Hanging Over My Head
You’ve never seen someone this excited to not have walls, and it’s only because I’ve got ceilings! In the bedrooms… The bathrooms… In the kitchen…
You’ve never seen someone this excited to not have walls, and it’s only because I’ve got ceilings! In the bedrooms… The bathrooms… In the kitchen…
You’ve got to be kidding me. No way in hell we’re coming out there. Okay. Fine. But…whaa?? What the hell is this?! Is this some
In the way of construction we, at this point, may or may not have walls this week. (Read: no chance in hell we have walls
For a long time I went around saying (very confidently) “oh, yeah, we’re putting in a geothermal system,” which lasted right up until some person
I left the house at 8:30 with no insulators in sight, and came back at 1:00 PM to see this much warmer and more air-tight
About three seconds after we got the green light on the rough framing, I had the insulators and drywallers scheduled for installation. I am so
If you thought that we couldn’t find one more spot to dig a hole, pile some dirt, or make a general mess out of our
We’re in the middle of a swirling vortex of snow, insulation, drywall, inspections, wiring, trench digging, and pipe laying. It’s enough to make my head
Either I can tell you about the cab ride I took today with a possibly drunk and definitely deaf cab driver who tried to leave
I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.
Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.
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