Change of Plans (aka Thank You Tom Petty)

March 1, 2010

Right up until the moment I groggily opened my left eyeball to check my email on Friday morning I believed I was going to spend the better part of this weekend building a barn. Because we have donkeys coming to live with us in two weeks. And maybe you hadn’t caught on, but I was [...]

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Houseblogs: Weekly Wrap-up

February 26, 2010

We’re T-minus 1 day until the great donkey shed building adventure begins, and I’ve spent this week doing my Actual Real Job, finishing the tile in my basement, and tracking down some Carhartt bibs for women (nowhere carries these in stock by the way, and it pisses me off– girls need work clothes on short [...]

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Where I Got It

February 23, 2010

Note: I’d just like to thank all the regulars who’ve dropped me bits of encouragement over the last couple of posts. I really am down-to-the-bones exhausted, and hey! I’ve got to build a donkey barn in four days! I know I’m crazy, and I also know I can do anything I set my mind to, [...]

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Picking up a different kind of paintbrush…

February 21, 2010

Approximately seven weeks ago, one of my closest friends (who lives a state away) brought this little bundle of CUTE into the world:

When she was planning for this little bear’s arrival, I volunteered to come help her paint the nursery, build some shelves, put the crib together, or anything else she needed. Because that’s what [...]

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Without Words

February 18, 2010

Maybe I’ve mentioned this, but one of the side benefits of four-hour long contractors classes twice a week  is that it gives us 240 minutes of uninterrupted time to think about house things.
Very often one of our class discussions will spark a private “conversation” about some part of the house or another–which we conduct silently [...]

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