Hubby’s new Swiss Army Knife

    We went to our local outdoor outfitter this morning as we still owed a friend a pair of climbing shoes and hubby had a gift certificate from there which he wanted to use. This turned out to be harder than he anticipated. The certificate was for 25 Euros and since most...

    Spring Home Maintenance Tips

    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...

    Another great stencil site

    Yeah, I know, you’re getting sick of reading about stencils already…but I came across another site with some interesting stencils that just might work for our shutters.This flower stencil from Stencil Planet which I think could look really nice. 7.5 in x 5...

    I must be crazy

    So we mostly filled up our biodegradable trash container already vines from the backyard, but I’m thinking we could fill it up even more with the remaining waste from the bird areas. There are two cage areas left, one of which will be completely removed and the...

    And then it’s off to Italy

    Our Italian tile and granite guy, Dino, came over this morning to measure the kitchen cabinet surface so we can finally get our order sent out to Italy….once we decide what to do on the wall behind the counters…which I will discuss later. Dino brought a...