Archive for the ‘home’ Category

Home theaters are so cool!

Ever since the first time I saw a home theater (in person), I have just loved them! I would love to have one, with some big, comfy chairs, and a nice, dark, cozy room! It would just be the coolest! And having teens and a tween, wouldn’t they be the talk of the town? Wouldn’t [...]

Our wanna-be groovy house

This house we’ve moved into really has so much potential, but, it needs a LOT of work. And when I say a lot, I mean – a lot! Heck! Our septic tank is even broken and we’re just waiting for it to (ick!) overflow into the basement, because, we can’t afford to fix it. See, [...]

This house might just do me in!

Oh my gawd! If it’s not one thing, it’s another, with this old house! Sammie came to me last week, one of our days of hosting a bunch of kids over! (Of course!) And said that the bathroom faucets were leaking underneath the cabinet in their bathroom. UGH! So then I had to drill it [...]

My remodeler, my husband

It’s kind of handy having a remodeler in the family. That is, if you’re the mother-in-law. What I mean to say is that, of course, my house doesn’t get a whole lot of remodeling – but, that figures, right? The remodeler of which I speak is my husband, after all – and that is just [...]

A new TV – for the kids?

Mark brought the boys a new TV. It’s really an old TV, but, it is new to them. It was in their cousin’s bedroom, and I guess they got a new one, because this one got sent home with Mark yesterday. And Mark gave it to the boys. What? I have been begging and begging [...]

My messy office

I am so happy to actually have an ‘office’ again – an actual separate room! But let me tell you, it is a mess in here! I only have two bookshelves and so there just isn’t a place to put everything. I really want to save the one corner for a comfy chair, that I [...]