Coming to the end
Okay, not really the end. I’ll be doing smaller projects here and there for the rest of my life. But things are finally slowing down. vanity closet built-ins, w...
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Red, white and “grayish”
For months I have been carrying around gray paint chips with names like “misty morning”, “maralynn’s dress” and “gray bunny”. Every trip to Home Depot, I pick u...
Progress!
Don’t tell my wood floors, but I might have a new favorite… tile finished! grout finished! shower finished!
The adventure continues…
I’ve got more than two weeks of home ownership under my belt and I’m swamped with home renovation projects. My stuff finally came and I was right- it is better ...
The cover!
I just handed in final edits and my publisher sent this over:
My stuff is better than other people’s stuff
When I moved out of New Hampshire, I packed one suitcase thinking I’d be at my parents’ house for a couple weeks. The rest of my things went on a truck that was...
The Adventure Begins: week one of home ownership
I moved into my new house on Thursday and I’m living in a construction zone. We’ve ripped out bedroom carpet and bathroom tile. By “we” I mean my amazing contra...
Sunshine at the end of the tunnel
After four months in snowy Colorado, I’m getting in the car tomorrow and heading toward my new house in Tucson! All of my belongings are being shipped. I’m not ...
Why you don’t want to talk to me
I used to be a pretty good conversationalist. Now, the topics rattling around in my head would not interest most people. For instance, I could spend several hou...
Goodbye short sale house
They call them “short sales” because the sellers are “short” on what they owe to the bank, so it seems like a cruel bit of irony when your short sale drags on ...