The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
They say an easy way to change a room’s color scheme is by changing your pillows. As most pillows are $15+ each, that can get expensive awfully fast, and you’re also left with your unwanted pillows that had cost you a pretty penny at one point. This is why slipcovers are your best friend for […]
Hi all – it’s been a crazy few weeks with sicknesses and storms and all sorts of fun stuff, but I’m back now and I’ll be posting new entries again starting the beginning of next week! I’ll be continuing my mini-series on non-toxic alternatives to things we use everyday, including my recent hair color change […]
Well, last week was an interesting one. We had a snow storm with approx 8-10 inches, followed 36 hours later with a huge ice storm that knocked out our power for over 60+ hours. Borrowing from my hubby’s joke, this is basically what we got told every time we called our power company for an […]
Nearly a month since my last post! Where have I been?? We did go on a vacation for a few days for my family’s annual vacay to the Chesapeake Bay. Did some kayaking, explored the bay on a pontoon boat, played mini-golf and shuffleboard with my sibs…even got a bit of healthy color on my […]
* (see the update on our budget status as of January 2014 here) I’ve been wanting to share this tidbit of what’s been going on here for a little while now! A few weeks ago Karl and I had a “meeting of the minds” to go over a plan for making our house a home […]
