Archive | May, 2008
Blogging Makes Me Happy!
You know what? I love blogging! I’ve been blogging on and off for a few years now, but decided to go “full time” about a year ago. It has been an absolute blast! If you blog, you know exactly what I mean. 1. I have met the most wonderful and interesting people through blogging. I’ve [...]
Continue reading...This is Crazy! Global Warming BAH
19. May 2008
I do not “believe” that global warming is 1) a trend, and 2) caused by man’s activities. I think it is a short-term global climate change, if it is even warming at all. History seems to prove that the earth frequently goes through temperature “seasons” of periodic change. Anyway, today in Upstate New York it [...]
Continue reading...The Cutest Little Thing!
19. May 2008
I’ve heard of tiny little modular cubicles in Europe. It is only fitting that the United States have our own style of small-scaled housing. What else would it be but a tiny log cabin? I saw this at Off-Grid Living. I don’t want to copy the photo– you’ll have to go see for yourself. Off-Grid [...]
Continue reading...Quick Tip: Weed Control Barrier
17. May 2008
I have a good-sized vegetable garden (600 square feet) plus scads and scads of flower beds. It is a CONSTANT battle against weeds around here. We live at the bottom of a wooded hill, and every weed in that durn forest floats down into my yard and roots itself firmly into my beds. I can’t [...]
Continue reading...A Little Plug for a Pal
15. May 2008
Perhaps you’ve noticed that little 125 x 125 button in my sidebar for EZ DIY Electricity? If not, go ahead and take a look, I’ll wait! I found out about Wayne through Entrecards. Since we have some common interests and readers (I am rewiring the electricity in my house myself, slowly but surely), we swapped [...]
Continue reading...Wordless Wednesday: Growth
14. May 2008
Little anemones that I got for free with a tree order last year. I love blue flowers and have an assorted mix of blues and purples in the gardens. My seedlings will be ready for transplanting soon. A mild cold snap (40s) is expected this week, so I’m going to wait until that passes before [...]
Continue reading...The Secret to Higher Page Rank?
14. May 2008
When you monetize your blog, like I do, weird new terms such as SEO, Page Rank, and backlinks become part of your vocabulary. Page Rank is a somewhat mystical calculation by the Google people, to determine your “value” among all the other websites on the Internet. Google says they use a “secret” algorithm measuring a [...]
Continue reading...A Good Printer
13. May 2008
I’d blogged about my HP All-in-One that bit the dust a few weeks ago. I procrastinated buying a new printer, hoping I could make due with emailing all the necessary documents to my husband’s computer and printing them that way. Wasn’t working out very well. Plus, I absolutely need a scanner for the homeschool and [...]
Continue reading...All-Mart
13. May 2008
I was at WalMart today. I (finally) got my hair cut (I’d let my hair grow to halfway down my back!), but I had to wait a little while before the stylist could see me. So I browsed the store a little. I do my grocery shopping at WalMart every other week, but I rarely [...]
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I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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19. May 2008
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