by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 11, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Went to the lot today to take my dad to see it. Between last week and this, some landscaper came by with two truckloads of garbage and just dumped them on our lot. Mostly it was sod scraps. Also included a number of broken palettes and some trash. Lovely. I suppose...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 10, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Looking for someone to remove the 20ish foot tree on our lot, stump and all. We also have a bit of old barbed wire fence and a sewer pipe that we need hauled away. Made some inquiries. Not much pressure to get it done yet, but at least it's something I can actually...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 6, 2008 | for Fun, Yea Big
[Sound of feet pounding down the stairs.] Alana (15): Mom! Mom! [Panting.] Mom! We're watching your wedding video. And there's this part where dad is doing a Samoan slap dance. [Panting.] And he is totally ripped! Biceps! Triceps! Thighceps!...
by Janet Walgren | Jul 1, 2008 | for Love
I am the mother of six children, seven step-children and grandmother of twelve. When I was raising my children, I knew that I wanted some things to be different for my children than what I experienced when I was growing up. One of those things was a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 1, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Following a trend has its downside. Once the trend has passed, you are left with a dated pile of hip huggers. Or low riders. Or whatever. Still, I have fallen in love with the resurgence of the American Craftsman homes. Maybe that's a risk, but I couldn't help myself....
