Honest! This has absolutely nothing to do with my house, but I thought it warranted a post nonetheless. He’s at the University (where I work) giving a speech, and NBC needed a quick comment from him about the Pope. Our tiny office has an even tinier satellite uplink studio in it, so we can send […]

I saw this article on Bob Vila’s site and thought it had a good set of guidelines for the type of demolition work we’re doing on the back of the house: Deconstruction for Reuse and Salvage We didn’t get a permit before we started tearing down……. oops. Didn’t know we needed one!

sent this beauty to us yesterday! I came home from a long day of work and errands and tripped over a very large box in our entryway. Imagine my excitement when I turned on the porch light and saw what it was. This saw is something Teague has been drooling over for months, and it […]

how can you resist loving dogs this cute? This picture was taken the same day that Nero (the min-pin) left a nice “surprise” in the passenger seat of the car while Teague and I were in an antique store, then managed to step in it and track it ALL OVER THE SEATS, requiring us to […]

…putting together plans for our wedding, in May. I remember saying “It’s just a big party, so what’s the big deal?”. That was before I realized how hard it was to plan a big party…. in a different state….with all of my most beloved friends and relatives in attendance…..while working full-time, freelancing, and fixing a […]

I’m an obsessive do-it-yourselfer. When I needed a big tote bag for the gym, I made one out of canvas. Instead of picking out nice printed invites for our wedding, I designed them – then printed them, embossed them and cut them myself. I like to get my hands dirty. I feel accomplished when I […]

I solved the comment problem by reinstallion Movable Type (yay, what fun……), so you shouldn’t have a problem anymore. The spammers certainly aren’t. I knew things were up and running correctly because the Online Poker jerks posted the MINUTE it came back up. I love poker as much as the next girl, but COME ON. […]

While trying to thwart comment spam (you’re are not in need of online poker games or Cialis, are you??) I accidentally broke the commenting feature….. so I will be working diligently to fix it. If you’re a Movable Type user, SixApart put out a good guide to beating the spammers: http://sixapart.com/pronet/comment_spam.html

After we received a U-haul full of furniture from my parents (who sold their house and all their belongings and are living in an RV!), I thought we would have trouble cramming anything else into the house. But the space seems to grow when we’re not looking. So when I found a matching china cabinet […]

This set of jewelry strikes me as the perfect gift for any fixer-upper… I mean, who wouldn’t be thrilled with Phillips head earrings??