Supporting Local Farmers & The Food Movement
There’s a lot that can be said about the local food movement, and there are certainly a lot of opinions on it. “Local” is how you define it, just as “natural” is how you define it. For me, recognizing...
View ArticleFebruary Farm Update
It’s been a while since we visited the farm, so while I can’t look at anymore sheet rock photos for a while I thought I’d stop in with a quick farm update. By “quick farm update” I pretty much mean...
View ArticleThis One Time We Finished Drywalling And Primed Each Room And Then I Was All...
Remember when our upstairs was a hot mess (and this photo was after we had done some demo). Then after we ripped it all apart, we put on an addition, and framed up two bedrooms? Well, now, from the...
View ArticleA Paint Color Choice Method Which Is Going to Sweep the Nation Like Those...
I have a very distinct method of choosing paint colors. It’s very effective and may sweep the nation as the best way to choose a paint. Consider yourself lucky to have a sneak peek of such an...
View ArticleWho Needs The Gym When You Can Paint
I admit I haven’t been to the gym since November, and I just finished eating girl scout cookies. Judge away. So while I’ve been eating cookies and not exercising, I have been painting and I entirely...
View ArticleOur Dyed Concrete Hearth & Lessons Learned
When it came to a wood stove hearth in our new living room we knew we wanted something that would hold up but was also sleek. Oh, and it had to be affordable and easy. We simply didn’t have the money...
View ArticleSand Sand Sand Senora, Sanding All The Time
Sometimes you just have to throw a little Harry Belefonte out there. Especially when you’re doing a ton of sanding and the song keeps getting stuck in your head with “sand” instead of “shake” because...
View ArticleI Saw The Light, And it Opened Up My Eyes, I Saw The Light
Did you just flash back to the Ace of Base years? I did, almost constantly, while we were installing lights. I’m pretty sure those aren’t the lyrics but that’s what my brain kept singing over. and...
View ArticleReclaiming Our Living Room
We’re in the mountains of Maine today reclaiming our sanity, which has given me some time to edit some photos and catch up on some posts. I have to tell you guys how relaxing this is. I’m sitting in a...
View ArticleThat One Time We Ate Maple Syrup Over Snow And It Was Delicious.
Hey friends! I just realized it’s not Wednesday. Literally, as I was about to write “It’s Wednesday!” I realized it was Thursday. Excuse me while I place my palm against my face. While this week has...
View ArticleWhat Warms You Three Times, In Three Different Seasons?
I just thought you should know that as I write this, Rosie is up on the pillow behind me with her face smushed against the side of my head, and Winnie is laying down my legs. I might be quite cramped...
View ArticleWant To Play Ball?
Now that spring is among us, Winnie and Rosie want to know if you guys want to play ball with them. Winnie wanted to make sure I told you guys thank you for playing with her, and for the scratches. She...
View ArticleWednesday Renovation Recap: Stepping it Up
Last week was crazy at work with my first big annual dinner to do, so the blog took a bit of a hit. Working until almost 7 every night for a few weeks will do that. With the dinner over, and spring...
View ArticleA New Addition to the Family
It’s been a big couple months for us. We paid off my school loans in March. We paid off our tractor this month. Well, we also had another surprise this month. Or rather, make it two. I’m both excited...
View ArticleMy New Favorite Way To Eat Burgers
I realized I haven’t posted a recipe on here in oh….a very long time. Let’s not even look back and see just how long it was. STOP IT. Stop going back to the archives and looking. Let’s just live in the...
View ArticleRenovation Recap: The Living Room Reveal
There are those moments in life when something happens and you look back on it and realize the work to get there was worth it, and that is exactly how I felt when we finished our living room 99% and...
View ArticleDuck, Duck, No Goose
We’re in the mountains this weekend visiting my mother-in-law for mothers day. It’s really fun coming up here to take time and relax whether it’s writing a blog post, walking in nature, or laughing at...
View ArticleHow To Be Classy Like Me: DIY Potato Box
Alternate Title: How To Build A Box To Grow Potatoes In, Even Though You Can Buy A Bag of Potatoes For Really Cheap, So You Might As Well Use These Directions To Build A Compost Bin. Let’s face it...
View ArticleWednesday Renovation Recap: So Many Stair Parts
Hey, friends! I have something to tell you before I delve into this renovation update. Here it goes. I, Heather, am totally into the now-cancelled show Ready For Love. There, I said it. I’ve been...
View ArticleFirst Asparagus Harvest
Hey friends! I’m so excited to tell you we had our first asparagus harvest at the end of last week. This was not only our first harvest from our patch, but the first harvest of the entire season. It...
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