Some gifts are just so precious that you do not mind oooing and ahhing like a little old lady.  They look as though they were made/selected...

For some weird reason we decided to use the rest of the tax refund (i.e. that free loan that you give to Uncle Sam, AND in our case, the...

When she first looked out the back window at the river that sunny summer morning the view seemed strange. There was too much space. Then s...

In a prior post I wrote about how I fix things... at night... in bed...while I am trying to fall asleep. In reality, I do not have a lot of...

While I realize it is bad Karma and so anti-Zen and certainly not Feng Shui and definitely expensive to put up this deer fence, my greate...

'Seth' is a very dignified elder with a carefully groomed handle-bar mustache and a very gentle and gentlemanly demeanor. He did t...

Our house was completed (mostly) in June of 2007. Within the past month I have noticed two doors in this house that are sticking at the top ...

This is the second time in a month that our contractor has been blocked from exiting (first time was entering) the lot to work on the pati...

We had saved up a sum of money to put in a patio under our deck this fall and we now realize that was better than leaving it in the market!...

1. This morning Hubby and I had a crab omelette which we made with two of the crabs we recently caught beneath the dock. This is a luxury...

I have been living (at least on weekends) in my new house for almost 18 months now. As with any new house, there is always what the builder ...

The Painting Contractor Chickie may appreciate these photos. I have the wallpaper guy in all week putting up wallpaper in the front formal...