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Buying a House Through GoHoming.com or Altisource: An Epic Journey & Review

The time between when I first saw my future house (from the outside only) to the time the final bid had to be placed through the online auction at gohoming.com…

Starting a Room: The Pink Parlor

It’s hard to believe it’s been a month since I closed on the Liberty House, but here we are… one new roof, one working boiler, one sanded and refinished floor,…

Changing an Electric Dryer Cord (Brought To You From The Eight Inch Space Behind The Washer)

Here’s an interesting look into my psyche: While I’ve made it very clear on this website that I’d rather have a two foot long chunk of wood shoved under the…

Liberty House: The Future Donkey-Barn

In yet another example of why this property called to me the minute I saw it: Yes, it came with its very own donkey barn. Because my life wouldn’t be…

Plumbing 101: Installing a Delta Touch20 Faucet

This post is a long time coming. Almost two years, in fact, since I was invited to visit the Delta Faucet Headquarters with a bunch of awesome bloggers, and decided…

Front Porch Sittin’

Here’s a part of the house I neglected to really show everyone in the Liberty House video tour… the front porch. Like everything else at Liberty, it’s huge. Yes, that’s…

Progress: The First Wave

The first wave of projects at Liberty were mostly functional: A new roof, working bathroom and kitchen fixtures, and a refinished floor in my future temporary bedroom. Here’s where everything…

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Moving Day

I tried to write this post yesterday, on actual moving day, but it turns out my wittiness has limits that are tested by trying to wrangle the rest of the…

Hell Hath No Fury

It’s T-38 hours until the moving truck shows up at the Farm House Rental to make the official move to the Liberty House, and two days ago I finally started…

Surprise, Surprise

Now I won’t pretend like I didn’t spend quite a bit of time at the Liberty House before she was actually mine, but they were short (and cold) spurts of…

Work Your Ass Off & Never Give Up

I don’t often repin cute little sayings on Pinterest, but every once in a while one catches my eye. (Actually, I take that back, I just checked out my Words…

Keeping Things Interesting

Note: I actually thought I posted this on Friday, so imagine my surprise when I found it in my drafts folder today. Things are that crazy right now with the…

Welcome To The Neighborhood

Well, it’s finally officially official… the last lingering bit of paperwork has been cleared up, and The Liberty House is home. Even though I’m not quite sleeping here yet, it’s…

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