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It’s all Hurricane Irene’s fault. And Hurricane Lee’s fault. During the torrential rains, my son reported dirty brown dripping water coming from the attic hatch located in his room. GRRRREEEEEAAAATTTT. I hate roof leaks. It means going into The Attic (insert creepy organ music) and scuffling around the giant fluffs of dirty cellulose insulation and [...]
Continue reading...Collective Groanings from Central NY
8. September 2011
What is it with our region lately? We’re being targeted with rain. Stupid hurricanes. Yeah, we got more rain, more flooding. We only just swept Hurricane Irene out of our homes and basements and roads. Tropical Storm Lee decided to take the highway straight up from the south. Look at that line. Crazy! In case [...]
Continue reading...The Silent Summer: No Crickets, No Peepers!
5. July 2011
Something very strange has happened. I realized it the other night while I outside in the backyard during twilight. The entire yard and forest and small creek that runs next door is completely silent. Completely silent! No crickets. No spring peepers. Nothing. I have never experienced anything like it since I’ve lived here. Besides the [...]
Continue reading...Old Home Owner’s Malaise
13. June 2011
Maybe this is normal. I don’t know. I’m suffering from a severe case of the Old Home Blues. I have absolutely no energy to tackle any projects around here. Not the garden, not all the undone little projects from the kitchen renovation from last summer…. and when I encounter a “new” problem, I just want [...]
Continue reading...A Little Discouraged About the Gardens
21. May 2011
For the first time in years, I’m seriously thinking about skipping all gardening this year, even the vegetable garden. It’s been my custom to add a little bit to the yard every year. When we bought the property, it was horribly overgrown. Neighbors used it as a semi-park and dumping ground. It took a heck [...]
Continue reading...My Little Cupcake
3. May 2011
She’s such a sweet baby. I didn’t want to have those flood photos up as the first post, anymore. :-p I’m sick of the mud and rain and cold. I have this terrible longing to hop in the car and drive far, far away… to some warm, sunny beach where I will sit on the [...]
Continue reading...We Interrupt Our Normal Broadcast…
29. April 2011
I’m going to skip Find the Kitty Friday this week. We kinda have other things on our plates. We had flooding yesterday, and my house was hit. Good news is that all the water is out of the basement, and the oil spill is completely contained. Today, we have to scrub down the walls and [...]
Continue reading...I Told You We’ve Had Too Much Rain
28. April 2011
The husband woke me up at around 7:30 this morning, telling me he needed my help. The basement had flooded. If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you’ll remember that my area has severe flooding problems. It’s actually a sharp bone of contention in my town, as many of us think [...]
Continue reading...Ice Dam Damage
13. February 2011
I was pretty happy and contented with winter until the temperatures tumbled into the double-digit SUB ZERO numbers, causing ice and ice dams. I found myself browsing the selection of gorgeous patio furniture at CNS Stores yesterday. *Sigh* They have over 200 stores– stores loaded with furniture and home decor and linens and the sweetest [...]
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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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