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Dec 29, 2011 • Share Hello! My product label, Refined Junk, launched just before the holiday season as a way to market my rusty finds, updated furniture and vintage garden markers. Here is where you will find the Refined Junk label: Eco Chic Boutique, 4955 17th Avenue South, Fargo, ND: Here you’ll find furniture, vintage items, reclaimed and repurposed...
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Dec 28, 2011 • Share2012 is knocking at the door and I’m sure you’ve all thought of resolutions and goals for the new year – or you’ve avoided thinking about it, like I have. One thing I would like to do is “Be Bold.” Today I’m giving away a Vintage Garden Maker that has that message. Here’s what you...
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Dec 21, 2011 • ShareBack in 2003 I was a television reporter near the bottom of the work food chain, which gave me the responsibility of working many major holidays. That year, I was scheduled to anchor the Christmas Day newscasts, which meant I had to be in Fargo on Dec. 25 instead of at home in Cavalier celebrating...
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Dec 19, 2011 • ShareThis is the first year in many that I have felt relaxed about the approaching Christmas holiday. The procrastinator in me has finally realized that “last minute shopping” is not a requirement of the season. This year I helped a friend with her retail store, so I was shopping for Christmas displays and items before...
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Dec 12, 2011 • ShareEach pocket of the country has its own way of speaking. It just so happened that the vowel formation of this area was highlighted and exaggerated in the 1996 Coen brothers’ classic “Fargo.” I didn’t attempt to watch the homespun murder story until a few years after it came out and even then I only...
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Dec 1, 2011 • ShareWe need a blimp, you guys. – Sarah Duh. – Kevin from E&G Marketing Team Caffeine works with anything. – Buddhi All Chucks must be nice. – Shelby Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. – Dan You could put Hallmark out of BUSINESS with your handwriting! – Megan to...
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Nov 25, 2011 • ShareMaybe you’re bleary-eyed from shopping at all hours of Black Friday or you’re still recovering from the turkey coma you entered yesterday, take a moment to relax. Look at the pretty dog (that means you, KJ). Maple loves being featured on the blog. He recognizes that it gets him more attention, and anything that will...
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Nov 24, 2011 • ShareThere are very few earthly creatures that cause problems for me. I am not afraid of spiders. Mice freak me out but I don’t see them very often so I’m ok with them continuing to live. But for some reason, squirrels have it out for me and they have forced me to say the feeling...
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Nov 17, 2011 • ShareWe’ve all done it. Okay, I admit it – I have. I’ve nodded along acting like I knew exactly what the person across from me was conveying to my brain, even though we were obviously communicating on entirely different wavelengths. The nod is usually accompanied by a poker face, often within the four walls of...
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Nov 12, 2011 • ShareYears ago, on a trip to the Twin Cities, my friend Elisa fell in love with our server over a three course meal with 20 friends. It’s a fond memory we reminisce about often. The trip and the server are like our own pop culture reference from the imaginary sitcom we starred in that never...
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Nov 9, 2011 • ShareAs I walk my dog in our quiet, safe neighborhood, I sometimes reminisce about my days of living downtown in a colorful historic building with very colorful characters. The massive brick building is a former hotel and it takes up half a block. It was once the stopping point for the upper class, politicians and...
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Nov 1, 2011 • Share“I didn’t know we were wearing our judging pants today.” – Laura “I’ve never taken them off – not even to wash them.” – Miss October 2011, Maria Bosak “I have enough brain cells to tell everyone else what to do but not myself.” Amy K. “Thank God this isn’t your car – I just...
