If you haven’t started a del.icio.us account yet, get yourself over there pronto. For people like me, with hundreds of bookmarks that used to be stored in 6 different internet browsers in two distant locations, it is a godsend. With del.icio.us, you can save your bookmarks in one place (no more “crap, that bookmark is […]

And, after our trip to Ikea to bring home 8-ft long countertops, I had to concede that he was right. This is Teague’s new baby, replacing the minivan whose days were surely numbered – when shifting from 1st to 2nd gear, it lurched so awkwardly the tires squealed nearly every time. NICE! I gotta give […]

I don’t know if it’s the new year, the Ikea trip, or just a chemical imbalance, but I’ve been on an organizing rampage since last weekend and I just can’t stop….. It started with the pantry. We put shelving in, which meant *YAY* no more overstuffed kitchen cabinets. That got me revved up, so I […]

We just leapt into Future-Land! At least, that’s what it feels like. When we moved in, we inherited a somewhat-working dishwasher from the previous owners. Shortly thereafter, that thing crapped out and made for a lovely “microwave stand” until we rented a dumpster and trashed it. No big deal, we thought. There’s just two of […]

Since the day we moved in, we’ve debated the merits of various kitchen countertop materials. We’ve gone back and forth between cement, wood, and tile. The pros/cons of each were weighed carefully. Tile would be easy to install, and relatively cheap, but the grout would be a pain to clean and it wasn’t a look […]