Picking a floor is HARD!!! Another week on the hunt for a great new wood floor has settled us on a contender! We stopped off at Menards and bought a box of this Hickory Hand Scraped...Hickory has a wide range of variegation in its natural state but when it is stained the variegation gets toned… Continue reading The Hunt For Floor Continues!
The Trouble With A 10 Month Old Dog Is…
I'm not even going to say anything... Okay...maybe just a few words. This is from last Friday, we left Jamba and Holly alone while we went out to eat, something we've done several times before without nearly an issue. I didn't put them behind gates or in kennels because I figured they'd just go sleep… Continue reading The Trouble With A 10 Month Old Dog Is…
Just How Does 17 Yards Of Fabric Get Stuffed Into a Mailer?
I had ordered some fabric from Hawthorn Threads last week because I contacted my so now totally famous sister in law for some of her fabrics that might work in a One Block Wonder quilt. She actually had to locate someone that still had this line in their inventory! Fortunately, Hawthorn Threads had the two prints I… Continue reading Just How Does 17 Yards Of Fabric Get Stuffed Into a Mailer?
Full Moon Frosty!
I looked on the calendar and it said there should be a full moon out. No wonder Chloe our cat wanted to be outside all night last night. The full moon could still be seen at sunrise this morning. That golden sphere below is the moon, not the sun... I took the other 2 four… Continue reading Full Moon Frosty!
What Diet Food Looks Like – My Go To Lunch This Week!
For those of you who have been following my weight loss (I'm over due for another quilt block) I want to share with you my 'Go To' lunch that I like to put together during the week. I have a couple of these Bento boxes I picked up one time that work nicely for this. I… Continue reading What Diet Food Looks Like – My Go To Lunch This Week!
Help Us Pick A New Wood Floor!
Hi Everyone! I am going to need some help picking out our new wood floor! There are SO MANY choices out there that I find it very overwhelming! Just HOW is someone supposed to go about choosing the RIGHT wood floor? We have narrowed our focus down to solid wood floors at least. Whew! And… Continue reading Help Us Pick A New Wood Floor!
What lies beneath! Oops, lost a leg!
Over the last few days more and more of the carpeting was removed! As with every home improvement project we've done there are always surprises, take for example these razor blades that were underneath our carpeting for all these years! Yikes!, glad they didn't work their way up to be stepped on...and then there's the… Continue reading What lies beneath! Oops, lost a leg!
What Others Have Done To The Space…
Here is a collection of photos I've saved off of Zillow.com of houses that have sold in the last year or so that are the same model as ours. I didn't even think about using them for this project until now!! Don't you think it's interesting to see what other people have done to the exact… Continue reading What Others Have Done To The Space…
Finding a Muse
In my previous post I shared with you my Living and Dining Room, just as it is if you were to walk into my house. My Mom didn't recognize it and wanted to know what I did with the recliners that were in this room! It looked so different from what it used to look… Continue reading Finding a Muse
Finally! I’ve broken a Plateau! And other house makeover news…
Hi Everyone! It has been I think 3 weeks since I've lost anything on my weight loss journey and today I finally broke it with another pound lost! I am so happy because I was beginning to get a little frustrated! Anyway...I'm going to have to do another block in honor of breaking that plateau… Continue reading Finally! I’ve broken a Plateau! And other house makeover news…
Sewing.for.Life! 
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