by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 8, 2009 | for Fun, Yea Big
[Discussion with Caleb at the theater last night having difficulty keeping his hands to himself.] Mom: Caleb, please don't touch other people. Don't touch their hats or their clothes or their chairs or their skin. Keep your hands in your own space. Caleb (6): What...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 4, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Today we saw the first real sign of construction. Sure, we'd had some excavation. But that's digging down. This was the first, serious, tangible sign of building up. Seeing the forms in place and prepped and the cement poured in was a wonder to behold! Construction!...
by Michelle DeGraw | Dec 3, 2009 | for Home, for Mind
I have been hit with a huge case of writer's block. I have been completely at a loss as to what to write. What little comes to mind does not formulate enough to even make it to the rough draft stage of an article. But I need to get back to writing at MM. So here's my...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 2, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
City building inspector came out. Bad news. Preliminary information wrong. Too much clay in soil. Must dig trenches all around foundation. Must bring out gravel sprayer truck. Must fill trenches with immense amounts of gravel before pouring footings. Ugh. That will...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 1, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
In 1991, six years after we married, Sam finished his PhD in electrical engineering. By that time we had two children. Read that: poor. Also read that: apartment dwellers. By the time we were done, I vowed never again to have bare, white walls in any home. 18 years...
