Ten Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Went to Walt Disney World
Everyone who has kids eventually gets caught in the web of sparkly shiny that is Disney. Most little girls go through what I call the Princess Stage, and now that…
My Ikea Kitchen
Ever since we bought our home we have hated the kitchen. It was brown cabinets and forest green counter tops. Yuck. And the tile floor which we thought was so…
Lessons in Phone Etiquette
(Editor’s Note: This was originally a series of posts on Facebook, one lesson at a time, after each incident happened. It has been edited together for your enjoyment and additional…
How to Build a Tree House Phase 4- Framing the Sides
Ok so Phase One, Phase Two and Phase Three are all done. Time to make this thing start looking like a house. So we gotta make 4 sides, 3 of…
Housing Market Improving?
The News and Record has a front page article about the improvement of the housing market. The increase is around 20% over the first quarter of this…
How to Build a Tree House Phase 3- the Deck
Now that we’ve finished Phase One and Phase Two we’re on to Phase 3. One can’t just have a platform with nowhere to stand, am I right? First things first-…
What I Do- for 1st Graders
I was invited to my daughter’s 1st grade class to talk about what I do for a living. Since most of my job is intangible, I shot a little video…
How to Build a Treehouse- Phase Two: The Base
Phase two is a continuation of Phase One because it is still part of the support but it’s a lot more advanced. My limited knowledge of framing came in handy…
How to Build a Treehouse- Phase One: Picking & Prepping the Trees
So the daughter turned 7. And it seems like all of a sudden she started talking about a tree house. Not sure where she got it from. We may have…