Category: house

  • Mid-sabbatical update

    (Is is the middle of my sabbatical? The exact middle? I don’t know. I don’t want to know. If it’s more than halfway done,…

  • I have been utilizing the services of a coach at work to help me with time management and today we talked about the state…

  • 2017 in review

    Years that end in 7s have typically been pretty eventful for me. Well, at least two of them have. I spent a good chunk…

  • My DIY Christmas mantle

    Last year, we spent the holidays in the UK, and it was magical and wonderful and fantastic and everything else positive (minus of course…

  • Jasmine

    We planted these jasmine vines a few years ago. And they are thick on the gate. So even while I curse the latch that…

  • How to build a patio in 28 easy steps

    Yesterday I posted a picture of our finished patio that George, some friends, and I built over three days last week. Now I am…

  • A week ago, this was basically mud (or dirt, depending on the weather.) But now, thanks to the help of friends and my parents…

  • The most adorable photo of my children will get a few dozen likes on FB, maybe some comments too. But within minutes of posting…

  • I just haven’t posted anything of substance in a while. Let’s see, what’s been going on? Well, Ziggy has developed a taste for my…

  • I forgot to mention in last week’s post that we also got a new security system. So many improvements! Also, we were looking at…

  • Home improvements

    Last summer, we redid the kitchen, which was a big, dramatic improvement to the house. This summer, we’ve made some more subtle improvements that…

  • After 7.5 years (kind of a lie, we really put it up probably 6.5 years ago) we finally took down the baby gate. I…