Plans, Knees, and Birthdays
In my last post back in early February, I wrote “All the kids are coming for a few days next week.” Originally, I had written “All the kids are coming for a few days...
Category: DIY and Beyond
A Tale of Three Toilets
This is one of those blog posts that will most likely make you laugh. You will laugh because you are thrilled these are problems that I am experiencing, and not you. The problems I...
Flooring – Part 1
I’m reading a book on writing essays called Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction where the authors say the essay writer “can have the most mundane of experiences and make something that surpasses them....
Building a Wall
We will build a wall. And it will be a great wall. A huge wall. And we will build it using illegal rocks. And the purpose of the wall will not be to keep...
The Kitchen Sink
I’ve been spending a lot of time under my kitchen sink lately. Although it’s not a pleasant place to be, I’m getting some level of satisfaction from it. Why have I been under the...
Birch Redux
Last year about this time I wrote about getting into the Christmas spirit by chopping up (actually chain sawing through) a birch tree. As a reminder, this is what I did with part of that...
Another Arts and Crafts Project
Over the past two years now (close to it anyway!), I’ve taken on a number of painting projects, including my coffee table. I’m not sure how good I am at these painting projects. No...
Scrapbook: Baths
Here is page 2 of the scrapbook I’m putting together. For some reason I don’t have many family photos of us in the bathrooms, so it won’t be as much of a time lapse...
Everyone in the Shower for a Picture
Columbus Day weekend was once again spent at the Lake. I’ll get the one bad part over with first. Yes, the dock is in a spot (but perhaps not the best spot) out of...
