Make no mistake - throwing a party at your home is a massive undertaking! The more people you have, the more chaos may ensue. But if you have some friends and family you can trust who are glutton enough to volunteer to help you during the event - accept the offer and...
The housewarming party
We had our housewarming party here on Saturday night and although it was a lot of fun, we're both happy to have it behind us now. We ended up with about 50 guests and around 15 children ranging in age from a few weeks to 5 years old. Nearly everyone who said they'd be...
A final day of doors…for a while anyway
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. Although you may not be able...
Cool showers aren’t fun
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...
Now it’s getting somewhere good
This weekend we worked ourselves hard again and managed to paint the entire chicken coop, brick out a hole in the wall leading to the outhouse and dungheap (which the dog loved to use when we first got this house and Ayla smelled just lovely after romping around in...
That’s a lot of chili
With just over a week to go to our housewarming party, I am now in full speed ahead mode to get things accomplished around here. This morning I replanted our fig tree so that it has some space to grow finally and will retain a bit of water. I've moved it into the...
A new woodworking project coming up
If you read our houseblog, you probably saw that we were working on the chicken coop last weekend and made some progress is re-plastering the wall which was destroyed after years of exposure to chicken nitrates. This weekend we'll be putting in a wooden tile floor and...
An endless supply of doors
This week, one by one, I have been painting the doors in the house. I've completed most of the doors downstairs now but will probably have to do a second coat tomorrow on the living room door...which means tomorrow I get to start tackling the doors upstairs and the...
Adventures in stained concrete
After reading my post about us planning to put down wood tiles in the chicken coop, my mom recommended we think about doing an acid stain on the concrete instead. Just the name alone sounds intimidating but it would likely turn out to be a must more economical option...
Mommy’s little helper
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 to move,...
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