Yup. Always. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Now I’m not one to hide my faith, but I’m not also as vocal about my faith as maybe I should be. It’s just not my nature. Believe it or not, […]
French Drain Installation – Oh, la, la!
I guess you could say we decided to bury our savings in the yard. Again. We finally had drainage installed along the North side of our house. And not just any old drain, a French Drain. Because we’re fancy like that. After our house flooded a year ago tomorrow (I can’t believe it’s been a […]
Dog surgery, a hail storm and pool equipment failures
Sometimes I think the title of this blog should be something similar to Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” The last month has been full of craziness, which as you should have come to expect by now, is nothing new. To start off, it took us two weeks of cold showers to get the new […]
New Water Heater – AKA The FrankenHeater
So, we obviously couldn’t just run to the big box store, install a new water heater, and be done. It’s us…you know, we’re the people where it costs twice as much and takes three times as long as budgeted. Going into this project we got three quotes on our options for a new water heater. […]
A New Water Heater on the Horizon
I should have known that I wouldn’t be able to wrap up last week’s water leak in a neat little bow and forget about it like last year’s Christmas presents….that I forgot I bought in July, and are still shoved in the top of a closet somewhere. Sometimes it doesn’t pay to for me to think I’m on […]
Eeek! A Water Leak!
I think I just created a little panic in my poor husband. I don’t always get rattled when it comes to these issues with our house. But when I see this in the garage I know it’s either refrigerator or freezer going out hot water heater going out pipe leak All of these scenarios cost […]
Bees!
I have been wanting to have bees for ages. Because, like I told Rob, it’s almost like I’ve got nothing else going on and apparently I need one more thing to try to keep alive around here. Ha! Well, when an awesome local beekeeper decided to hold classes around the corner from our house (versus three […]
Valentine’s Day Banner from Scraps
Just so we’re clear. I hoard all the things. All of them. Every. single. one. Case in point…I had some left over drop cloth scraps that I had saved from when I made drop cloth curtains for the living room.And this craft is exactly why I tell Rob (okay, maybe in a slightly more elevated voice […]
Spring Planting Times in North Texas
It’s almost time to plant here in North Texas! One of the biggest keys to gardening is figuring out what Hardiness or Gardening Zone you’re in and when the best time is to plant for your area. And one of the best resources for figuring out all stuff plant related here in Texas is the […]
Starting Plants from Seed
It’s dreary today, so here I am daydreaming….about seeds. And plants. And growing all the things. I love starting seeds indoors. There’s something about the promise of spring around the corner that’s uplifting. Or maybe it’s more of a control thing. I have no living room floor. I can’t control that right now. But making a […]