Doing The Hard Thing: A Partnership and Masonry Story
After three and a half years together, MysteryMan and I have fallen into our respective roles in this relationship… which is to say one of
After three and a half years together, MysteryMan and I have fallen into our respective roles in this relationship… which is to say one of
This past weekend I’m in the middle of my normal Sunday routine, which is to say I’m making the 5th of 8 trips to Lowe’s,
It is the question, but the title of this series is DIY House Addition, so it’s almost like I’ve already given you the answer, isn’t
I’m still plugging away at taping drywall corners in the bathroom. Yes, it’s traumatizing, and no, I don’t want to talk about it. Particularly that
At some point this website is going to move beyond posts about holes, but that day is not today. We have exactly nine days until
Put the drill down, and step away slowly. Every once in a while I get emails from people who want to give me ideas for
The laws of physics make this an excellent idea, particularly if you know how to defy gravity. Oh yeah. I’m the person who just yesterday
I’ve officially jumped right into the deep end of this project, and on one hand, finally, I’ve been talking about this for years. On the
Still not sure how to get inside the house and get my work clothes on so I can grout the counter-top tonight. Foresight FAIL.
It’s time to start the scariest part of the construction process, but also the most fun… DEMOLITION! If the weather holds– and it’s not supposed to,
Sixty hours of sitting through contractors class and this is what I learned: No, you cannot rent an excavator and just start digging a bigass
Work-life balance has never been one of my strengths. I like to work. Hard. And for most of my adult life that has translated into
If you follow me on Twitter, yesterday you got to preview both the good news, and the part where for the second time in my
Alternative titles for this post: “Watch me beat the hell out of a piece of drywall”, “Things I should not post on the internet”, “When
This week could either be very exciting or very disastrous for our plans, depending on which way the wind blows. Figuratively. Literally depending on whether
I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.
Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.
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