Posted in Home Remodel on Apr 29th, 2013 3 Comments »
There is nothing that looks fresher, cleaner and just nicer to me than a fresh coat of paint. And I don’t mind painting… I kind of like it. I like quick, obvious, easy results and paint is good for that. I like the smooth back and forth of the brush, and seeing the wet paint [...]
Posted in Home Remodel on Apr 10th, 2013 2 Comments »
I’ve been working a lot on the house the past few weeks, updating and freshening things up a bit. I’ve been doing those jobs that when I would look around the house and see them I’d say, “I should ___________________ some day.” Then I decided someday is now… right now… today. My first project involved getting brave [...]
Posted in Gardening, Home Remodel, Home Repairs on May 3rd, 2012 2 Comments »
In a comment to my post about some outside projects I’ve been working on, a friend asked if I had any before and after pictures. I’m not good about remembering to take “before” pictures, but her question got me thinking… and going through my files of old photos. I also headed outside trying to recreate [...]
Posted in Home Remodel, Medical Stuff, Nature, Special Days on Apr 30th, 2011 4 Comments »
… and I woke up to a light dusting of snow. What a strange winter/spring it’s been. I wish it would just dump a foot or so of snow on us so the pasture could green up… then warm up so spring could really begin. The pasture is going to look like a wasteland by July if we [...]
Posted in Gardening, Home Remodel, Outside Work on Mar 19th, 2011 4 Comments »
Our house is a older log/timber home and the main rooms of the house all have at least one large window with a heavy timber windowsill. R was forever sitting on the family room window sill, which was ok… we use the dining room window sill for extra seating sometimes, it’s big enough to hold three [...]
Posted in Home Remodel, Nature, Organization, Simple Pleasures, Special Olympics, The "Big" Kids, Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2011 No Comments »
As years go… 2010 really kind of stunk. At least for us. I was extremely happy to kiss it good-bye and start fresh with a new year. I think that feeling of a new year/a new start has been driving my mood lately. I’ve been possessed by cleaning out-throwing out-giving away. I’ve gone through the [...]
Posted in Home Remodel on Oct 14th, 2010 5 Comments »
… and why they are not a good combination. Six years ago, before we moved to the country, I didn’t like ladders. I stayed off them, not even being comfortable a couple of rungs up on the step ladder, washing the windows of our one story home. I also professed to being afraid of heights… looking down from [...]
Posted in Chickens, Dogs, Donkeys, Home Remodel, Homeschooling, Uncategorized on Sep 30th, 2010 7 Comments »
… since I posted. Life has been moving at warp speed this summer, and in all the busy-ness, I’m afraid blogging ended up left by the wayside… Here’s a little of what’s we’ve been up to: We finished up the meetings and paperwork to move M into adult developmental disability services. Outwardly, nothing has changed… which was [...]
Posted in Home Remodel, Medical Stuff on Mar 9th, 2010 Comments Off
M’s surgery was three weeks ago today, and it’s starting to feel as though things are slowly getting back to normal. We were able to get a full day of school done yesterday (for the first time since the surgery) and he’s getting to be slightly more independent. He can get himself to the bathroom, if he doesn’t [...]
Posted in Home Remodel on Jan 7th, 2010 Comments Off
Debacle Main Entry: de·ba·cle Pronunciation: \dē-ˈbä-kəl, di-, -ˈba-; ÷ˈde-bə-kəl\ Variant(s): also dé·bâ·cle \alsodā-ˈbäk(lə)\ Function: noun Etymology: French débâcle, from débâcler to clear, from Middle French desbacler, from des-de- + bacler to block, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bacculare, from Latin baculum staff Date: 1802 1 : a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river 2 : [...]
