Today is my step-mom Wendy's birthday!!!! Too bad she and my dad are out in Boston so I won't get to see her on her birthday to wish her a happy birthday, but I can SAY it, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY WENDY!!!! Wendy is always there to make sure we all behave...

Well, yesterday was turkey day, and Chris and I are VERY thankful for our house, so we decided to work on it during the fine holiday. I finally finished up the compost shelf I started building a few weekends ago. Luke keeps fogeting to bring the paint...

This blog has a lof of "...Almost Done" posts. When I got home from work today I had the lovely surprise of Chris showing me the work he had done today. He got about 1 1/2 coats of compound on the ceiling, which means it probably only needs about one...

After dealing with the big gaping hole debacle we found ourselves back on track with the art room yesterday. Each day we work on it I am more and more thankful that Chris is letting us put this project ahead of (more important) things like the...

And not because I'm allergic to anything, but because it's so damn cold. As with many old houses, our house has NO insulation, and many of the windows are original or were replaced about 30 years ago, so there is nothing energy efficient about the...