Carrie Bartkowiak v. 5.0

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Remember my hope chest from my first Tackle It Tuesday project? It didn’t really get included in the “after” picture because it had moved - but it has become a great little seat that is extremely SOFT.

Don’t believe me? Ask its nearly-permanent resident, Alex…

I took one of our big HUGE soft blankets (it’s called a “mink”, but it’s not made of mink) and folded it up to fit the top of the hope chest. It’s a good 6 inches thick folded up that way. Then I took a little throw blanket of Mike’s that has tiger stripes on one side and all black on the other and wrapped the mink. It’s a nice soft velour type of material.

End result? This is quickly becoming the most-used seat in the house as everyone comes in and sits on it to do their reading, talk to me, or just stretch out for a few quiet minutes. Sure is better than the mess it used to be!

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This week while purging and taking tons of stuff to charity, I went through my jewelry.
I came across these pieces and thought they’d fit into this week’s photo hunt nicely. I am positive the ones on the far left and the bottom are antiques, they were my grandmother’s. I’m not sure about the one in the middle and on the right; but they look antique enough.

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This week’s theme is “Broken”. 
This can be taken so many ways, especially with Valentine’s Day coming up later this week.  Broken hearts? Broken dreams?

My son Kelsey is nuts about archaeology so this news story sparked his interest, and I thought it fit into the theme -both for the photo hunt and for Valentine’s Day- pretty nicely.

This couple was recently unearthed near the town of Verona, Italy - coincedentally where the play Romeo and Juliet was based. This raises new questions as to whether the play itself was based on an old legend or folktale, but I digress.  The find was very rare as it is a dual burial and the couple is actually embracing.  They’re estimated to be 5-6,000 years old.

Broken bones, broken hearts, a young couple whose dreams were shattered and broken… over 5,000 years ago.
Some things never change.

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