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Life With Joanne

#FloridaBlogger | Unschooling mama | Adoption x5

Home Sweet Home

We left our home in Brooklyn (my husband and I are both born and raised there), moved to Florida in 2002 and bought our first home the same year. It was built in 1983. Over the years we've completely remodeled and redesigned, and we're not done yet. 

Keeping Our Gutters Clean + Clear | GutterBrush | Made In The USA

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Often times a simple solution works best. Things don’t have to be complicated or take hours for them to work effectively. When it comes to home improvement, we’re conditioned to think that projects have to be complicated or have a million parts. Bob Schreiber and his son Randy stumbled upon a simple way to fix…

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Filed Under: Home Sweet Home, Landlord Life

Replacing The HVAC System In Our Home

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Living in Florida means we have our central air conditioning turned on most of the year. There’s a small window between January and February that we use heat. Our unit broke down last year and having a new one installed costs thousands but our finances were already tight. We had recently received custody of our…

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Filed Under: Home Sweet Home, Ocala. Florida

Some Of My Favorite Ornaments

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  Bloggers – if you have a Wordless Wednesday post for this week, please add it to the link up below so we can visit.   For this week’s Wordless Wednesday post, I want to share some of my favorite Christmas ornaments!   Have you ever seen anything so cute?   This is an ornament…

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Christmas Tree {2014}

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We put our tree up a few days ago and my favorite part is definitely the ornament lights. They add so much brightness to the tree. Do you have your tree up yet? I’d love to see a picture so add the link in a comment below.

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Filed Under: Home Sweet Home, Winter

Corners Of My Home: Kitchen Stand With Fountain

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This edition of Corners Of My Home is from my kitchen/dining area. I bought this metal stand in a local discount store several years ago. The two baskets hold the mismatched cloth napkins that we’ve accumulated over the years. We use them for daily meals instead of paper napkins. There is an asian inspired water…

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Living Room Floor Redo {before}

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For the last year, we’ve been considering taking up our living room rug and replacing it. Ever since we got our cats, my allergies have been out of control so we decided to rip up the rug even though we’re not ready to put down a new floor. The before photo was taken after removing…

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