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We put up the tree the weekend of Thanksgiving, whether the day after or the Saturday/Sunday just depends on how busy our schedule is. We also keep our decorations up into January as we are Christian and actually celebrate the Christian holiday of Christmas which lasts until Epiphany.

Since it was the last week, and I'm pretty sure I won't continue this the rest of winter, I splurged and spent $9.99 on 3 LARGE white hydrangea blooms from Whole Foods. They were perfect. Also, because of a previous week's assignment, I have an orangey-yellow begonia in a pot that should keep flowering for a while, a new peace lily that was a happy accident gift to me during the cure, and I will soon buy a poinsettia for the holidays. Yay for flowers!

i just came back from a four day media fast. bliss. pure bliss.

i agree that flowers flown in from around the world are a bit extravagant in terms of the environment, but I bought a potted flower last week that has beautiful orange blooms and is hopefully going to bless my home for a long time. Same with the peace lily given to me two weeks ago. Today, I cut some of the last blooms from around my yard because I was leaving in a few days and also didn't want to spend the money when I am leaving in two days.

I was going to write the same thing about the guy who saw the camera and then turned to cross the street. LOL.

-Fix the garage door opener
-Touch up wall paint in dining room
-Finish painting built-in in dining room
-Hire someone to paint my bedroom
-Dining room set
-Fix small hole in wall of kids' room

I'm postponing this assignment as it's been a crazy busy week, this is the first evening I've been home at 5:00pm and I still have to rush to parent/teacher conferences. This weekend, I promise. After all, I really do love to cook, and I'm inspired by your pasta recipe.

I have plenty of green cleaners and some in reserve because I'm an active couponer too. I've got some Iowa Pine Mrs. Meyers in reserve from after last Christmas that I can't wait to break out in November. I'm near the end of my Method Grapefruit which is my favorite summertime scent. I also have Mrs. Meyer's Lemon Verbena as my "regular" for things that don't come in seasonal scents like surface scrub. (Which I just used on my sink.)

I'm off to go through some kitchen drawers for the Kitchen Cure!

I agree with DFig too. Love the videos. Love that you have hit your head in each one and left it in the video! ;-) It makes me think of you as a real guy doing the Cure with us instead of just putting on a show for a camera.

Hey, people, chill. It's a MINI cure. And some of us DON'T vacuum and dust every day. I'm a single parent with a 1400 sqft home with a HUGE yard and two car garage that I maintain along with twin toddlers to look after and a full time job. This is actually the PERFECT assignment for some of us. I can't do it all every day.

...Although, I'm tempted to skip it as I dusted the living and dining rooms yesterday as well as shampooing the rugs in both of those rooms...

But my bedroom needs to be vacuumed, so that's the one I'll take on today. :-)

Cheer up, folks, don't complain so much. Life is too short!