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This is really embarrassing. But since I told ya’ll about my humiliating pants situation yesterday, I thought it would be perfect timing to share this oldie video of how I kept my spirits high when my due date arrived and Will did not. Baby B [Read More]

Spring has seen us emerge from the innards of the Sow's Ear and we are enjoying the outdoors more. During the last few weeks, we've been giving the garden some much needed attention, but it has a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web [Read More]

A few weeks ago, Brandon had to go to Texas for job training. I decided to surprise him by getting a major project done, or at least a big chunk of one. My target: sand the front bedroom floor and prep it for staining and varnishing. Here’s ho [Read More]

Flora June Blair had her four-month well checkup at the pediatrician today. Four months? I continue to be shocked at how quickly time is passing. The picture above was taken this morning — she is such a joy! Here’s a fun fact about June: Wh [Read More]

Howdy friend!I'm excited to share a sneak peek of Kevin's bands music video here on the blog today!The actual video won't be fully edited or released for several weeks, but I wanted to document the behind the scenes stuff so that Kev could look back [Read More]

We’ve spent several days preparing boards for the upstairs subfloor which is also the ceiling for the first floor. Previously, I bought some cull lumber for this purpose. I stickered the boards after culling out the ones that weren’t usable for t [Read More]

HardiPlank ColorPlus® Technology Featured On School Addition We recently built a three story wood framed addition for a local Montessori School which featured HardiPlank® Lap Siding with ColorPlus® Technology. Over the years we’ve become h [Read More]

I was looking thru the latest email from Restoration Hardware when I noticed that they were selling "Decorative rope". For $89.Rope. For Eighty-Nine American dollars.Apparently, one is supposed to pile this rope decoratively somewhere in their house. [Read More]

I realize that I have shown quite a few lamp redos lately, but this one shabby chic remake was too interesting to pass up, and thought it would be worth showing off.  It is not your average spray painted lamp, and let me just say, I don't thin [Read More]

We've been painting like mad over the past few weeks and have made some major progress. The latest room to be transformed is the dining room. The red walls and gold metallic ceilings were begging us to paint over them since the day we bought the hous [Read More]

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL AND THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE 2010 ‘PARTNERS IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING’ PROGRAM GRANTEES Participating Habitat for Humanity affiliates have certified nearly 1,500 sustainably built homes nationwide ATLA [Read More]

MILWAUKEE, WI – Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation continues to expand their Test and Measurement line with the introduction of the new CAT IV 1000 volt Voltage Detector with LED. Serving as a solution for two user needs, the product not on [Read More]

I know, I know! I have been extremely lazy lately...I've just been sitting back, enjoying our home as is...The newly painted exterior and the new kitchen has made me sit back and be contempt with the way our house looks and feels...It's felt pretty g [Read More]

Today is one of those days! My twenty point to do list didn't even get looked at as I accomplished the 100 things, not on the list. Including this:   I have waited for him for a long time. It was actually last Christmas when I decided, come hel [Read More]

Last night's tally:Number of bats to exit the attic through the one-way door: 10Number of bats seen flying out of new bat houses: 26Number of bats seen flying away from the south chimney: 1Number of bats unaccounted for: over 200Here's hoping those 2 [Read More]

We decided to build new beds for our two youngest boys.They share a room and I really wanted the look of built in bunk beds.My hubby designed a bunk bed loft for them.It is still evolving but most of it is complete.This room is going to get a new pai [Read More]

-- 19 photos taken between Aug. 21, 2010 & Aug. 27, 2010 The clock has started, and we're eager to get going on the next phase of home ownership - ESCAPE. So we've been throwing things out, kicking them to [Read More]

Yesterday I left off by showing you the fancy paint job on my new lamps.  Here is the rest of the story!! When I bought them, I thought a paint job and new shades would be it, but the cord was kind of gross and had some wear and tear and it see [Read More]

I’m here to report:  my third decluttering project in our challenge was a huge success! #1 - Papers are under control at our house.  I’ll be back to report on #2 next week.  For now, it’s time to celebrate.  Did you get your th [Read More]

Ok.  So, Monday I started working on my Science assignment for this week.  I read some of the problems, answered the ones I could and then put off the ones I needed to understand a little bit better before answering.  I read one of the questions [Read More]