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Forced Home Renovations

It has been a week since I posted on the state of our moldy floor. Well not much has changed in a week. We are waiting on insurance to see what we can do and unfortunately our policy does not include builder incompetence so it is looking more and more like we are footing the … Continue reading →

The Moldy Floor

Well the title says it all, we have mold and quite a bit of mold. It started with the one spot, it was raining I didn’t go under the house to see how bad it was because the thought of mold everywhere made me cringe. I started organizing a lot I went through and organized … Continue reading →

Oh Boy…

One of the big thing we have been doing is getting the side porch working for the Reeva so we don’t have to keep walking around the whole house to access the backyard. My amazing in-laws are here and we decided to rearrange some furniture without kids (romantic isn’t it). We moved the last plastic … Continue reading →

One Step Forward, Two Back

Every morning I wake up and walk Reeva to our backyard this morning I went back there without Reeva only to remember when I got to the gate, wait I have a dentist appointment and no doggie with me. I went to the appointment and then went for a run (only day 2 of running, … Continue reading →

Backyard Beautification Part 3

I have been doing a lot on our yard but our yard really needed some TLC. Last week I removed our jasmine plant because it was infested with poison ivy. I liked the jasmine plant but it needed to go. The other thing that disappeared last week was the ant-topolis. Ant-topolis was a wooden bucket that at … Continue reading →

Encaustic Paintings

I have really wanted to branch out with my art lately I have always wanted to try Encaustic Painting (hot wax painting). A couple weeks ago I came across a tip on my Facebook Newsfeed put crayons in a hot glue gun to melt colored wax. This week I finally decided to try the … Continue reading →

Angry Birds Bird Feeder – How To

The princess has wanted to make a “real” bird feeder for quite sometime now. Last week we finally made one using a recycled bottle (Bacardi Bahama Mama Bottle – a thick plastic bottle is what you are looking for) and a wooden spoon. The decorating process was a no brainer for my daughter she … Continue reading →

Stars and USA Banner

The Fourth of July is tomorrow which means we needed to get some Patriotic Items for our cook out done. I had quite a bit scrap fabric laying around and the princess has been asking to make stuff with it. She suggested we make 4th of July decorations because it would be pretty and fun. … Continue reading →

Backyard Beautification Part 2

This weekend we took the shed down it was moved to the top of the priority list when Booga knocked it 2″ off center on Friday. I was concerned about how the shed was going to come down having a background in Preservation you always expect the worse (building falling). Thankfully that did not happen … Continue reading →