Meet the Teacher Night – A Stutterers Nightmare
When obligatory interactions like Meet the Teacher night at my son’s new school come along, I immediately start obsessing over the possible interactions I may have to make.…
When obligatory interactions like Meet the Teacher night at my son’s new school come along, I immediately start obsessing over the possible interactions I may have to make.…
From the age of 11 I’ve been keeping a diary of my life. The problem, though, it what I would (and wouldn’t) write about. Like an event embarrassing enough to make you, well, want to forget about it, like my middle school talent show.…
There’s a million interior design books out there, but which ones are actually worth reading? After reviewing different books based mainly on the front cover, followed by favorable reviews and price, I purchased three interior design books and settled in for the intimidating task of trying to define my design style. …
You’re assembling a team of some of the most strong-headed individuals out there, including yourself. Everyone’s invested (hopefully) in your renovation success, but everyone has a specific way they like to operate. …
Particularly true for older homes, you have to fix the fundamental problems before you start inappropriately caressing slabs and researching super toilets that not only shoot water at your ass, but dry it, too.…
I don’t know if it’s better to build from scratch, renovate, or purchase a plug-n-play home. It depends on your propensity to make good decisions, your budget both monetarily and in the concept of time, and your willingness to add some worry lines to your forehead. Through this journey, I hope to share my successes, definitely my failures, and my thoughts on taking on such a huge renovation. Maybe it’ll give you the insight you need to take on or run from such a project. Maybe you’ll think I’m insane. Likely both! …
Food, a topic that seems to make a house undivided, or, at least, not at each others throats……
Peanut Jimmies peers through the glass of my backdoor, watching me enjoy the nice weather March brings for Floridians. This furry girl somehow combines sulk with adamancy. She’s lazy about wanting to come outside, but…
In my early 20’s I was a borderline squatter. I can name two states I lived in for a full year in which you cannot find a single connection to me living there. No utility…
God wasn’t a strong figure in my household growing up. I remember as a kid going to a Presbyterian church on Sundays with my mom and three siblings. My dad would hang back, he was…