June 14th, 2010
Yesterday, Pete and I went to the local Menards to purchase supplies for our raised garden bed. After two years we were finally going to remove the blue tarp that covered the dirt near the compost (which hopefully killed off all the weeds). More on that later.
While we were in the garden section, we noticed [...]
October 29th, 2009
Last weekend was the second one in a row we’ve spent taking apart our furniture. This time: the TV room sofa.
Our move to the master bedroom upstairs left an empty bedroom — since Pete’s girls are grown and we already have a guest bedroom, we don’t need to use it as a bedroom — and [...]
March 22nd, 2008
I know, I know. You’re not supposed to eat meals in front of the TV. But we do, and that’s that. I doubt we’re ever going to change that until it gets nice enough to eat outside.
What I’ve always hated about eating in front of the TV are the tray tables — they’re ugly and [...]
September 6th, 2007
The third bedroom in our house is just off the kitchen near the back door. We thought it would be a perfect little family/media room, and I really like how it is turning out so far.
Originally I imagined the space as a TV/media/home office space, but it’s a small room and since I always use [...]