Hubby and I have decided that we need to start trying a lot more recipes at home. Naturally, it would be a bit easier if we had a counter top to do this on and a full stove…but that’s all coming together soon. We actually did manage to try something new this weekend and made […]

Once again, I have to love This Old House. In last week’s newsletter, they were talking about making homes better for baby boomers. Well, hubby and I are far from that age bracket but we are planning to install undercabinet lighting sometime in the near future in the kitchen and this article should be rather […]

Hubby and I are starting to feel old. We know we’re not, but we’re approaching thirty and our 10 year class reunions from high school are coming up…and it makes you just want to stop counting birthdays. I have recently said I’m just going to age until 25 or 30, then go back down to […]

Working on the vegetable garden this weekend made us really want plan out our garden for this summer. But one thing bothered us. Having never really had the space available to actually grow enough vegetables to supplement us with our own stuff during the growing season we have no idea how much space each vegetable […]

The major project for this weekend was to begin taking down the plants on the back of the barn. The plant cover was a few feet thick, and growing under the roof already. It hasn’t been trimmed back in the last year and the ivy vines where incredibly agressive. The picture below is a shot […]