A Dim Light at the End of the Tunnel

Two weeks from today, I will be enjoying the first day of my summer vacation. Today, I was supposed to be at school. Not teaching, but in pr...

April Update

Hey, everyone! Remember me? It feels like a long time since I've written a post or visited any blogs, but I can report that I made produ...

Pictures!

A picture is worth a thousand words, so ... keeping in mind that our back splash isn't installed yet and the kitchen island still needs ...

Status Report

1. Dryer. Check! The Salerni family now has clothes that are clean and dry, without having to hang them outside in the cold, damp February a...

Kitchen Progress?

I promised I'd come back and show you pictures of my newly remodeled kitchen. Yeah, well, we're not there yet. You might call this t...

Kitchen Destruction

Last year I posted a story about the DIY Vandals who originally owned our house. These people bought the place half-completed and finished t...

The Phones

When I posted pictures of the room we redecorated this summer for the girls, many people commented on the Red Phone on the wall. Heather Kel...

Ta-Da! The Girls' Lounge

One of my goals for the summer was redecorating "the playroom" upstairs into a teen/tween lounge where my daughters might hang out...

Does YOUR Refrigerator Tweet?

Dagnabbit! The refrigerator that came with our house gave up the ghost last year, and we bought a new one. It keeps food cold and also d...

Hello, World!

Anybody feel a bit of shock and disorientation upon completion of a draft? As if you’d just emerged from some kind of cave – or more accura...

Yearning, Hard Work, and Promise

Yesterday was the first day of Spring. In Pennsylvania, at least, we had a fairly decent day: sunny, and warm enough for a sweatshirt wi...

DIY Vandals

Some people ought not be allowed into home improvement stores. Alarms should go off when these people cross the threshold, and security gu...

My Safe Haven

Where do you go to de-stress? Find inspiration? Reflect and brainstorm and relax? For me, it’s my own backyard. The pond was not functiona...