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Lewis I mainly agree with that C.S. Lewis quote.… read more May 9, 2018 Crafts , holidays DIY Wood and Brass Hearts for Valentine’s Day I have a lovely DIY to share with you today – wood and brass hearts! They are perfect when you’re looking for a subtle touch when it comes to Valentine’s… read more January 31, 2022 happy list Happy List: #161 How are you? We are wrapping up four weeks of everyone working and learning from home. My kids have today and Monday off for a shortened Spring Break. Instead of… read more April 10, 2020 happy list Happy List: #344 May 10, 2024 / Hi! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. It is SO fun to have you here. I hope you enjoy exploring the items on this list that inspired me. Before we jump into that, a quick reminder of this week’s blog posts. On Monday I wrote about the new handles we made for our very old fridge. On Wednesday I shared the not-so-obvious reasons why we are clearing brush on our property. Of course, we want it to look better around here, but there are longer-term goals in place too. As always, thank you for being here. One of the perks of blogging is being able to connect with you. I’ve… read more annisa 0 Comments You May Also Like Happy List: #174 July 24, 2020 Happy List: #237 December 10, 2021 Happy List: #253 April 15, 2022 gardening and landscape 3 Reasons We’re Clearing Brush On Our Property May 8, 2024 / We’ve been clearing brush on our property for five long, long years now for three important reasons. One of those reasons is not because we are gluttons for punishment. But sometimes I wonder. It’s also not because it is our idea of a good time. It isn’t. Here’s the view of our backyard in 2019. Looks like an idyllic scene, right? Many things can look idyllic in the right light and from a distance and with the sound turned off, including history. What that photo does not show is that twenty years ago, most of the trees and brush behind where the kids are playing did not exist. That’s approximately… read more annisa 0 Comments You May Also Like Our Not Quite Fall Front Porch September 27, 2021 Bus Stop Gardening Station July 29, 2020 What a View Wednesday – Oregon House September 10, 2014 DIY DIY Curved Wood Refrigerator Handles May 6, 2024 / Let’s talk about Curved Wood Refrigerator Handles and how to make them. We have an old refrigerator. It’s probably over 30 years old. The thing runs like a champ. Makes ice faster than a snowman could, which means it’s probably not energy-efficient. It holds a ton of food because it’s as big as a Mac truck. It’s a creamy color, which I believe was referred to as biscuit” back in the day. Basically, it’s in fine shape and I’ve loathed it since the moment we moved into this house. But then a funny thing started to happen. I realized a stainless steel refrigerator would be way too modern for our… read more annisa 4 Comments You May Also Like 4 Tips For How to Use a Headboard As a Room Divider August 15, 2022 What We Didn’t Anticipate When Repointing Our Stone Walls March 13, 2024 Cabinet Door Utensil Caddy February 26, 2020 happy list Happy List: #343 May 3, 2024 / Hi! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. It is SO good to have you here. If you missed any blog posts from this week, let me catch you up real quick. On Monday I reminisced about an old tradition of May Day baskets. I know some of you give flowers on May Day. Did anyone receive any flowers? Wednesday’s blog post was all about my favorite human, Handy Husband, who had a birthday this week. Let me tell you, he did milk that birthday week concept for all it was worth. Ha! As always, thank you for being here. It’s so rewarding to connect with each and every one of… read more annisa 0 Comments You May Also Like Happy List: #296 April 7, 2023 Happy List: #221 July 30, 2021 Happy List: #282 December 16, 2022 Family Happy Birthday, Handy Husband May 1, 2024 / My favorite human, Handy Husband, is having a birthday this week. I think most of us hope we get better with age, but Handy Husband truly has. He never stops learning. He’s endlessly curious and hardworking. He is more open-minded and giving. He works hard to bring all of my ideas to life and those ideas have not become less complicated over time. Quite the opposite. He’s always up for the challenge though. One specific thing I appreciate about Handy Husband is that he has become a better listener over the years. He has learned I don’t necessarily want him to always default to problem-solving mode when I tell him about… read more annisa 2 Comments You May Also Like What a Broken Pitcher Taught Me About Empathy October 17, 2018 Board Games Even I Enjoy November 27, 2017 Cooking with Kids. Did I Survive? November 6, 2015 gardening and landscape , holidays May Day Basket Tradition – Did You Do This As A Kid? April 29, 2024 / Did you participate in the May Day Basket Tradition as a kid? I did! May Day is always May 1st. As a kid, I thought it was the best thing EVER to leave a small bouquet hanging on our neighbor’s door, knock, run away giggling, and try to hide before they answered the door. I can’t tell you what the flowers were but they could have been dandelions. I’m unsure if we always hung the bouquet on the door. My brother and I might have just left flowers on the front porch and then skedaddled out of there. It was the thrill of doing something nice but being sneaky that… read more annisa 2 Comments You May Also Like Winter Yard Clean Up March 16, 2020 10 Fun Gardening Finds April 3, 2023 Fall Colors in New Jersey 2020 November 4, 2020 happy list Happy List: #342 April 26, 2024 / Hello, hello! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. I’m so glad you are here. This week on the blog I shared some tips, six to be exact, on how to install a split ceiling medallion. It’s pretty niche advice for a project most people will skip over and install a regular ceiling medallion instead. Niche advice is my forte. Ha! I also wrote about the six things (an inadvertent number theme) we found inside the stone walls of our basement. I’d like to think we’re done finding things in the walls. As long as we don’t open up anymore walls, that will be a true statement. As always, thank you… read more annisa 0 Comments You May Also Like Happy List: #280 December 2, 2022 Happy List: #247 March 4, 2022 Happy List: #266 August 5, 2022 DIY 6 Things We Found Inside Our Stone Walls April 24, 2024 / Oh, the interesting and downright horrifying things we’ve found INSIDE our stone walls will not be easily purged from my memory. Why would we be looking for things inside our stone walls? And why do we even have stone walls? These stone walls are, in essence, our foundation walls. The oldest part of our home dates back to the 1780s. The home was...