Aug 19, 2007 | Homesteading Life
On Sunday mornings we like to take the dog on longer walks than usual. We take the day to let her romp around in the fields and to discover more of our new home. Today we took a dirt path which runs parallel to town and ends by an enormous farm. As we were following...Aug 8, 2007 | Homesteading Life, House & Home
Well, it’s hard to believe it but we have had our farmhouse now for nearly a year. We wrote on August 17th, 2006, that we were going to closing…and although everything wasn’t final until a few months later, we started cleaning out the house that same...Aug 2, 2007 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
I’m nearly uninspired to write about these doors and the trim but I figure at least I’m nearly done for now and perhaps writing about it will help me to forget it happened. It’s not that the results are not worth it – they completely are....Aug 1, 2007 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
We had a heater repairman come out this morning because our water heater has slowly been getting colder and colder. When we bought the house almost a year ago, the water from the tap was warm enough t make a cup of instant cappuccino. We could easily shower for 30...Jul 25, 2007 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home, Pets, The puppy years (1-2)
Over the past few days I’ve been painting the doors inside our house and Ayla decided yesterday that she needed to help. I don’t think it was really her main intention but she came in the house, leaned up against a door jam, froze in place when I told her...Jul 23, 2007 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home
Some are probably wondering where we disappeared to this weekend although we usually go pretty silent over the weekends and that’s usually because we’re working so hard. This weekend we decided to throw ourselves back into some work and started the to...