A few weeks ago, Ayla decided it would be a great idea to start gnawing off one corner of the carpeted stairs in the house. Then the small hole became a tear and more pieces of the corner disappeared and then we knew we were going to be in trouble with the landlord for sure. […]

In the past I have briefly mentioned that we’ve had some problems here and there while trying to get our kitchen order together from IKEA but I’m not really sure I ever went into any real details. I have to start by saying that I generally LOVE IKEA and am certain to continue shopping there […]

When we first started this whole renovation on the farm, we intended to build out the attic of the main house as well in the first round of improvements. But then we got the estimates and bills for everything else which was more important and realized it just wasn’t feasible right now. But as it […]

Macky is finally back and things are underway again. Apparently he had some problems of his own when he went home to Croatia over the holidays…the pipes in his house froze and burst so he was taking care of all that while he was gone. Not the way I’d want to spend my vacation but […]

So we decided to tear out the old floor from the former kitchen and will lay down new hardwood floors. Rather ambitious even for us but thankfully since my mom is here, we have a very good guide who can walk us through everything. Otherwise we’d have to be refiguring our budget again to find […]