Before and After: New Bathroom Upstairs

When we bought the house, there was only one bathroom indoors. We also have an outhouse in the courtyard but how practical is it to run outside in the middle of winter to do your business? Certainly better than nothing but still not a pleasant thought. The bathroom...

We’re up to no good with chalk

We haven’t been posting much lately because we just haven’t been doing much around the house. Stefan had been pretty burnt out from work so we haven’t even been working on any little projects around the house. But we’re going to make up for it...

Wanna swap houses?

I’m not sure I would be totally comfortable with this myself but it is an interesting concept. Geenee is a website for home-owners who are interested to trade houses for a few days, weeks or longer with someone else so that they can experience a more local...

A hearty helping of Penne Arrabiata

I know there have been a lot of recipes posted on here lately but we’ve gotten into a bit of a food rut and have just been sick of the usual meals we’ve been eating. We have this great big kitchen, a garden with lots of yummy stuff in it and somehow just...

What kind of dog are you?

This was a really fun survey game which came to us via the Newf-L mailing list and I just had to share it. Not only do I LOVE the way they programmed it but it’s related to a British movie called Gone to the Dogs which could be quite cute… This game is...