in a long time. I\u2019ve bought plenty of cars, for the family, for the kids. This year was something just for me and I\u2019ve needed a pickup ever since the El Camino went out of service. This is my new to me GMC Canyon! It\u2019s been exactly what I needed and I\u2019ve already hauled lumber, leaves, and an engine in it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Oh what a year 2021 has been! I have to thank God for all of our blessings. We are so incredibly fortunate in these times! God is all we need and he has provided so much for us and our family.\u00a0 In this 2nd year of the COVID-19 pandemic, no one in our house has…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-52","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11159"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11243,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11159\/revisions\/11243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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