We have stone! We hired a stone-mason to put the stone on the garage end of our house, because that’s the first/most noticeable place people will see when they drive up. We did all the prep work (two weekends of it, not so fun), and had him put the stone on. It turned out awesome, [...]
Archive for September, 2008
House of Sticks and … Stones!
Posted in House Building, farmhouse, stone, tagged cultured stone on September 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Check Them Out
Posted in simple living, sustainable living, tagged simple living on September 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There are a few blogs that I love to read regularly. There are those that belong to personal friends and allow me to keep up with what’s going on in their lives since we don’t get to visit as much as we’d like. Many focus on living simply and creating loving and peaceful [...]
Feel-Good-Food #2
Posted in recipes on September 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
[Breadbaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world’s sweetest smells… there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier
of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making [...]
What a Week!
Posted in House Building, biking, farmhouse, tagged biking, House Building on September 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My boss has been out of town on business for a few days, so I’ve been being busy being him. How do they all know when he’ll be gone???? It’s been busy, busy, busy at work, time for performance reviews, budgets for FY09, new projects being implemented, too many projects, not enough people…I could go [...]
We Have Porches!
Posted in House Building, farmhouse, tagged country porch, farmhouse, farmhouse porch on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m seeing a mint julep and a rocking chair very soon. Maybe tomorrow.
Feel-Good-Food #1
Posted in Fall, recipes, tagged potato soup, Soup on September 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine.
Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy.
It’s time to start making soup again.
~Leslie Newman
I love food. I love to cook it, I love to eat it, and I love to feed it to other people. I [...]
My #1 LEAST Favorite Toy
Posted in House Building on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And the reason I can’t hold the hairdryer to dry my hair because of hand cramps
But I will say, it’s doing the job. We only have about 300 shots to go and we’ll be finished putting lath on the concrete. Then we’ll put it on the wood, but that will be with a [...]
