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Blast From the Past, July Heat Wave Edition
My son’s Biology course is finally over (the kid “A”ced it, too!!), so our summer has begun and our thoughts are turning toward wrapping up a few of the undone projects from last year’s renovation. I’m not planning any big projects this year– I tend to intersperse them every other year, for sanity’s sake! That, [...]
Continue reading...10 Things About My New Kitchen I Am Thankful For
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
I’m taking my dear friend Carole’s suggestion. After a particularly harried day fussing over a plumbing cob job problem, Carole said, “Go get a cup of coffee and look at before and after pics of your kitchen and cheer yourself up…” Hey, who am I to pass up a cup of coffee?? So I did. [...]
Continue reading...The “Tweener” Stage
Monday, August 30, 2010
We’re in the “tweener” stage. That’s the “between” stage– after demolition but before the kitchen is fully operational. Here is where we are, as of today: Yay! In case we’ve forgotten from whence we’ve come, this is what it looked like four months ago: And this was after demolition: You can see Livvy in the [...]
Continue reading...My Birthday Present
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
I have been wanting one of these for soooooooooooooo long. No, not a flat panel mount… well, I do want one of those someday, but I got something I have been wanting for years. And now that my kitchen is becoming a reality, I actually GOT ONE!!! Look what The Hubs got me for my [...]
Continue reading...Buying Better Than Renting
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Well, this makes me feel better. Sometimes I could kick myself for buying a 155 year old home. Especially when I have to try and install square sheets of drywall on VERY unsquare ceilings and walls. NOT fun. The New York Times has a cost calculator, comparing rental pros and cons with ownership pros and [...]
Continue reading...It’s Too Beautiful Outside To Do Anything…
Saturday, July 3, 2010
see more Lolcats and funny pictures All I want to do is fool around and snap photos outside… Related Posts:Blast From the Past, July Heat Wave Edition10 Things About My New Kitchen I Am Thankful ForThe “Tweener” StageMy Birthday Present
Continue reading...Living in Chaos
Friday, July 2, 2010
No amazing photos of progress these days… things are pretty humdrum right now. We’re still working on the wiring for the kitchen– it is ALMOST done! We are sooooo close to being able to close up the walls. I have to finish a few things up (thanks, all you wonderful guys and the very special [...]
Continue reading...“Where Have You BEEN?!”
Monday, June 21, 2010
Oh my word. After a frenetic flurry of posts for the past few weeks, I see that I haven’t said a peep here in a WEEK! I am still here! I have been busy, as usual. But I did get a break for half a day. It was definitely too short. When I last left [...]
Continue reading...Great News and My Stash of New Stuff
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
I want to publicly thank the Lord Jesus and all of you dear readers out there– I AM SO STOKED!!! God is providing everything for this kitchen, I tell ya. This morning, within a 4 hour span, I earned all my drywall. That’s $500!!!! That came from some terrific ventures in paid blogging!! I cannot [...]
Continue reading...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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