So we’re still chopping down trees and every now and then a fence panel is replaced. Until all the trees are chopped we can’t take down the whole fence, however. Our backyard is looking pretty bad with old doors, fence panels and more. We were going to call in a dumpster but we […]
Did you gut your master bath the week after you moved into your house six years ago and haven’t gone back since?
Did you peel all the wallpaper in the hall and add primer in hopes of painting before winter set in four years ago? Have you taken to decorating your walls with kids art […]
Ever wonder what your favorite blogger or writer’s office looks like? Do you picture them in an elaborate wood paneled and leathered study? Or perhaps a coffee shop in the city? My office isn’t that interesting. Made up of second hand furniture and discards from our basement, my working space is nice and quiet and […]
Is your house like this? A basement filled with toys from years past? A child’ bedroom filled with toys, some played with, some not? Bags of clothes no one will ever wear again? This morning as I was looking for something in the basement, it hit me that it’s time to do a large spring […]
I know what you’re thinking. It’s not very thrifty to own a pool. We agree, but it came with the house. We didn’t use it much the first year we lived here, my son was only a few weeks old then and my husband was commuting back and forth into the city. The past […]
This is the time of year I dread. Tax time. Mind you, I don’t handle the family taxes. My husband the accountant takes care of all that. But since I started freelancing it’s become more difficult to keep track of receipts and expenses and everything else we need to write off.
I know, it’s late. […]
The other day I received a product to review in the mail. It requires six batteries. Now, I realize the product is free, but batteries are expensive and we never seem to have any “extra” on hand. We have a few sets of rechargeable’s but they’re busy in remotes, handheld games, wireless mice and other […]
My basement can be a fun place to explore sometimes. We still haven’t opened a lot of the boxes put down there when we moved almost six years ago. Today, my son found the bread machine.
I totally forgot we had the bread maker, which is funny when you consider I used to use […]
The other day I bought myself a new pair of pants. This may not seem announcement-worthy, but it’s so rare I buy myself anything new it’s headline inducing. I wonder why I’m always the last one in the family to spend money on myself -and why do I always feel guilty when I buy something […]
I am so over winter. Mind you, it hasn’t been terrible. While we used to have one or two good snowstorms a season, we’ve had nary a flake in two years. We’ve had some cold days and nights though. Even inside.
My husband is one of those thermostat minders. He checks constantly to make sure […]
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