Saturday, June 30, 2012

Diggin' it!

Once the garden was ready for planting, we needed only to dig the holes for the plants and plop them in!  We measured where we wanted each p...

Friday, June 29, 2012

Halfway to a new garden!

The garden project is coming along! We managed to rototill the area we want to plant, which is most of the front of our house and along the ...

Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Dead Fly and DIY

I'm not a morning person.  Well, technically I am.  I get up early, but as anyone who knows me well will tell you - if you know what...

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Flower Power!

Planting around the exposed foundation of our new modular home is on my big "to do" list, so I'm very excited to have to oppor...

Saturday, June 23, 2012

I'm Packin' Heat

I just finished using a gun.  Okay it was only a staple gun, but for me, that should have been danger enough for one day.  However, as I kee...

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Planting a Front Garden

Time marches on.  NO , time FLIES !   It's already the end of June, and there are still a lot of things not crossed off on my To Do list...

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

A Day of Rest

At 6:30 a.m. we woke up to thunder, and a deluge.  We got the kids off to school for their penultimate day of school and headed to Home Depo...

Monday, June 18, 2012

Pressure Washers

I got thinking about Pressure Washers, as one does, and they really are useful, and not too expensive.  When you own a home, there are a lot...

Friday, June 15, 2012

Father's Day Gift Ideas

It's Father's Day weekend, and even though my Dad's getting a voucher for a night babysitting our kids, here are a few things an...

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Lattice DONE (well, almost!)

The lattice is finally (almost) finished, and although I was originally nervous about staining it black, I like it!  You may not be able to ...

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Painting pictures

Yesterday was a complete deluge, so I wasn't able to take any pictures of our handiwork!  The Master Painter and I wanted you to see wha...

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The Master Painter gets it DONE!

This past weekend I swore I would accomplish two projects: paint the lattice on the front porch, and paint the second-hand steps for our bac...

Friday, June 8, 2012

DIY tips

Building a modular home or any home often leads to a loooooong to-do list.  Try to make your life a little easier with these DIY and home im...

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Pansy Telepathy

I'm feeling under the weather with a bad cold, and can't quite summon the energy to do much of anything but sit around like a bump o...

Monday, June 4, 2012

Finally, a pantry!

I have spent my whole life with too little cabinet space, barely any closet space, and certainly without a walk-in pantry.  Over the years, ...