Right now, the kitchen isn’t exactly working for us. It’s small, but I can handle that. The thing that’s killing me is our total lack of cupboard space. Here’s what we’ve got: (click for larger) That’s it – every pot, pan and canned good we own is shoved into one of those cupboards. Miraculously, it […]

Our first enemy was the dreaded draft……which we beat into submission by stuffing every crack and crevice we could find with insulation and expandafoam. But now, a new enemy has emerged…. We had some water in the basement on Tuesday. It has been rainy, windy, and miserable most of the week, so I’m just glad […]

Yesterday I took a vacation day to run errands – most importantly, to get snow tires on my car before a blizzard hits. I ran to JoAnn Fabrics to look for cheap fabric for the kitchen curtains, and got lost in the endless stock of 1/2 off ribbon and fake pine. The holiday spirit hit […]