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This blog entry will stray from the home restoration and decoration content that normally fills its pages. I'm working on a weekend presentation right now, so I simply don't have time to take on anything "house" this week, and still...

Right before Christmas, we returned the original dining room, from a bedroom, back into a dining room. There was a lot of work (and hip surgeries) to get through before this event, but I pre-empted everything and ordered a smaller...

Maybe you remember a post I made about the plans I had for this sofa nearly five years ago. It was quick and resolute in its concrete intent to bring this sofa back home to Sadie. Please note the date...

I'm sure you remember Frankie, she makes quite an impression! She isn't quite a year old yet; with our vet's estimation, we think she was born mid to late November, 2020. Still learning about the world around her, this week...

Please welcome Frankie, the newest member of our family. She started out as "Shelley" because she is a tortoiseshell kitteh and has a franken-leg (and part of the other) from an orange tabby. That may actually make her a torbie,...

Finally finished the repair and refinish job in the Southaven house. Last coat of poly yesterday. Here is the “finished” product. Can’t even tell where I filled the 10” gap down the center of the largest room. I learned a...

We have returned to the Southaven house to continue work on the floors to get the place ready to put up for sale. It's been a long Covid-19 year filled with much Covid-19 drama, that I won't bore you with.....

I’ve been replacing some deck boards and banding on our deck. Chelle had bought our new pup Ziggy an engraved name tag in the shape of a bone. I put it on her collar three days ago. Chelle informed me...

We bought our beloved house on September 6, 2017, and it feels like we have been moving, restoring and improving every day since, with no end in sight. She was originally built prior to 1883, then moved a mile South...

Maybe it’s because I’m ass-deep in lectures on The French Revolution, where real change was affected and actual lives were lost. But I’m astounded again by the self-importance of your everyday bored person getting into an argument on the Internet;...