When we bought our house, it was a 3 bedroom, 1 bath house. Actually, I guess you could consider it a 3/1.5 since there is an outhouse in the courtyard (which we thankfully never have to use). So one of the very first projects we had our contractors work on was adding...
Long-time NOH readers will find it no surprise that we have begun really enjoying to make wine over the last 3 or 4 years. It's not something I've really talked a lot about because it's a rather involved process, and we were really still trying to learn what...
The weather seems to be turning cooler every day here. We've gotten past the first light frosts without any losses, but I'm starting to consider what I should do with all these green tomatoes we still have on the vine. Some of them (like the yellows) seem to be very...
It's been one crazy year so far when it comes to our weather...and apparently our last burst of summer last week, which was followed with typical all rain and cool temps, will now be accentuated with our first few nights of frost. And you know what I have to say about...
This weekend, I tackled the extremely needed and long overdue project of organizing the craziness under our bathroom sink. Usually I buy bath stuff on sale that we always use, so there are always a few of them around. And we have ended up with enough sunscreen over...
Whew. What a week! It's been a bit crazy around here with all the giveaway craziness (have you entered yet??) but I am so glad the weekend is here! After several weeks of temps in the mid-seventies during the day and 50's at night, our fall finally seems to be setting...
I know from comments on NOH that many of you are moms with very full schedules, just like myself. You may work from home, or outside your home. Or you might be a full time homemaker and mom, which is already a whirlwind job. Plus you're balancing housework, kid's...
I get emails all the time from people who are bloggers like myself, who want to really take their blog to the next level but are struggling. Bloggers know that there are a million things to keep up with and there never seems to be enough time to take care of it all....
You've seen a whole lot of my garden these last 11 weeks, and you've heard a lot of my thoughts and ideas. So I thought it might be a nice change to get some outside input...in the form of Other People's Gardens (OPG). Since people in Germany (or perhaps just Europe...
If you've ever had the privilege of visiting our home, you may notice that we have pure white walls...nearly everywhere. I say nearly because we did actually get brave and paint the walls in our guesthouse something other than white (namely a warm caramel color and...
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