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Coach Dawne’s Makeover Mondays: The Series Finale, Finally!

May 21, 2020 coachdawne 4 Comments

So, I haven’t posted here since August of 2019. It was just too hard. And of course, when I started…

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Posted in: Home, Makeover Mondays Filed under: home remodel, kitchen remodel, Makeover Mondays, remodeling
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Coach Dawne: What Happened to Makeover Mondays?

August 18, 2019 coachdawne 8 Comments

So, here I am, eight months since my last email to you In the intervening months, our remodel is complete.…

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Posted in: Family, Learning, Makeover Mondays, Relationships Filed under: family, grief, love, Makeover Mondays, relationships

How to Feel Worthy Even When You Feel Worthless

December 20, 2018 coachdawne 1 Comment

Note: Many thanks to Halle at Upbeat Motherhood for this great post. Upbeat Motherhood is full of encouragement and great…

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Posted in: Family, Parenting Filed under: happiness, self-care
Our dusty lamp, a character in How to Cope with the Dust and Delirium of Remodeling

How to Cope with the Dust and Delirium of Remodeling

December 17, 2018 coachdawne Leave a comment

Welcome to Week 8 of Makeover Mondays! Last Monday, at 4:30 pm, I read a text message that I’d received…

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Posted in: Home, Makeover Mondays Filed under: home, Makeover Mondays, packing, remodeling
Gas station in small-town America

The Best Things About Small-Town America

December 13, 2018 coachdawne 2 Comments

(Note: A short version of this story ran in the January 2019 issue of Pompano! magazine.) I’m writing this in early…

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Posted in: Family, Kids, Random Filed under: Louisiana, small-town America
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It’s My Remodel, and I’ll Pack Like I Want To!

December 10, 2018 coachdawne Leave a comment

Welcome to Week 7 of Makeover Mondays! And yes, it’s my (ok, our) remodel, and I’ll pack like I want…

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Posted in: Home, Makeover Mondays Filed under: home, Makeover Mondays, packing, remodeling

The Good, the Bad, and the Price

December 3, 2018 coachdawne 2 Comments

Welcome to Week 6 of Makeover Mondays! The good news: we got the price. The bad news: we got the…

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Posted in: Home, Makeover Mondays Filed under: home, Makeover Mondays, remodeling
Small Business Saturday 2018

How To Make Every Day “Small Business Saturday”

November 29, 2018 coachdawne Leave a comment

As I write this on Small Business Saturday (which is also, of course, the day after Black Friday), I’ve been…

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Posted in: Home, Money, Shopping Filed under: shopping, Small Business Saturday

Is Our Favorite Countertop a Weapon in the Wrong Hands?

November 26, 2018 coachdawne 4 Comments

Welcome to Week 5 of Makeover Mondays! This week, Mr. C. came by with his electrician for what we thought…

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Posted in: Home, Makeover Mondays Filed under: home remodel, kitchen remodel
Erica with our granddaughter, en route home from this year's Book Fair, without any broken bones.

Is Your Ankle Really Broken? One Fine Moment in Parenting

November 22, 2018 coachdawne 5 Comments

Last weekend, we attended the Miami Book Fair. (The photo above is of our daughter and granddaughter, en route home from…

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Posted in: Family, Kids, Parenting Filed under: parenting

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