NOTE:  We approve everything we do here at the rental with our landlords.  We aren’t using our own money as we do have a barter system with them for these projects.  It’s a question I get multiple times whenever I post about them.   I’ve told you several times that we will be here […]

I already told you we are giving this backyard here at the rental a makeover since we will be here for awhile.  We brought in a little shed that we will sell when we leave.  And we uncovered some limestones from an old bank here in our town.  Which are now incorporated into our sidewalk.  […]

I already shared that we are going to give this backyard at the rental a makeover on a budget.  We love being outside and love lots of different areas to hang.  This backyard isn’t functional AT ALL.  We love vegetable gardens, fire pits, barbecue areas, etc.   And since we will be here all summer, it […]

Well…   Plans sure do change at the drop of a dime, don’t they?  We truly thought our new build would have at least been started by now.  We were hoping we would be in there doing our finishing work by mid-summer.  And moving in by the end of summer.   But, we finally admitted to ourselves […]

We have been in our home two full years now, so this year we spent a lot of our time and energy adding our style and small personal touches to every space in our new-build home. We also did a lot of travelling, spending time with family, grieving and changing family dynamics, thrifting, and enjoying […]

I don’t know about you, but I love having things like these gluten free energy bars prepared and ready to devour when I get the last minute hunger pains.  Otherwise I will reach for things that I shouldn’t be eating.  These are great to eat as a dessert and as a snack between our meals. […]

Have you been with us for a while?  We had a busy 2023 in the fact that we moved into our new home at the end of December, 2022.  So January, 2023, was a new beginning in lots of different ways.  We already had a list of home projects in hand going into the new […]

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