Whew! It’s been over two weeks since my last post. I guess I’ve been a bit busy with these two cuties… And I’ve been knitting every chance I get to finish the fair isle sweater for Arden that I started to match Hadley’s 3-6 month one that she’s threatening to outgrow any day… Then my {…Continue Reading}
I got around to painting the nursery last week – I’m really glad I got it done because just afterward my right hip started acting up. I’m not sure if it’s sciatic pain from the baby sitting on it, or if my hips are over-relaxing from the hormones. Either way, it’s not fun and causes intermittent {…Continue Reading}
Sorry it’s been two weeks since my last post! Crazy heat, third trimester fatigue, and summer life have just caught up with us around here. I’ve been making decent progress on prepping the nursery, so there will be some posts coming up about that. I haven’t been completely unproductive. I made this fish pillow for {…Continue Reading}
My Dad and I tackled a big project in our house last week – shelving in the basement. Our home was built in 1918 or thereabouts, and this room was the coal room, so pardon the dark and dreary appearance. The mask is because he’s crazy allergic to dust, mold, and dog dander and the basement {…Continue Reading}
Dave, being from Idaho, has received various Mr. Potato Heads as gifts over the years. Arden has recently become fascinated with them, and has become proficient in moving all the parts around. Most of the potatoes are themed, and Santa Spud comes with a little beard that she’s figured out how to put on herself – {…Continue Reading}
I made the final push and got the chairs I purchased for $100 from the ReStore refinished! I think they turned out really great, and I learned a bit along the way. Here’s what I did: I took the ucky bad vinyl seats off and gave all the chairs a light sanding all over with {…Continue Reading}
I was loving the use of shutters on mantels I saw here and somewhere else and was plotting a trip to my local ReStore when my gaze fell apon the detritus of our fencing/tree removal/garage reconstruction projects in the back yard and eyed up the old wooden fence gate. Aha! It’s about the right size (check), weathered {…Continue Reading}
Framing is all finished and the cement has been poured. We were home during the pour on one of my LTFT days and Arden was fascinated. We watched until one of the guys’ pants went waaaaay beyond plumber’s crack. I have to say in my experience, that plumber’s crack is an entirely earned title. Along with brickeys and siding guys… One {…Continue Reading}
Day two of framing, and I think I’m in love! Okay, it’s a tad on the obnoxiously tall side, but we got the wall height variance and the neighbors had the opportunity to contest it at that point. C’est la vie, or so they say… Now I think we might need to do some exterior upgrades on {…Continue Reading}
I don’t have any fun projects completed to post, so I’ll just do a quick wrap up of what’s been going on. We broke ground – literally – on our garage reconstruction. On Thursday, they took out the old slab, dug for the footings, and put in the foundation walls. We’re using a treated lumber {…Continue Reading}
