Whew!  What a busy few weeks it's been...  Wrangling a toddler, newborn, and recovering from a c-section is full-time work.  No joke.  T...

It's officially summer.  Shayne and I celebrated by doing a bunch of yard work this morning.  We had a big tree limb come down about a w...

Ever since finding out that we're pregnant with twins (TWINS!!), any sort of progress on just about everything has ground to a halt.  I...

As much as I want to move right now , obviously reality dictates that is not going to happen.  I'm not sure it will happen any time in t...

I'll quit whining now....!

We decided to cancel the third realtor's appointment since we liked #2 so much.  He came in and spent 45 minutes looking at the house an...

Have you ever read the Little House on the Prairie books?  They were my favorite when I was little, and I read them again when I was pregnan...

Since we're planning on selling our house sometime within the next 3 years, we've really started to think about how to enhance resal...

We've ground to a halt on the basement reorganization of 2011.  All of our house decorations, personal mementos, and things are organize...

 ...about 3 feet!  The South Bend Airport reported a total snowfall of 38" since Friday night.  Since I work out in the rural areas,...

Even though we started planning our gift-giving back before Thanksgiving, somehow Christmas has snuck up on me this year.  We've barely ...

I can't believe it's been 5 years since we bought the house.  The actual date we took possession was August 24, 2005, so I'm a l...

Today is one of those days where I feel like I could live here forever.  From where I sit in the dining room, I can hear frogs croaking out ...

Today's my last day of my 12 day vacation.  I think I did everything but relax!  The chicken coop is nearly done, and the house is secur...

We don't meet with the realtor til tomorrow, but I already know that the 19 acre property isn't meant to be.  I went to walk around ...

Well, we might be nuts, but we've set up an appointment to check out the house with 19 acres.  I'm of two minds about it.  On one ha...

The weather was perfect today, even early this morning, so I plopped Ethan on a blanket outside and did a little work in the garden.  We got...

This house is making me crazy.  Seriously. I love it so much I could sometimes cry, but I'm dying to own a farm.  I want chickens and ...

Baby + working full time = nothing gets done There's so much that I want to do, I just don't have time.  It's gotten a little ...

Yep, I'm cheating again...!  Since the baby came along, we actually have more time than money.  We rarely go out, and between our work s...