The proud owner of a new coffee machine

I have to admit that I am not really a major coffee drinker. While I do enjoy a good cup of coffee (with plenty of cream and sugar to accompany…and perhaps some caramel flavoring…yum) I do not generally make myself coffee on a regular basis. I think we...

Still waiting on the counter

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you might recall that we are still living without a counter top in our kitchen. You didn’t miss its arrival or anything like that – it still simply is not here.We ordered granite counters from an Italian...

It’s a miracle!

In a few of my recent posts about the seedlings we have started for our garden, I commented that we ordered cheap, plastic pots from eBay because we couldn’t find any stores around us selling them…at least not the home improvement stores we frequent....

More seeds on the way

I think after this group of seeds we will have the majority of what we’ll be growing this year. We still want to get some okra seeds but those are a bit hard to come by so we may have to get them from the US somehow. But Exoga did have sweet potato plants which...

Have they arrived?

While we were in the living room this evening, I thought I heard the buzzer for the front door. When I looked out the front window I noticed the lights were on at the door, a nice feature the PO installed so you have a longer chance to notice someone just rang your...