Life experiences and opinions
I moved to northeast Florida to a new construction home. Big change from the foreclosure fixer upper I came from, but not any less work. I went into this knowing it’s not a perfect house. It’s seriously lacking in storage – of any kind. I’m going to be on a mission to utilize every square inch of useable space since I’m downsizing big time. The house is also builders grade, builders grade, builders grade. I’m not knocking it – it provided me … Read the full article…
Just a quick post. My new favorite DIY picture 🙂 Not sure which I like more, the picture or the caption. Source: Short Leash by Kelly Reemtsen … Read the full article…
Moving I’m in a bit of an odd place here. I’m finally moving from a foreclosure DIY project house in an area I have not liked the entire year I’ve been here to a brand spanking new house in area I hope I will adore. The DIY Girl in a new house??? After 17 years in a three-story monster on a heavily wooded lot and the last year in a foreclosure badly in need of work and updates I feel … Read the full article…
This Sunday I returned from a nine-day camping trip to find a totally dead refrigerator. In fact, the inside of the refrigerator was much warmer than the house since I’d turned the heat way down. Apparently the fans and other parts heat things up when the compressor stops cooling. Oh joy. It must have died several days before because everything was completely thawed and stinky and all the food was a total loss. The good news? It was a terrific … Read the full article…
I do pretty good on my own. I devise ways to move things that are too heavy for me. I use penetrating oil to loosen a bolt that I can’t budge for the life of me. I keep a fairly good sense of humor about taking care of problems/disaster/repairs by myself. But every once in while I hit the wall. I did that today. I’ve come to realize it’s not the degree of difficulty or the lack of upper body … Read the full article…
I have no idea what brought it on since it’s usually stress related, but recently on a Thursday night I rubbed the back of my thigh and felt bumps — lots of them. From there it rapidly spread to the back of my neck and shoulders, up across my butt, then started creeping down my arms and legs and all over my mid-section. It was even on my scalp and a little of my forehead. Whether you call it eczema … Read the full article…
I tried Facebook and other than seeing pictures of the family I just couldn’t get into it. I tried Twitter and felt it was an incredible interruption for which I wasn’t garnering a whole lot of useful information. I rate myself pretty much a failure at social media — it just doesn’t seem to be how my brain and personality work. Enter Pinterest. I had heard of it, but never really examined the site. I was researching ideas for mu … Read the full article…
Our are had what I would call almost monsoonal rains yesterday. I watched from the window in dismay as the gutters on both the front and the back of the house overflowed and were washing out maple seeds. I was aware the gutters would need to be cleaned in the fall. I didn’t think about cleaning them recently, especially since the roofers had cleaned them out when they did the roof in March. First surprise The basement floor of … Read the full article…
I don’t do roofs. I don’t even want to get on roofs. I can’t believe roofers do roofs. They have my respect for being tough enough to work at heights in temperature extremes year after year. They are made of far tougher stuff than I am. Weather delays I knew the roof was long past needing replacement when I bought this foreclosure, but have been waiting for it to stop raining and get warm enough to put a new one … Read the full article…
Unpacking finally.. and partially. I decided since the cabinet frames were painted and I was hitting a brick wall on finding 1/4″ MDF at a lumber yard that would cut it into 3″ strips so I could update the cabinet doors that I should go ahead and unpack some boxes so I could cook more. Unpacking the boxes would also make it easier for me to get to the walls to remove the remaining chair rail, repair the drywall, and … Read the full article…