As we've started to make more and more food from scratch, we've found that our need for kitchen tools have changed as well.  Althoug...

...deserve their owns special place in Hell. That is all.

 I would like to take the opportunity to thank the PPOs yet again for the fantastic work they did on our house.  I sincerely wish some days ...

It's been an interesting month.  We seem to have stumbled into a run of bad luck that is encompassing just about every area of our life....

*sigh*  I feel like I whiny kid on a long road trip.  Our electrician keeps flaking out on us (to finish other side jobs, no less!!), which...

Without a doubt, this room has the best natural light out of any in the house.  My favorite time of day in here is late afternoon/early even...

Today I tackled a project I had been dreading. As part of our office renovation, we're closing off the opening the PPOs made that leads ...

I've never really been dissatisfied with my house. Some days I'll wish for a walk-up attic, or larger bedrooms, or less wallpaper t...

I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but I have something of a love-hate relationship with my house. I hate the mess of remodeling and...

Does anyone else feel like they're swimming against the current most of the time? I feel like my ideas about priorities and lifestyle ar...

Since I'm chronically unable to focus on one thing at a time, I've been thinking about the kitchen again. Specifically, bringing our...

I'd really like to say nice things, but I've really been in sort of a funk lately. I'm pissed off at the world and the apatheti...

Warning: This is probably going to be a slightly whiny, self-pitying post. Read on at your own risk... :) Ever since I started the academy, ...

I have a confession to make. Today I went to Lowes and had impure thoughts about semi-custom kitchen cabinets. I oggled the cherry doors. I ...

It was absoloutely gorgeous outside today. Unfortunately, I spent almost all of it inside cleaning. I did have nearly every single window ...

This post is somthing of a catch-all. I haven't been very diligent about updating in the past 2 or 3 months, so this is an attempt to br...

As of tomorrow, we'll have lived in the house for 1 year. We've owned it for a year and 1 month now, but we couldn't move in unt...