Painting the Dining Room

November 2, 2025 With rain predicted for most of the week starting October 26, I decided to paint the dining room. Bruce wants to pick up our hutch from storage soon. The hutch is big and heavy and requires more muscle than both Bruce and I have to move it. I wanted the walls painted […]

A Major Mirror Mishap

August 21, 2025 On Tuesday, August 19, I took pictures of the garden featuring basil, mint, and various insects. Bruce was getting the mower, garden rake, and shovels while I was taking pictures. Bruce and I moved dirt into the new garden bed. It was hot and sweaty work. After a couple of cartloads of […]

Estate Sale, Rainstorm and Garden Pictures

May 6, 2025 On Friday (May 2), we headed to Florence to check out an estate sale. We were looking for a table to put the microwave on. We’ve had the microwave on upside down storage bins. At the estate sale, we found a table that works well for the microwave. We purchased it and […]

Dealing with the Shed Roofs, Plus Some Other Things

January 18, 2025 Yesterday, I took Nox out and took some pictures of the work we finished the day before. To see the results of the removal of logs and branches from the ditch in the back pasture, here are the before and after pictures. One large dead bush is left in the ditch. Bruce […]

The Roof Is Complete!

December 19, 2024 As 4 o’clock rolled around, we noticed the roofers were starting to put away their tools. Please excuse the blurriness of the picture below. The picture window had some light reflection from somewhere. We no longer heard hammering or other work on the roof. Several men focused on getting their tools loaded […]

The Old Roof Removed from Front

December 19, 2024 The roof on the front of the house was completely removed before lunch. The roofers had even started putting down the RhinoRoof underlayment. They had started stripping the shingles and tarpaper from the back. We could hear them cutting in the roof vents with saws. They took a 30 minute break for […]

Removing the Tarpaper from the Roof

December 19, 2024 The roofers are tearing off the tarpaper now. They’ve made it down to the decking! These pictures were taken at 10:38 AM. This team of guys is fast! Read the next post on the roof replacement by clicking on the link here.

The Roofers Have Started!

December 19, 2024 Today, at 9:40 am, one team of roofers arrived. This team removes shingles. The team lead knocked and Bruce spoke with him. The boss man is going to come with a dump truck after the other roof is they are working on is completed. They took out this machine from their trailer. […]

Shingles Arrived! New Roof Today?

December 19, 2024 All I want for Christmas is my new roof My new roof, my new roof Gee, if I could only have a new roof Then I could wish you a Merry Christmas! Yesterday, I got a call from the roofers’ office. Our shingles had arrived! Even more exciting, they can start work […]

New Moen Kitchen Faucet Installed

December 16, 2024 On November 30, we ordered a Moen Kitchen Faucet from Home Depot for pickup at the store. I was unhappy with the quality of the Delta faucet and I didn’t like the design. With the spray head almost completely clogged up, it wasn’t very usable. With the spray head removed, the water […]