Our house sits on a main street which connects several small villages to each other. There are other ways to get from A to B but going through our town is probably the easiest and fastest since we have very few traffic lights and they are rarely ever red. A couple...
Tag – Eight Things You Don’t Know About Me
Maggie the super fabulous Airedale tagged me on Sunday but it's taken me a while to get the humans off the computer... You all know a lot about me already (like the fact that I'm a master thief and I can still lay in the "frogger" even at almost 1 1/2 years old) so...
Cooking made easier
I mentioned on Friday that we had called an electrician to come out and hook up the stove and oven as well as take care of a few other things around the farm. He was supposed to arrive at 3pm but actually didn't make it here until almost 5:30pm. Not a huge deal since...
Every man needs a grill buddy
We came across this project a few months ago and I thought I had posted about it then...but I can't seem to find it anywhere. I don't want to lose the idea again so I am making sure it gets posted about this time.This grill buddy is a fun little project from Lowe's....
Another day, another worker
We seem to have neglected to mention that an electrician will be dropping by today to hook up the stove and second oven in the kitchen...and also to take a look at the electric front gate opener to see if he might be able to determine why it suddenly died. Stefan also...
Time for a new look
I've been writing this blog for over a year now...I can't believe the time as gone so quickly. But we've had Ayla for over a year now also so it must be true. Although I'm late for the anniversary, I think it's time for a blog face lift so I've made a few changes...
This litte blog is growing up
Although this blog was only born in March 2007, we've already decided to upgrade a bit and make some changes. Some are more subtle than others but we hope you enjoy the new layout. I definitely had some fun making it 🙂
Come see our new look
Since we're always sprucing up the house , we figured it's about time to freshen up the look of this blog as well. The layout is no longer quite as busy as it once was and should also load correctly in IE finally 🙂
Fabulous Farmhouse Searches
If you read our Self-Reliant Yuppies blog, you probably noticed that we are going to be starting a new weekly feature (at least I'll be trying lol) featuring the 5 top searches from the past week. We don't really get too many strange ones but I always do find them...
Self-Reliant Searches
There's been a common trend popping up around a lot of the blogs I read...people have been addressing some of the more interesting search terms that have led to their blog and I figure it's about time to get that party started here. So with no further ado here are the...


