Author: brendaschaffer_svrpdw

Geeze, so many of these posts I need to add photos to! The garden had been producing lots of green: lettuce greens, Swiss chard and now green beans.

Rico wants to play. He eyes me from across the street; drops his ball; looks at me; looks at his ball; looks at me again….stares.  Browning wants to

My dining room table is just a heap. A heap of receipts that is. To me it’s organized. Every receipt for every purchase on the entire project is

Not sure which I hate more. That evil wheelbarrow or the scaffolding. The wheelbarrow has tried its best to yank my shoulder from its socket more than once,

Last week around here was such a blur. I was dumbfounded at Troy’s energy as he’d show up early in the morning, work with only a few breaks

Things are moving fast and furious now. I think it’s a combination of 1- this phase usually does come along quickly and 2- there’s a deadline with significant

How did THAT happen? The windows of the old tear-down were good quality, clean and relatively new. When I drew the floor plan I incorporated two three-foot windows

This perplexity I actually find interesting because in my warped way of thinking, I can see how this happened… It was understood up front that with my limited

Troy busy at work. It’s fun to watch him but less fun when he asks you to join in because he doesn’t grasp his own talent and shows

…and if you were single to start with, then what? I just came across a question and answer column on the internet that starts with, “Does building a house