We won the Grand Prize Kirk won this gas fireplace valued at nearly $7,000 Yesterday we received mail from Energy Products & Design here in Rochester informing us that our name was drawn as the Grand Prize Winner at the Home Remodeler’s Show we attended earlier this month. Kirk filled out a little form to … Read More

The tile is coming along….slowly but surely! I was hoping I would like it as much when it was on the floor as I did in the showroom….and I do! I love it.

The Blizzard of 2007 Nate had to take the picture of the ice on the sign…I took the picture of Nate at Century HS…he had run in to find out if the play was cancelled for the night….it was. Everything in town was shut down Saturday evening and Sunday morning. CHURCH was cancelled by 9pm … Read More

Another year has passed….and yes, I am another day older….ok, a year older too! I woke up on Thursday to these beautiful flowers on the bathroom vanity, and “happy birthday — we love you” written on my bathroom mirror. Danae and Cara were the givers of this fun “morning b’day wish”. Then I went to … Read More

Thank you Jackie for a perfect birthday evening!

Some of my birthday presents!

One month into our remodel project….. Top Left: where the closets used to be….and the new cabinets will be TR: Washer/Dryer in new location BL: the shower in the new bathroom BR: the new office…file cabinets will fit under the suspended 2x4s

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

And to think I swept the floor yesterday!Nothing like coming home and seeing the dirt under your house showing through …and people digging holes in the dirt! All I could think when I saw this was — “Oh my goodness…what have we done!??”This sight has the potential to shake me up a bit, but the … Read More