Well, That’s Different
After a number of years with just exposed OSB subfloor (and a couple of rugs) as the flooring in my kitchen… It now has (part of) a floor. Do not be fooled by that picture. It is still mostly this… I have
Transitions
I haven’t quite admitted to myself that some of the decisions I’ve made over the last month are going to have a lasting effect on the daily distribution of my time, and yet, I’ve already had to get up three times in
Coop Building 101: Planning for a Foundation
For the last year I’ve been responsible for exactly two lives on this planet: me and the cat. In the last month I thought it would be fun to quadruple that number and see what came of it. Wait, no no I
Meet the Nuggets
You know who is surprised by this? Absolutely no one on the face of this planet. There are so many reasons I should not have a large tupperware of chicks living in my tool room right now, but try telling that to
Dueling DIY: Painting the Walls
One of those wonderful blogging dilemmas that comes with a full-time job and exactly zero hours of daylight is whether or not to wait until the weekend to take well-lit pictures, or just go ahead and post something with your shitting iPhone
Gratuitous Monday Donkey Post
Just because… Basically anyone who is subscribed to either of my facebook feeds, this website, or sees me regularly in person has been inundated with miniature donkeys over the last couple of weeks. I’d be sorry, but, um… I’m not. Because I’m
Dollars & Stragglers
Last week I mentioned that a series of unfortunate events left me scrounging around for pennies in the dusty corners of my house emergency fund, and listen, if there’s one thing you need when living in a 150 year old farm house,
Single Girl’s Guide to Country Living: 2013 Update
Those of you who have been following my adventures in being a single girl living in the middle of nowhere by herself may or may not remember that around this time last year I wrote a little post about some of the
Nailed It: Update
It’s been, I don’t know, a couple of months since I showed you a sneak peek at the project I was working on to hang above the doors to my office. Yesterday, while I was trying to dig myself out of a
Winter Farm Chores
Here’s a little look at life on the farm these days. During the week, farm chores start before the sun comes up, but on the weekends the boys let me sleep in until 7:30 before they sound the alarm. A braying donkey
Diversionary Tactics: Freaky Venom Face Paint
If you guys are keeping track of the days you know that this should technically be a post about my lack of progress on the stairs, but instead I’m going tell you a story about how I– a grown-ass adult– dressed up
Sunday Sawdust: Indoor Workbench Edition
Sometimes I have this vision of one day using my Sundays for rest and relaxation, and then a minute later I remember that this is me we’re talking about, and I find nothing in the world to be more restful and relaxing
Considering Chickens
If Jane Austen wrote a book about me: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl in possession of a small farm must be in want of a chicken. (Or seven.) However little known the feelings or views of such
2013 Themes: January Update
If you’re wondering how an all-out paint covered mess of a human being starts to put her life back together after a year of 150-year-old house related insanity… let me just tell you, in involves a lot of lists. It involves lists
Meet Parker & Doc
The scene Friday afternoon as Bubs waits for his new friends to arrive… Matt, from the Humane Society of Huron Valley, was remarkable throughout this process and offered to bring the little guys out to the farm, since I didn’t have a
Transitions
I haven’t quite admitted to myself that some of the decisions I’ve made over the last month are going to have a lasting effect on the daily distribution of my time, and yet, I’ve already had to get up three times in
Coop Building 101: Planning for a Foundation
For the last year I’ve been responsible for exactly two lives on this planet: me and the cat. In the last month I thought it would be fun to quadruple that number and see what came of it. Wait, no no I
Meet the Nuggets
You know who is surprised by this? Absolutely no one on the face of this planet. There are so many reasons I should not have a large tupperware of chicks living in my tool room right now, but try telling that to
Dueling DIY: Painting the Walls
One of those wonderful blogging dilemmas that comes with a full-time job and exactly zero hours of daylight is whether or not to wait until the weekend to take well-lit pictures, or just go ahead and post something with your shitting iPhone
Gratuitous Monday Donkey Post
Just because… Basically anyone who is subscribed to either of my facebook feeds, this website, or sees me regularly in person has been inundated with miniature donkeys over the last couple of weeks. I’d be sorry, but, um… I’m not. Because I’m
Dollars & Stragglers
Last week I mentioned that a series of unfortunate events left me scrounging around for pennies in the dusty corners of my house emergency fund, and listen, if there’s one thing you need when living in a 150 year old farm house,
Single Girl’s Guide to Country Living: 2013 Update
Those of you who have been following my adventures in being a single girl living in the middle of nowhere by herself may or may not remember that around this time last year I wrote a little post about some of the
Nailed It: Update
It’s been, I don’t know, a couple of months since I showed you a sneak peek at the project I was working on to hang above the doors to my office. Yesterday, while I was trying to dig myself out of a
Winter Farm Chores
Here’s a little look at life on the farm these days. During the week, farm chores start before the sun comes up, but on the weekends the boys let me sleep in until 7:30 before they sound the alarm. A braying donkey
Diversionary Tactics: Freaky Venom Face Paint
If you guys are keeping track of the days you know that this should technically be a post about my lack of progress on the stairs, but instead I’m going tell you a story about how I– a grown-ass adult– dressed up
Sunday Sawdust: Indoor Workbench Edition
Sometimes I have this vision of one day using my Sundays for rest and relaxation, and then a minute later I remember that this is me we’re talking about, and I find nothing in the world to be more restful and relaxing
Considering Chickens
If Jane Austen wrote a book about me: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl in possession of a small farm must be in want of a chicken. (Or seven.) However little known the feelings or views of such
2013 Themes: January Update
If you’re wondering how an all-out paint covered mess of a human being starts to put her life back together after a year of 150-year-old house related insanity… let me just tell you, in involves a lot of lists. It involves lists
Meet Parker & Doc
The scene Friday afternoon as Bubs waits for his new friends to arrive… Matt, from the Humane Society of Huron Valley, was remarkable throughout this process and offered to bring the little guys out to the farm, since I didn’t have a
