We'd been in our first house a little over a year when it came time to stain the deck. This was before YouTube, before you just googled "How to stain a deck" and 22 pages of tutorials showed up. We could've fired up the dial-up modem and hoped that maybe, just maybe, some guy … [Read more...] about Hot for the Handyman
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Paying Forward the Lovely
After years of living in dorms, off-campus housing, and cheap apartments, it was a thrill to move into my very first home. I don't have the greenest of thumbs, and I don't know a poplar from a pin oak, but I do love things that grow from the earth. I love to look at them, … [Read more...] about Paying Forward the Lovely
Feels Like Home
When I wake up in the morning and make my way downstairs, this is the view that greets me. There are so many things I love about our new home, but the yard, with its mighty oak, is right up top of the list. I have visions of it filled with daffodils that I'll plant this fall. … [Read more...] about Feels Like Home
A Bird in the Hand is Worth 3 in the Dryer.
I like birds. I might even have a thing for birds. I like to take pictures of them. I like to look at them. I like to decorate with them. I really, really like Twitter. What I don't like? Birds in my house. More specifically, I don't like birds in my dryer. We knew that … [Read more...] about A Bird in the Hand is Worth 3 in the Dryer.
Four Walls
We said goodbye to our old home on Monday. Over the weekend we moved all of the big things and a lot of the little things. I don't consider myself a cluttered person, but by the time we packed the last belonging into the car I felt like a hoarder. Where and how do we … [Read more...] about Four Walls