Today has been a long day around here. I had to wait for our garden trash container to be picked up and replaced with a regular trash container and since they didn’t come until about 2pm, I was very thankful that I ran all the errands I needed to on Wednesday so I wasn’t going […]

The DIY Network now has a collection of videos for those who are looking for rather quick weekend projects that you should be able to complete in 48 hours or less. One project that caught my eye is installing gutter guards outside which is something we’re going to need to take care of at some […]

This time next week, we will already have been on the road for a while, headed to Locarno, Switzerland. I think we’re all really looking forward to the trip now although it will be interesting to see if any of us still remember how to climb since it’s been nearly a year since we last […]

Yes, it’s that time again. We are having the bio container picked up today and they are bringing us a new miscellaneous trash container. I have to say I’m rather pleased since we already have a pile of stuff in the barn that we will be targeting along with the bird cages. We’re probably going […]

This morning I’ve been doing some cleaning up and preparing for tomorrow evening since a friend is coming over and I can’t have the house covered in dog fur. Most of the cleaning will be done tomorrow since I would very likely have to vacuum all over again tomorrow with Ayla tracking in dirt and […]