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Some kids wanted a pony. I wanted to cover something — anything — completely in Lisa Frank. And not something small. I wanted it to be big. A major piece of furniture. Go big or go home, that's the only way to do a Lisa Frank furniture flip!

For the newcomers: raccoons are adorable, chaotic, and will take your shiny things with zero remorse — which is also a distressingly accurate description of me. So once a month I empty my little raccoon pockets right here and show you everything I dragged home. This month the haul leans less "design finds" and more "things keeping me entertained, organized, and mildly obsessed." Let's dig in.

We raised our girls, sold the house and 85% of everything we owned, and took off. There's no storage unit holding 25 years of our crap — there's a single shelf in my mom's basement, and that's about it. We miss nothing. It's been a year and a half of this lifestyle and we keep on keeping on.

If you've been around my corner of the internet for any length of time, you've met a woman named Madge Powers. Maybe you've wondered who she is. Maybe you think she's me. Maybe you ARE one of the people who knows me in real life and never learned my actual name — hi, surprise, we need to talk. It's time I explained. I first heard the name Madge Powers when I was little, in my Grammy's stories. Madge was real — she was Grammy's best friend growing up in Mineral Point, Wisconsi

Welcome to The Raccoon Files! A brief explanation for the new people: raccoons eat garbage, are absolutely adorable, chaotic, and totally obsessed with bright, shiny things, like me! So once a month, I empty my little raccoon pockets right here and show you everything I dragged home. No themes. No lessons. Only shiny things and the unhinged feelings they gave me. Here’s this month's haul. ** SOMETHING I CRAVE ** TACO BELL! Some loves are complicated. This one is not. I have