Sunday really was a great day. We went to church, then on a whim headed to Sanger to eat lunch at Big Momma’s. We really love that place. And this time we bought a coconut cream pie to bring home. While we were eating, I suggested that we drive on to Muenster to purchase some […]
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Such a Good Thing
Taking a sabbatical was such a good thing – good in ways that I didn’t anticipate. I thought that I’d feel an urge to check in online, log time on work projects here and there and have various “to-do’s” pinging around in my mind. Not so. I’m not going to lie and say I didn’t […]
Looking Forward to a Sabbatical
I’m taking off the entire week last week of December through January 1. I can’t wait! I think I’ve only done one other full-week-off as a working adult – perhaps for me this sort of end-of-year pause is a once a decade event. Or something. The last time I took the holiday week off, I […]
Clean That Drain – Naturally
I decided the other day to clean our long-suffering garbage disposal drain. That may or may not have been a decision made after becoming a bit stir-crazy during our ice-in. Or perhaps it was the sink’s slow draining while we had the taps running to prevent pipe freeze. Anyway. Several months ago I found a […]
Scenes from the Ice Storm: Hayley House Edition
Ice can be hazardous for walking, driving and – as we can attest – electricity. But it sure is lovely. And one of my favorite shots – a neighborhood kid playing ice hockey (on ice skates!) on the main road into our subdivision. Plus a fun video of our frozen leaves falling – […]
Hakuna Umeme
Heading home from work Thursday night, the weather gave some clear indications that our part of Texas was in for bad weather. We prepped as best we could – the car gas tanks were full, we had plenty of food in the house and we turned on all of our water taps to prevent our […]
Changing My Colors
Operation Paint the Front Door is complete. Here’s where we started: And here’s where we finished: It wasn’t a hard project, just a little time intensive and more coats of paint than I’d expected. Step One: Clean the door. Step Two: Knock down build up with sandpaper. Step Three: Wipe door with liquid deglosser […]
Come Outside!
Come outside! The Boy said to me, sticking his head around the edge of the front door. Hurry! You’re missing it!! Missing what? I wondered. The leaves are falling. How often do you get to stand outside and see the leaves falling? True enough. And the holly is starting to bear fruit. Fall is on […]
Saturday
We’ve just experienced the most deliriously relaxing Saturday. A late night Friday at the basketball game (our first one to actually attend this season) could have set us up for a dreadful Saturday. After all, we had to get up early for our last group run. Doing that without having gone to the game was […]
Progress By the Yard
The Hayley House feels always feels like it needs a lot work. I suppose that’s true of any home. But during October we made some serious progress on the exterior. Behold: I can’t believe I’m sharing this disaster. We raised the canopy, cut out dead wood, removed limbs threatening our roof and cleared away sucker […]