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Tax Time Draws to a Deadline….
Oh my gosh, it’s April already. APRIL! We haven’t got our taxes done yet. Usually the husband gets them done in the first few weeks if February. But this year, we might actually owe money. So, haha, we’re putting it off until the bitter end. Because I am self-employed, the sheer amount of paperwork is [...]
Continue reading...Working Overtime
31. March 2011
It’s been almost 9 months since we started out major kitchen renovation last year. It seems like it was FOREVER ago. It gobbled up almost the entire year last year. I have PROMISED myself that I won’t be doing any more major renovations this year (even though the upstairs sorely needs it), not until I [...]
Continue reading...The Tweeners
10. February 2011
I’m a tweener right now. Probably most of us in the Northern Hemisphere are! A “tweener” is what I call a person who is stuck between one weather season going out and another struggling to get in. In other words– we’ve reached the end of our tolerance for one season, and are eager to get [...]
Continue reading...Things I Want To Do This Year
3. January 2011
Don’t get me wrong! I’m not making New Year’s resolutions! Several years ago, I resolved not to make them, and I don’t want to break my winning streak! But now that it’s January and soon February will be nipping at us, my mind turns to projects to be done for this year. I don’t always [...]
Continue reading...My Before, During, and After Story, Part 4
20. November 2010
This is the story of our renovation, the toils and victories through a sweltering summer of blood, sweat and tears. Read all the gory details of Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Our kitchen project was finally coming to a close. Yet even now, three months since we moved back in, there are many [...]
Continue reading...Home Depot Coupons and More!
3. July 2010
Ooo here’s a very nice online coupon site for you frugal folks: Savings.com. They even have promo codes for Home Depot! Home Depot coupons, codes, and discounts are very, very hard to come by. I have already spent $3,000 at the blasted place. It WOULD HAVE been nice to have saved a couple of bucks [...]
Continue reading...Why We’re Renovating At This Time
1. June 2010
Well, it seemed as good as any. I wanted to renovate this kitchen ever since we moved here, 13 years ago. The kitchen, remodeled by the previous owners in dark brown, orange, and yellow, was dark, dank, and horrid. I painted the cabinets and walls white to get some light in the room, but the [...]
Continue reading...Building Supply Comparison Shopping
17. March 2010
Now that the snow is just about gone, I feel invigorated enough to start some planning for the new kitchen, and do some supply comparison shopping. I had this amazingly bright idea when I visited my local Big Box Home Improvement Store— take a camera to snap photos of the products! And to think I [...]
Continue reading...Credit Card or Bank Loan?
19. January 2009
I have long considered (and tossed around at great length) whether to finance our home improvements and renovations with a bank loan or with a credit card loan. My own personal credit is very good, which has given me great options for credit card loans; but bank interest rates and home equity loan rates really [...]
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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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4. April 2011
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