A Thanksgiving to remember

This blog has been massively neglected lately and I actually started this post shortly after Thanksgiving…but it required more attention so I just let it go. Terrible I know!! We were building out part of our farm and everything else just fell through the...

Guest house photos – finally

I will start by emphasizing that I don’t think these photos even remotely do the room justice…but I’m no professional photographer and I was waiting on the repairman so I apologize. I’ll start you off with a view into the bedroom, when you...

Update on our washer/dryer

The repairman was here at about 11am to check out the washer/dryer we have. He showed me that it was the carbon brushes inside the motor that were causing the trouble and informed me that it would be just under 200 euros to make the repair. Since buying a new machine...

No good for home appliances

Last year we had to buy a new fridge because the small one we moved here with died on us. Not that we were too upset about it. We were looking for an excuse to buy a side-by-side anyway…but now our washing/drying machine from Siemens has encountered a problem....

New Year’s Resolutions for 2008

We got an email last week from Houseblogs.net which suggested everyone write some New Year’s resolutions regarding their home projects. Last year, we didn’t even think about writing any – mostly because we were so concerned with just getting the last...