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Cote de Texas....I Can't Even

7 years ago

I swear, I try, I really really try but I just cannot get through that woman's posts! Every single time I come upon one that sounds interesting I click, I start reading and then I scroll down and down and down and down and down and down and down and down (repeat 5,498 times).

Is it just me? I mean, even for topics I like and want to learn about the endless pictures are simply too much for me to wade through.

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Bunny
7 years ago
Never heard of her before this post. Looked her blog up and definitely see what you mean. No one is exempt from some tight editing.
User
7 years ago
Love her thorough big posts.

She's not doing it daily as to become tedious... so when comes in it's a little treat to me usually filled w/abundant eyecandy and knowledgeable commentary.
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7 years ago
I agree and can't get into it.
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7 years ago
My attention span isn't that long, but that probably says more about me than it does about the blog.
Annie Deighnaugh
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I like her stuff, but if they get too long, I just stop looking but am happy to pick up what I can even as far as I scroll.
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I'm totally on board with her taste and like her blog. But I don't really read any blogs regularly. I find it very helpful when there's a subject I need to research if she happens to written about it
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7 years ago
The house was too big to they bought a different one, added on and doubled the size of the new house? All I could think of was $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ as I scrolled the pictures. I would have thought the new house was a McMansion. Goes to show you how simple I live.
nini804
7 years ago
Everything is so lovely....she did a great job. Love that slate on the Mbath floor & the daughter's room. But OMG...I enjoy a dollop of shiplap w/ the best of them, but wow...WAY too much shiplap!
deegw
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
I appreciate the effort that goes into her posts and I enjoy the photos. Unfortunately, many of her comments are too gossipy and dramatic for me. I read "Go Fug Yourself" so I am not adverse to a little dish but for some reason some of her posts rub me the wrong way.
amykath
7 years ago
imhappy, I was just thinking that! That is one big house! It is beautiful.

It amazes me how some people see past an already beautiful room and rip it all out and change it. Even though they did great work, it seems somewhat of a waste.
Annette Holbrook(z7a)
7 years ago
I just looked it up. The first blog happened to be on a house in the neighborhood where I grew up. Couldn't finish it lol.

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