Hey doodz, remember last year when we got our new fence installed? (Part 1, Part 2) Well today I wanted to share with you how it be lookin' one year later. I've stained it since the last time we talked about it. I decided to go for a dark brown stain (semi-transparent chocolate by behr), and I really like it although staining was a total bear of a job. It took me 5 gallons of stain, many, many, READ MORE

Hey Guys, long time no see! I just spent the last week nearly dying from the worst cold ever. It was one of those colds where doing any of the things just makes you feel exhausted. I still don't feel that great, but I have a bit more energy this week. So you know how I've spent most of the summer avoiding staining the new fence, well my time has come my friends. I can't avoid it any longer READ MORE

Do you like how I got that cardinal to pose for my fence pic? It is raining cats and dogs over here, today is especially nuts, I think we're closing in on 4" of water falling from the sky over the last twelve hours! Flash flooding and total insanity abound. I am losing my mind not being able to go outside, my heart is crying. I just stare out my windows waiting for it to stop. So out of READ MORE

Guys! The fence is like, technically done, but (and that's a big but) I didn't want to call it the official 'after' just yet - there is still work to be done, people! In case you didn't notice, Minnesota is probably the last state out of all 50 of them to experience spring. We barely have buds on the trees, nothing is green and beautiful, and it's still cold most days. It's all brown and yellow READ MORE