Affiliate links ahead: if you buy something after following my links, I earn a small commission, but you don’t pay anything extra. Thanks for supporting Boxy Colonial! The night before our chicks were due to arrive, Dave and I stood in the messy garage, looking around and hoping to find something or other that would make a good brooder for … Continue reading
Troubled times call for chickens. Or anyway that’s what we decided a couple of weeks ago. Looking back at past entries, I was surprised to see that it’s only been two years since we got our last batch of chicks. I don’t remember if I ever talked about it here, but we ended up sending those chicks to live on … Continue reading
I promised this post way back in September when we finished the kids’ bathroom. I did not forget! I hope you haven’t all been waiting and waiting and WAITING to paint circles on your walls ever since then. Anyway, here it is! When we redid the bathroom, I knew I wanted round mirrors for it. There’s a vaguely nautical theme … Continue reading
Last year Atlanta hosted the Super Bowl. I suppose this was meaningful to assorted people in assorted ways, but for us is mostly meant no Superkea Sunday. We had already been wary of traffic going into the city, and then we found out that Ikea was closing early anyway. Going to Ikea on the evening of the Super Bowl to … Continue reading
Multitasking! It’s that magical time of year when I look back at last year’s list of house related plans, note that we didn’t get most of them done, and then promptly make another unrealistic of things we won’t get done for the new year! First, let’s look back on the things we did get done last year: We did finish the … Continue reading
Saturday afternoon, I was all ready to make a trip to Target to check out Christmas stuff then come home to finish decorating the kitchen in preparation for this post. Only I couldn’t find my keys. I spent ALL AFTERNOON searching for them everywhere I could think of. They weren’t under any couch cushions. They weren’t in the ignition. They … Continue reading
There was a time, not so very long ago, when I felt like I had enough time to concoct elaborate Halloween decorating themes every year and spend hours creating elaborate crafts and whatnot. I have not felt like that for the past couple of years. Kids in high school with a gazillion different activities, Abe getting old enough to want … Continue reading
Affiliate links ahead! If you buy something after following my links, I make a small commission, but you don’t pay anything extra. Thanks for supporting Boxy Colonial! When we first moved into this house, the hall bath upstairs was one of the first rooms we dealt with. It didn’t have any mirrors (the house was a foreclosure), so we went ahead and bought mirrors … Continue reading
My kids love to write plays together. One of my very favorite things in the whole world is listening to them working together on these absurd little masterpieces and then seeing them perform the finished projects. There are few things more heartwarming than watching your seventeen year old earnestly discuss the character development of Dr. Pibb and his brother Mr. … Continue reading
Were I the sort of person who understands lawns I might have a better idea about what exactly happened to ours last year. Maybe it was the relentless rain. Maybe it was grubs. Maybe it was just the grass’s time to go. But, whatever the reason, by the end of last summer, our special mix of Bermuda grass mixed with … Continue reading