Category Archives: Outside
Eating our dessert first
A while back, hubby obtained a windmill head from a farm where he hunts. We thought, years down the road, it would be a cool addition to our farmstead. You know, after everything else was done. That’s when we would … Continue reading
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Busy summer doing nothing
One of my only pet peeves about working from home are the number of times I work all day, but it doesn’t appear I’ve DONE anything. I may be working on the computer or I may be doing laundry, but … Continue reading
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Scraping Away
This summer, we’ve been working on the exterior of the house. At some point between 1960 and 1994, vinyl siding was installed over the original wood siding. We think this was probably done because it was thought it would improve … Continue reading
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Monster House
Have you ever heard the saying “Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better”? I think the first person who said that was restoring an old house. At some point, we are thinking possibly in the 1980’s or … Continue reading
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Ashes to ashes
The other day started as an ordinary day. It had snowed the night before and there was an inch or so on the ground, but it was calm and sunny out. Hubby was putts-ing around while I got the kids … Continue reading
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Before and After mailbox
One of the biggest eyesores of this house is was the mailbox. I don’t know who put it in or when, but I’m sure they were pretty proud of it at the time. I’m not sure if it was a high … Continue reading
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