It’s container time!!

by | Mar 30, 2007 | DIY, House & Home

Today has been a long day around here. I had to wait for our garden trash container to be picked up and replaced with a regular trash container and since they didn’t come until about 2pm, I was very thankful that I ran all the errands I needed to on Wednesday so...

Need a project for the weekend?

by | Mar 30, 2007 | DIY

The DIY Network now has a collection of videos for those who are looking for rather quick weekend projects that you should be able to complete in 48 hours or less. One project that caught my eye is installing gutter guards outside which is something we’re going...

A new container cometh

by | Mar 30, 2007 | DIY, House & Home

Yes, it’s that time again. We are having the bio container picked up today and they are bringing us a new miscellaneous trash container. I have to say I’m rather pleased since we already have a pile of stuff in the barn that we will be targeting along with...

Roofers in costume

by | Mar 28, 2007 | DIY, Expat Life, House & Home

I hope you guys can see the guy standing on the scaffolding in this picture. In case you think he’s lost or this was Halloween or something, this is actually what master roofers wear here in Germany. Our neighbors across the street started redoing their roof...

Spring Home Maintenance Tips

by | Mar 27, 2007 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home

For quite some time now, I’ve been getting Backwoods Home monthly newsletter. They usually have a few interesting recipes in there, some cute jokes and even some really great woodworking plans from time to time. In this month’s newsletter, they have some...