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I hope your December is off to a festive start! We had our first snowfall this week, so it is definitely feeling winter-y here. Due to the snow, the… read more December 6, 2019 decorating Decorating with Thimbles in a Modern Way My mother, who sewed her own wedding dress, is getting a laugh from heaven today. Can you hear it? Despite all of her attempts (and there were many) to teach… read more March 11, 2020 Crafts , decorating , DIY Trash to Treasure Mirror Pop quiz! Do you remember the trash I pulled out of our neighbor’s dumpster? Then I fast walked raced home with it like there’s nothing to see here, nothing to see.” It… read more August 2, 2017 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: #180 September 11, 2020 Happy List: #323 November 17, 2023 Happy List: #195 January 8, 2021 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 You Can Sell a Live Tree From Your Yard March 23, 2020 Painted Chainlink Fence Hack June 22, 2022 What Happens When You Set Flagstones Directly On The Ground June 15, 2022 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 Update: Making the Switch to Linen Bath Towels February 18, 2019 Zero Gravity Chair Repair On The Cheap June 20, 2014 Vintage Milk Can Side Table May 27, 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: #249 March 18, 2022 Happy List: #159 March 27, 2020 Happy List: #204 March 12, 2021 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 We Went to the Lake and I Didn’t Want to Leave July 25, 2014 Skating: It’s Harder Than It Looks March 31, 2014 Books My Kids Are Reading Part 6 November 13, 2017 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 Natural Rock Soap Dish July 24, 2017 Clearing a Sight Line to the Pool August 5, 2019 Winter Yard Clean Up March 16, 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: #168 June 5, 2020 Happy List: #311 August 18, 2023 Happy List: #283 Merry Christmas December 23, 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...