Finally meeting our hero – "The Guy"

Here in our little village, there are quite a few other timber frame houses, but few of them have been taken care of like ours. Some of them have recently have the timbers covered up because it was the cheapest option to repair them – and many (if not most) of...

Finally giving up our second car

We mentioned a LONG time ago that Stefan bought a motorcycle and would be using it to commute to work. Since then he has switched companies and now has to wear a suit to work everyday. Needless to say that put a damper on his travel by bike routine – but...

Oh, it’s on! Laundry time!!!

Well, I guess I spoke too soon. Shortly after I posted about sitting here waiting on the repair guy, he showed up. Speak of the devil, I guess…It was the same guy as last time and he came in and got right to work. I was rather impressed when 15 minutes later he...

Good thing I have a big mouth!

Hey all you dogs out there in Blog Land!It’s Ayla here again and I hope you’re all having a great week.I just thought I would report on something really cool I’ve just realized I can do – pick up more than one thing at a time in my mouth!! I...

Waiting on repairmen…

There are few things I dislike more than sitting around, waiting for someone to show up and having no idea when and if he actually will. When I last talked about our washer/dryer machine that which is the fritz, I mentioned that the service guy who came out...