Hey Guys! Phew, it always feels good when the holidays are behind us and we can move on to the New Year. I am finally getting the chance to settle back into the day-to-day, and the mundane and boring is being embraced with open arms. Week after week of activity is too much for this old gal. I'm not much of a big New Year resolutions type of person, I prefer to think of myself as constantly READ MORE
Hey Guys! Phew, it always feels good when the holidays are behind us and we can move on to the New Year. I am finally getting the chance to settle back into the day-to-day, and the mundane and boring is being embraced with open arms. Week after week of activity is too much for this old gal. I'm not much of a big New Year resolutions type of person, I prefer to think of myself as constantly READ MORE
Best Bruce Weekend Recap!
Hello my friends! This weekend with Bruce was a total success!! We made it to the pit both nights, luck was on our side! The first night I had my first experience touching Bruce as he landed on top of me during "Hungry Heart," while crowd surfing to the stage ...
Countdown to Bruce
Guys, can you hardly stand it? Less than a week until Bruce comes to visit me here in the Twin Cities. I know I can barely stand it, two back to back nights with the Boss, 4 Bruce shows in one year. How could I be so lucky? I thought ...
It’s Picture Hanging Time!
Well all this reupholstering of dining room chairs has me in desperate need of getting my dining room a smidge bit more put together. This room has been driving me crazy since we moved in. It's the paneling, it's nice, but it's dark and it gets in the way of ...
Kitchen Ideas : Table as Workspace
As someone who only dreams of renovating her kitchen, I found this kitchen featured in last months Better Homes & Gardens (yes, I read it and I love it) very inspirational. Living in a 100 year old home has it's challenges, one of the biggest of course is the kitchen ...
This Weekend
Well we decided we needed to go on adventure this weekend so we started out early Saturday morning and made the trek deep into the heart of western Wisconsin. Our destination was the Leinenkugel's Brewery in Chippewa Falls, our mission to take a brewery tour, visit the small local zoo ...
Easy Chair Reupholstering
Remember how I found 5 chairs that matched my Drexel mid-century dining room set on Craig's awesome list? Well I needed to get those suckers covered in new fabric so they matched the rest of my set. It was 3 years ago that I reupholstered the original set, and lucky ...
Fall Steps
Last weekend I got the front of the house into full on fall mode by changing out the planters at the base of the steps. Bring on the Mums, Kale, and fancy Pumpkins. I'm not one of those people that loves Halloween. I know that there are some out there ...
