First lesson learned: don’t try buying a new car just days before Christmas while also preparing for the Big Family Christmas Party and your daughter’s first trip home from college. I can’t say that I regret our purchase or even that we made any mistakes regarding the car chosen or the price paid but I’m [...] Read more »
Fall Planting Marathon
Quite incredibly, we’ve been enjoying a very extended summer here in Suburbia. Yesterday was a record-breaking 92°. This is one of the few summers I can recall in which we did not get our first snowfall of the season in September. Don’t get me wrong — I am not complaining. Ever since getting back from [...] Read more »
Buffalo Grass Sod, Day 10
The buffalo grass sod has gone dormant, despite a grotesque quantity of water. But not completely dormant and I’m seeing hopeful signs of new growth, rooting, and return of the gorgeous blue-gray-green color the Legacy Buffalo grass is supposed to be. Read more »
Paint Job: Instant Face Lift
I swear I must have tried at least twenty different paint colors — everything from blue to green and back again! If I never buy another pint of house paint again, it will be too soon for me. He (as in my husband) got his neutral, non-threatening, realtor-approved beige. I got my red door. You can’t see [...] Read more »
Curb Appeal
We bought the house in 2003. It was built in 1980. It had been on the market, and sitting empty, for over a year. I had to look at it three times before deciding it was the one. Mom had always said I’d know but I didn’t. Maybe I didn’t want to admit that this [...] Read more »