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		<title>My Orkin Commercial!</title>
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No, the bug was not CGI. It was there, and it was juicy. We shot this spot pretty close to the Brady Bunch house, which brings me to a video recently released by my Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy team, The Space Program. I&#8217;m Cindy Brady.

Strange that I got hired to do an Orkin spot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thelittleorchardhouse.com/blog/2010/03/09/my-orkin-commercial/</link>
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		<title>When the Kiddies Inherit the Earth&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;it&#8217;ll be in good hands (provided we don&#8217;t screw it up beyond recognition first). Our six year old friend, Xander, recently drew us a picture. It&#8217;s the story of a robot that plays, breaks, gets recycled into a can, and then the can gets thrown in the garbage.

So he threw the can in the trash [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thelittleorchardhouse.com/blog/2010/03/06/when-the-kiddies-inherit-the-earth/</link>
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		<title>New Plan &#8211; Big Changes.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember our original space plan? Well, as these months have been a-draggin&#8217;, we&#8217;ve been a-thinkin&#8217;. We initially wanted to build this:
photo: Western Interiors
Now we&#8217;ve fallen in love with this:

Yeah. I know. Our yard. We love the straw bales. We love the warmth and the smell. We love that we can circle &#8216;um up for a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thelittleorchardhouse.com/blog/2010/03/05/new-upper-yard-space-plan/</link>
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		<title>Nine Months of Backyard Demo. Done. DONE!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sweet relief. Cue the victory music. Walk with me, will you?
After closing on TheLOH at the end of April 2009, demolition on the Upper Yard began in June.
From the concrete sea&#8230;


&#8230;to the first ceremonial swing of the sledgehammer&#8230;

&#8230;to the smashing&#8230;


&#8230;and smashing (and smashing and smashing and smashing)&#8230;

&#8230;and the hauling (and hauling and hauling and hauling).


Remember [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thelittleorchardhouse.com/blog/2010/03/03/nine-months-of-backyard-demo-done-done/</link>
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		<title>Final Day of Upper Yard Demolition!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember this stem wall that we found? It predates the homes on the block (pre-1925) and extends about 9 feet, across property lines, to &#8211; oh &#8211; infinity and beyond? Don&#8217;t know or care.

Well, it was too thick and well made (reinforced with rebar throughout) for the 8 pound sledgehammer. Enter Jack.

A quick trip to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thelittleorchardhouse.com/blog/2010/03/02/final-day-of-upper-yard-demolition/</link>
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		<title>Bushwhackin&#8217;: Day 6 &#8211; Still More Trash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Will the trash ever end? Look at what we&#8217;ve unearthed now:



Dominoes, Christmas balls, ball balls (of all sizes), tiles, a rake head, yogurt, Elmer&#8217;s glue, Easter eggs, doorknob fixtures, doorbell fixtures, a saw blade, ribbon, a disintegrating tee-shirt, tar paper, toy people, building blocks, plastic bags, a paint roller, a &#8220;Do Not Remove&#8221; notice from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thelittleorchardhouse.com/blog/2010/03/01/bushwhackin-day-6-still-more-trash/</link>
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		<title>Bushwhackin&#8217;: Day 6 &#8211; Timber!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The trees must come down. &#8220;Tree of Heaven&#8221; they are called, but they stink like hell. The leaves smell like a garbage can. Before you jump on this green gal for chopping down trees, let me remind you that we call this lil&#8217; casa The Little Orchard House. At this point, the plan is to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thelittleorchardhouse.com/blog/2010/03/01/bushwhackin-day-6-timber/</link>
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		<title>Five years ago today&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;I walked into an All My Children audition and wound up with a wonderful husband, a home, and two puppies.
First there was he and me&#8230;

&#8230;and New York.

Then there was California&#8230;

&#8230;and we.

Next there were three&#8230;

&#8230;and four.

Home.

Life is good.
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		<link>http://thelittleorchardhouse.com/blog/2010/02/28/five-years-ago-today/</link>
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		<title>Shall we catch up?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve missed you!
We&#8217;ve been very busy here, and I&#8217;d love to begin filling you in. Today, I&#8217;d like to introduce you to the newest member of our family.
Meet Buddy!

He&#8217;s a snuggly guy.

We rescued him from the OC Pound on Valentine&#8217;s Day. He is quite the love bug.

He&#8217;s 5 months old and was brought in as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thelittleorchardhouse.com/blog/2010/02/27/shall-we-catch-up/</link>
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		<title>99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[99 bottles found in the brush seemed like the ideal photo op.

Two rows:

Bud Light is the fav by far&#8230;

&#8230; with Corona in second place&#8230;

&#8230; and a few randoms tossed in.

What else will we find?
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		<link>http://thelittleorchardhouse.com/blog/2010/01/25/99-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/</link>
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