Things you need to know about waging war and installing siding
For the last week I've been preparing to side the house the way a general prepares for battle. I took two days off work --one for framing the windows, and (read more...)
Country Mornings
Never enough time On a crisp country morning To just enjoy life I'm too busy writing meaningless haiku's. And sympathizing with spiders. We all wake up with things to build these days. (Today I'm working on (read more...)
It’s Not Easy
I cannot even begin to tell you how may door installations at our house have ended with one of us trying to dislodge the others eyeball with a shim. (read more...)
Permanent Fixture
I started out my holiday weekend exactly the way you would expect-- hitting up Hobby Lobby, Target, and the nearest Big Box store to stock up on everything I need (read more...)
Glamorous.
This is my penthouse (prior to renovations)... Current luxurious digs ... My exclusive manicure (you can't get one just anywhere)... My customized seat warmer... It's hard to imagine why everyone doesn't envy my glamorous (read more...)
A Love & 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 us runs around flailing their (read more...)
There’s a First Time…
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, and something shocking happened.... let (read more...)
Laws of Physics and Real Estate
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 caught my shoe on a blade (read more...)
Future Addition, Or Moat
We officially jumped right into the deep end of this project, and on one hand, finally, we've been talking about this for years. On the other hand, holyeffingshit that is (read more...)
What can I say? I love this drill. Along with every other tool in my 
