Yesterday morning, we had severe storms move through our area. I was awakened by tornado sirens going off at 7:00 am. Shortly thereafter, the power was knocked out. We were without power for over 14 hours, but luckily sustained no other damage. Since we had […]

This morning, the fine fellows from Lee Company came to install a 240V 50A outlet on the front of our house for our new electric car charger, and a 110V 20A outlet on the back of the house because … well, there’s not an outlet […]

The first coat of spackle is on. I used almost an entire gallon of joint compound, just for the this first coat! Since the first coat generally needs to be thicker, I applied the spackle using the “cake frosting” technique, which is a technique that […]

I am on vacation for a whole glorious week! Steve and Dharma will be at school, which means I will have the house all to myself, at least during the day. This is the perfect time to finish off the coat closet once and for […]

Remember The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project? Yes, that’s right, the one that I started nearly two years ago. Well, today I finished hanging the drywall. Big woop, you might say. Well, it IS a big woop. Hanging drywall in our house is a freaking […]

A couple of weeks ago, my family completed the kitchen module of Joshua Becker’s online Uncluttered course. When we did our initial survey of the level of clutter in our home at the beginning of the course, we were startled to find that the kitchen […]