by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 22, 2010 | for Body, for Home
One of the most-used gifts from our wedding in 1985 (read that: big hair and enormous sleeves) was our 1982 edition of the Betty Crocker Cookbook. The fact that neither of us is much good in the kitchen notwithstanding, this excellent collection of recipes and cooking...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 15, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
This is not my happy face. After learning about our first construction delay due to a rental issue, we confirmed that the panels would be delivered on January 25. The plan was that the panel company would install the basement while teaching our builder the system, so...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 12, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Our first “home” after graduating from college was a small townhouse in Boca Raton, Florida. Sam was a newly anointed professor at a university and I was the stay-at-home mom of two little girls. And we had a little patch of lawn and a tiny garden space...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 11, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home, for Love
Last August my dad turned 80. He still lives at home. In fact, he runs a college dorm. Not long after my mom died in 2003—after nearly 47 years of marriage—my dad opened their home to his college grandkids and their friends. I thought it was a sure sign of dementia!...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 11, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
When the winter weather starts getting to me, I start fantasizing about spring. High on my list is being able to enjoy my family in the backyard, with a beautiful landscape and play area for the kids—and the entire neighborhood. Planning a fun backyard always includes...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 10, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
This evening we got a call from E-Z Block. They are making the lightweight concrete panels that will form the structure for our home. And the have a bunch of our money—half the cost of the first set of panels. The entire build has been waiting on them since the...
