I’ll be honest: my primary goal for our yard and “landscaping” is that it look decent enough that the neighbors don’t get together and plot ways to try to make us move out. When we walk the dogs, I spend a lot of my time pointing out yards that aren’t any better than ours to Dave, to make myself feel … Continue reading
I was going to call that picture, “A quick and easy garden bed” or something of the sort. But then we spent all weekend on it, and then I realized I had something like 22 pictures for this post, and…..I decided to just go with the more correct “simple.” The weekend, to be fair, was tainted by illness and filled … Continue reading
Dave takes a lot longer than I do to finish a blog post, but he’s also a lot more thorough. These steps were finished awhile ago. And still standing! Who knows if my mobile will have long since fallen on the baby two months from now…. –Gretchen This is a momentous occasion … my very first blog entry! Gretchen has … Continue reading
I totally forgot! Our house has a weird….kid? cherub? ghost? hanging out above the front door. He’s actually a little bit creepy. I don’t think any other house in the neighborhood has one; I’m not sure why anyone ever thought it was a great idea to put him there. But, at any rate, there he is. And as soon as … Continue reading
This weekend was supposed to be the weekend for starting the tile in the master bathroom. But, after having a few people over for some backyard firepit fun last weekend for Dave’s birthday, we decided that replacing the rickety old back porch steps before we have people here for Thanksgiving was a higher priority. Safety first! Nasty germy carpet second. … Continue reading
Turns out it’s both easy and inexpensive to make your own DIY backyard fire pit. Our yard is very big (we have a half acre lot) and very empty. We have the only non-wooded lot in the (small) neighborhood. The story we got from neighbors is that a tornado a few years back hit our house and took out a … Continue reading
You know what you need when you’re digging a circle for a fire pit? The most important part? A beagle. … Continue reading