Faith ~ Family ~ Outdoor Living
Posted in Family, and Homemaking
D built Munchkin and I matching desks. I was finally able to get my desk painted. I’m hoping to get Munchkin’s desk done soon. I’m thrilled to finally show off D’s handy work. I think he did a great job. We took the handles off old end tables that were heading to the dump. I’d love to say that my desk is always this organized, but I’d be lying. lol! Now, if I could only figure out a way to make it all look more organized underneath the desk. hmmm…
Posted in Homemaking
Now that Munchkin is older and is helping more with cleaning, I have decided that it’s really time to start looking for less toxic methods of cleaning. Not to mention, the horrible fumes that come from many cleaning products make me feel awful. Munchkin also really wants to start doing things to help the environment, so we are starting to “go green” to some extent. Today, we’ll be going through the house and cleaning out the toxic cleaning products and replacing them with non-toxic cleaning products. I’m reading a couple of good books on the subject: Green Housekeeping and Green…
Posted in Family, Homemaking, and Thoughts
Back in August, Alycia wrote about an opportunity to support our troops by making blankets for single Marines returning from Iraq. Since they’re returning in the same time frame that my hubby is leaving, I thought this would be a wonderful thing for Munchkin and I to do to show our support. Well, we bought our material way back in August, but with everything going on around the homefront, we just made the blanket last week. Yikes! The main thing is that Munchkin and I worked together and got it finished. Here’s how it turned out:
Posted in Family, and Homemaking
We spent all day Friday working on the deck. D cut and placed all of the wood and I screwed all of the boards down. That was a lot of work. D finished up the stairs on Saturday. Then, we set up the gazebo. We’re so please with how it turned out. It still needs a bit of “decorating”, but it feels good to be done. Now, if it stops raining, we can enjoy it.
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My project for Tackle It Tuesday will be to finish laying the pavers that we removed from the patio area around the newly created fire pit (I used the old bricks from the steps). I started the project yesterday and hope to complete it today. Yesterday, D spent a bit of time taking out the first layer of brick steps from the back of the house in preparation of putting down the deck. It was a painstaking process even with the proper tools, but he did a great job. He then moved on to laying out the design for the…
