DIY – Page 3 – Kick Ass or Die

Irony & A Little Less Disaster

June 26, 2012 11 Comments

Back when I took you all on a little video tour of the Liberty House, I might have made a smart ass comment about the

Upstairs Bath: Inspiring Another Move

June 8, 2012 13 Comments

The closer the upstairs bath gets to “finished” the more likely it is that the final product will convince me to do something no one

Weekend Warrior Women

May 23, 2012 25 Comments

It’s fair to say that I’m genetically predisposed to “working with my hands”, so to speak, a trait I inherited directly from my grandmothers that

Hammers, Blood & Magic (so just a normal weekend, then)

May 21, 2012 13 Comments

This weekend was such an epic two days of progress and disasters that I don’t know if I can quite find the words to describe

The Month of May

May 9, 2012 15 Comments

I know that all of you think I took one look at that bigass list I wrote, fell out of my chair, and have by

Liberty House: Getting To Know You

April 22, 2012 17 Comments

I’ve been living at the Liberty House for almost a month now, and like newlyweds just back from a honeymoon all of the rainbows and

Plumbing 101: Replacing Delta Jetted Shower Trim

April 17, 2012 18 Comments

Hey, what’s it called again when you buy a bigass house with three full bathrooms and none of them contain a working shower? Oh, right.

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

April 6, 2012 11 Comments

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

Plumbing 101: Installing a Delta Touch20 Faucet

April 2, 2012 22 Comments

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

A Single Girl’s Guide To Country Living & House Features

February 1, 2012 17 Comments

Here’s how I kicked off the week. I already had a jump-start on feeling awesome with the successful Moonshine Lamp project that I knocked out

How To Make a Glass Jug Lamp

January 29, 2012 26 Comments

When I decided to rent an old farm house with a bunch of falling down buildings on the property there was a general debate going

Home Maintenance 101: Uncloging a Sink (Without Vomiting, Kind Of)

January 23, 2012 18 Comments

I’m going to start this post out with a disclaimer: If you’ve eaten recently, or are thinking about eating in the next, oh, eternity, you

The Project List: Checking In & Picking Up (saws, not clothes)

January 17, 2012 10 Comments

Honestly, if I were a better person, I would be picking up the random piles of laundry strewn about the house instead of trying to

Chicken Coop Turned Coffee Table

January 16, 2012 16 Comments

First of all, I am admittedly not a chicken expert (yet) but I’m pretty sure this isn’t actually a “coop”. It’s probably more of a

Out With The Old: A Look Back at the Beautiful Disaster of 2011

January 1, 2012 17 Comments

Just so we’re clear from the start, the “beautiful” part of 2011 was definitely how the Memorial House turned out, and, well, I think “disaster”

I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.

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THE STORYTELLER

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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