So we just finished a monster of a home project – 800 square feet of new wood floors. That means emptying rooms into other rooms and then into other rooms and then into yet other rooms, ripping out the old carpet, carpet pad, pulling up tack strip, staples, glued down linoleum, stapled down masonite, and [...]
Finally! I had a mountain 300 cubic yards 3 cubic yards of compost delivered a while ago. I just tonight finished spreading it around in all the places I wanted. I learned a few things on this project: I’m not 23 any more. It takes a whole lotta trips with five gallon buckets to move [...]
Our home is about 40 years old, and although it was well maintained by the previous owner (new roof and heating/cooling system two years ago! Yeah!) many of the cosmetic elements were original to the home, or at least very dated. I’ve been slaving away inside for months now, but now that Spring is here, [...]
Am I the only that has days like this? The kitchen sink is full of dishes. I decide that before I do anything else, I’m cleaning up the kitchen. So I start cleaning off countertops and rinsing dishes and loading the dishwasher. I find the cold medicine that we’ve been dispensing liberally through the Spring [...]
At first I started wearing one because I would invariably splash something stainy on my shirt and growl while cooking. Also I wipe my hands often and using an apron that’s tied to you is easier than always reaching for a kitchen towel. You know, practical reasons. After that I realized that I felt very [...]
I’ve spent the last couple of days buried under piles of ribbon and fabric and interfacing and thread and buttons and rick rack and elastic and patterns and… are you getting the point? I finally decided my little corner of the basement needed an overhaul. It was taking me longer to find anything than to [...]
I thought borax was one of those old laundry things we don’t use any more, like washboards and… and bluing. Or is it maybe something to chase ants away? I dunno. Wow was I wrong. After hearing a couple of passing comments about it and then seeing a blog post about it somewhere (tried to [...]
I’m guesting posting today over at I’m an Organizing Junkie. Hop over and get more detailed instructions on using Delicious to organize your online cookbook.
Cattywampus frames on the walls drive me nuts. Not that I’m always uptight about the little things, but it irritates me to walk by and notice that the picture of the kids in the hallway is crooked again. Doesn’t matter how often I straighten them, because the next time Viking goes blasting down this hall [...]
I enjoy cooking for my family and our guests. We have a pretty steady of stream of company since hospitality is one of the primary ways I am able to be involved in our ministry. Because I have young children and we homeschool I am somewhat limited in how I can contribute, but opening our [...]
