Some serious, heavy duty, physical, labor took place at The Cottage this weekend. Friday was flooring delivery day and we had to get several sheets of particle board ripped up before delivery. We opted to DIY the floor demo to save us a chunk of change. With the linoleum backing paper covering the particle board … Read More
Randoms on April first!
Random stuff today. Sure, why not. It’s April Fools Day. Got home from work today and favorite son (who was visiting) was grinning ear to ear. I see the foil covered pan on the counter. Me: {smiling} “you baked today?” Him: “Yep, I made brownies!” Me: “Impressive” Me: {uncovering pan} …. “dang” He had … Read More
Another room
Mr. D knocked out another room this past week. New flooring and a closet update. A fresh (new) coat of paint on the walls. (SW Aura White on walls) Freshly painted trim. (Behr trim paint -off-the-shelf in satin finish) It feels sooooo fresh and nice in here! Brighter and lighter. We’ve been kickin’ around … Read More
#SnowDay
8+ inches of snow means working from home for me (the commute is brutal on country roads covered in snow) Mr. D worked from home too he also worked out-of-the-home Last year — same day March 11, 2012 the weather on this very same day 63 degrees! it was glorious the.best.March Ever. March 2012: March … Read More
What is it?
Can you identify the item pictured below? Is it a … a) sock darner b) marracha c) herb masher d) tart tamper If you guessed (a) sock darner you are correct! The domestic diva showed up today. I rocked this little gadget and darned 15 socks! By my calculations, I figure around $35 was … Read More
Patio pick-up
Last weekend we accomplished more than I expected to, but less than I wanted to. Does that even make sense? My weekend to-do lists are always lofty, and rarely completed, but most of that is my fault for procrastinating or lingering too long over morning coffee with Kirk. We know how to drag out … Read More
Saturday
Yesterday Mr. D and I spent the day canning. As in preserving. As in up to our elbows in tomatoes and peaches. Tomatoes from our garden into tomato juice … and homemade tomato basil pasta sauce (basil from our garden too) Colorado peaches became peach honey butter We wrapped up the day with pasta topped … Read More
Another paint makeover
While I was in the painting mood a couple weeks ago, and working on this piece, I dragged another (long-ago) garage sale find out to the garage to give it a new look too. This character has played many roles in our home(s) over the years, as most of the furniture does around here. Starting out … Read More
Apple. Sauce.
He woke me up from a blissful Sunday afternoon nap because he didn’t think I’d want to sleep too much. Then he asked when we were going to make applesauce. we have a bumper crop of apples this year and all our weekends are booked for awhile so we both knew that we should get … Read More
Apple overload
It’s almost apple picking time at The Cottage Many of the apples are falling and there’s been some branches break under the weight of all the apples last fall we didn’t have any apples this year … a bumper crop to be sure!