Twenty-ten will be known around our house for many things (notably the year we built most of the house) but on a personal level I will always think of it…

I’ve got big ideas, big decisions to make, big things to say– about the water leaking through the middle of my door, the lack of heat from our expensive geothermal…

Last weekend I was making mac-and-cheese on our one-burner hot plate in our one-room garage, and apparently became distracted enough to burn the noodles that were, tops, seven feet away…

I can’t really accurately describe the blissful days of hanging siding that the weekend consisted of if I don’t tell you a little bit about the week of hell that…

I don’t even like heights, but these days, this is my happy place. I find myself more often than not glancing longingly at my tool belt before heading off to…

(I’m featuring one of my country sunset shots because it’s calming, not because it’s remotely relevant to this post, which prominently features 1.) bitching, 2.) questions about concrete and, 3.)…

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…

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…

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. Luckily,…

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…

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…

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…

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…