Author: Carolyn

After much preparation and backbreaking work on the part of my awesome landscaper, who we will call AL (Awesome Landscaper), and his crew, I have a lawn. Squeal! We came in something called “under budget”. I had to look up the meaning of this term, but from what I gather it means I didn’t write…

The handy man, let’s call him Fixy Not Really, has made it a habit of starting multiple projects and finishing none. The latest 2 projects are the kitchen recessed lights and our washing machine repair. Both began this past Wednesday. True to form, neither are complete. My washing machine is in thousand sad little pieces,…

It’s not the public service announcement many of us grew with, but the lack of these guys’ presence holds equal weight with me right now. My wiring guy and general contractor are MIA … again. I am not naive enough to expect punctuality from contractors, but I’d be happy if they showed up at some…

There isn’t enough on my plate, so I started this bit of fun a couple days ago. The top of this banister will (eventually) be stained to match the hardwood floors we ordered today in a dark coffee color. The spindles will remain white. I found an inspirational blog where someone posted they completed this…

As it turns out, there was a house behind all those trees and bushes. Before: After: Yay! Then the landscaper, who is awesome, gave me a quote for dirt, grass, and sprinkler repair. With the money we spent on all the materials for hardwood floors this morning, I barfed a little, then agreed to the…

Today we have the landscaper, the wiring guys, a contractor for the kitchen lights and the washing machine, and the candlestick maker just for kicks. Here’s our yard this morning when the landscaper started. Aside from this look being a great start to a haunted house for Halloween, we can’t see the front of the…