Tag: home improvement

  • REBOOT: Let’s Catch Up

    REBOOT: Let’s Catch Up

    You know, in many ways, these last couple of years have been a very hard season; but it’s all been wonderful and good and I am blessed by all of it. In the course of about three months time, Dani got married and moved an hour or so away, Aaron graduated from high school and […]

  • One Thing Leads To Another

    My home has what is commonly known as an open floor plan, so when it comes to remodeling, repainting, or redecorating anything in my home, one thing definitely leads to another. There’s no break in the ceiling line, for example, between the kitchen, dining room, back hall and laundry room. Walls between rooms or areas […]

  • Now That The Kitchen Is Done

    The kitchen was finished in mid-November. We hurriedly painted the new wall in the front parlor, and all of the living room, but then we had to put the rest of our plans on hold until the holidays were over. It’s now mid-January and the next phase of our plans is well under way. The […]

  • What I Did While I Was Away

    I want to thank you all for being so gracious during my unplanned time away.   I remind you all, frequently, to hold your plans loosely, knowing that the Lord’s plan for your days is always better. It’s still important to plan, of course, but it’s also important to be able to discern when it’s time […]

  • Copper’s Day Off – A Curriculum Ordering, Home Improving, Productively Sewing Kind of Day

    The heat of summer has arrived here in northern California, so we spent the majority of the day working inside. We all were busy with various, separate tasks and managed, between us, to accomplish not much of anything! Days like that happen. The day was still productive, we just don’t have much to show for […]