A few years ago, I wrote a post titled I Hate Painting Furniture. It was a good post, actually one of my favorites which is why I reblogged it this past Friday. If you didn't get a chance to read it, maybe go read it first then come back and read this post. Like demented… Continue reading I Don’t Hate Painting Furniture Anymore
I wrote this post two days after our hamster died. I preface this post with that statement because I don't want you all to worry about me. Sobbing about a dead hamster two weeks later. Not that there is anything wrong with that but I needed to write this out at that moment and I… Continue reading On Painting Bedrooms and Dying Hamsters
It all started back in 2012 when I was tired of looking at this: Our "master" bath AND this: The girl's bath The above is a kid's bathroom for two girls, ages 12 and 4 at the time (SOB). But we wanted to update it a bit. Here are the afters: Pretty awesome, if I… Continue reading Why I Can’t Have Nice Things- Bathroom Floors Edition
In the spirit of winter homesteading or home tending, I have been nesting into our home this winter like no winter before. In fact, I haven't really nested in my home this much since my little birdies were much younger. I have to say that homeschooling Ella has made me appreciate our home more because… Continue reading Big Blue Wall
First published November 5, 2018 I was thinking of things to keep me occupied at home when Mike and I were driving home from dropping Anna off at college, so I wouldn’t miss her as much as I did at that moment. I had an idea while we were traveling through corn fields of central… Continue reading My Dad and “I” Built a Picket Fence
I've read enough DIY blogs to know that whatever I make is, at best, mediocre. In fact, one could argue that my once DIY blog has nothing to do with DIY any longer. Unless, of course, DIY stood for Dammit! Ick! Yikes! which is exactly my approach to any DIY problem I try to solve… Continue reading I Hate Painting Furniture
A Grace Full Life 