Mar 8, 2009 | Decluttering, DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
The weather forecast was really sketchy this weekend so we didn’t get everything we wanted done…but we did make some progress. We did a little running around Saturday morning, trying to get a few things to finish up projects. That became harder than...Feb 3, 2009 | DIY, Garden, Homesteading Life, House & Home
Things are finally starting to thaw out a bit here and the plants are just beginning to bloom – and that means we have a whole lot of work to get accomplished. Spring may not be right around the corner just yet but we’re hoping it will soon set in....Jan 15, 2009 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
Well, things are finally starting to thaw out a bit here…but with the thaw came the revelation that we have a water line break. The copper piping running from our mudroom out into the courtyard and finally to the guest house burst wide open, with about a two...Dec 5, 2008 | Decorating, DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
While Stefan’s parents were here, his dad and he worked on several projects around the house that were not too labor intensive but still really needed to be done. One of those tasks was laying network cable through most of the main house. Yes, we have wireless...Dec 3, 2008 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
Last week, Stefan took advantage of his parents being around and scheduled a heater repairman to come out. We’ve had issues with a couple of our heaters since we moved in…partially because our contractor was an idiot – and also because we never...Oct 21, 2008 | DIY, Europe, Garden, Germany, Homesteading Life, House & Home, Travel
Having guests in town is always a good reason to drag everyone out of the house on a sunny day and go do something incredibly touristy. We thought about making them do some work around here…but the weather was just too nice so we bundled ourselves up a bit (it...