Nov 30, 2017 | Home and Garden, Home Improvements, What's Happening
One of the things we’ve been wanting since moving into the new house is a nice deck overlooking the backyard. We spend a lot of time outside during nice weather so we wanted a place that was spacious for us and any guests, overlooked the wooded backyard and...
Aug 30, 2017 | Adult Coloring, Crafts, Zentangle
Autumn is upon us as we bring August to an end. Swimming pools, lake time, running through the sprinklers, and shorts and tank tops are soon being traded for pumpkin spice everything, Halloween, Thanksgiving, falling leaves, bonfires, and hoodies. To help bring in the...
Aug 17, 2017 | Crafts, Quilting, Sewing
I recently finished my fourth quilt, which I made for my parents who are avid golfers. I backed it with a light gray fleece and kept the colors neutral to match their home decor. The blue accents were done in UK blue due to them being University of Kentucky fans....
Jun 21, 2017 | Family, What's Happening
Jun 2, 2017 | Dogs, What's Happening
While we wait for our new deck to get installed, we decided enough was enough with constantly walking 4 dogs who all needed to go out at different times. A couple of days ago we installed a temporary dog fence with some deer fencing we found dirt cheap online. Lois...
May 3, 2017 | Great Outdoors, What's Happening, Wildlife
I’ve been playing around with the motion detection setting on my DBPower EX5000 camera (what I call my Faux Pro). On Saturday afternoon I used my handy-dandy flexible tripod to mount the camera to the bird feeder shepard’s hook. That day I got some decent...
Apr 25, 2017 | Crafts, Quilting, Sewing
In February one of my BFF’s had her first baby. Since quilting is my newest favorite hobby, I just had to make her a quilt! The nursery is decorated in shades of mint green and lavender, so I used those colors in batik fabrics for the backgrounds of the blocks...
Apr 7, 2017 | Home and Garden, What's Happening
Yesterday Jason and I finally made our decision for the kitchen remodel – we decided to go for the gusto and replace everything. At first, we were going to sand down and paint the original wood cabinets, however on closer inspection found that they were in a...
Mar 4, 2017 | Home and Garden, What's Happening
A couple of weeks ago we said goodbye to the 200-year-old, 140-foot tree in our front yard. Did we want to? Of course not! But, it was destroying the foundation of the house and once it was cut down, we found that it was actually rotting from the inside out. Do you...
