Nearly 7 months, I discovered The William Morris Project, hosted (nearly) every week by Jules at Pancakes & French Fries. At that time, we were starting to realize that we really needed to start getting rid of some of the clutter around the farm because we were going to start some new renovations — and […]

The majority of bloggers I know aren’t just writing all the time to hear their own thoughts…at some point, there is usually a hope or dream to earn even a small amount of cash from their blogs. Over the last 6 years, I have learned a great deal about blogging, and even made a decent […]

Our assignment this week was “flowers” — and I have to admit that this was an easy one since we have been buying a lot of flowers at the market lately to liven up the place…and because they are utterly cheap! The guys selling them at the market buy such a large volume that they’re […]

Anyone who has any sort of lawn or garden has undoubtedly had the unpleasant experience of walking outside and finding any number of animals snacking away at your plants or otherwise giving you a heart attack as they lurk under the vegetation. Growing up in Texas, snake sightings were a regular part of life. Thankfully, […]

When we moved into our apartment, we fell in love with the fantastic gas range and the super-wide oven below it in our new kitchen. We were also really pleased about the great side-by-side fridge which would make leaving our old one behind easier. If we’d had only a typical tiny German fridge /freezer combo, […]