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Mother of two imps and wife of one. Writer, photographer, pro blogger, adventure-seeker, Ottawaholic, social media evangelist and lover of STUFF. Also known as @missfish on Twitter.
My family and I just got back from our annual camping trip. It was, in a word, great. But once again I was reminded […]
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July 31st, 2012
Andrea Tomkins
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I could have predicted this was going to happen. The summer we decide to renovate and move into an apartment with no air conditioning was […]
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July 18th, 2012
Andrea Tomkins
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We are in the midst of a very large renovation at the moment. We’re adding a sizeable addition off the back of our wartime […]
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June 26th, 2012
Andrea Tomkins
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Creative reuse: finding a new life for old palletsIf there’s one thing that the world seems to have a lot of, it’s pallets. You know what I’m talking about, right? “…sometimes called […]
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June 12th, 2012
Andrea Tomkins
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Thoughts about moving to smaller spacesMy family recently moved from a three-bedroom house to a two-bedroom apartment.Our home is being renovated and we needed to relocate temporarily. We finally […]
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May 29th, 2012
Andrea Tomkins
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Fantastic finds: backyard climbers!I do love to hear about great finds, especially ones that are free. This one comes to us from Allison Burnett, who blogs over […]
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May 15th, 2012
Andrea Tomkins
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We’ve spent the last year planning a massive renovation to our home and it’s finally happening. In fact, our garage and back porch are […]
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May 1st, 2012
Andrea Tomkins
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We’ve had a rather kooky start to Spring here in Ottawa. We’ve had both sides of the weather coin – both hot and cold […]
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April 17th, 2012
Andrea Tomkins
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For the next little while I will be profiling YOUR fantastic Used finds here at the Used blog! This one was submitted by Snazarella, […]
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April 3rd, 2012
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I’m tackling what I hope will become a really cool series here on the UsedBlog… profiles of awesome finds! Take a look at this […]
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March 20th, 2012
Andrea Tomkins
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