by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 10, 2010 | for Mind
The US Department of Education commandeers roughly $63.7 billion in discretionary appropriations and $96.8 billion in discretionary funding from the federal budget. And this “is only a small part” of education spending, because education is...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 9, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Five window wells were installed today. Brad got some great prices for us. He found one, very deep window well that was damaged on the bottom, so he bought it for half price and cut off the damage for the size we needed. Then the supply store gave him the rest at...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 9, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Yesterday our builder spread tar over the stucco on the concrete panels. They are preparing to finish off the french drains and then backfill the dirt piles into the trenches. They also did some excavation in the driveway area. Now that we put the garages in the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 8, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home, Yea Big
It's been over three months since the tubing for the basement radiant floor hydronic heating was installed. Today sheeting was put down and the tubing for the main floor radiant was put in place. Later Sam took the boys to see the progress and spend some grand time...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 8, 2010 | for Love
Social networking can be a waste of time or a fun way to keep connected. Like most anything else, used judiciously, it can be a tool for positive change. Although hate I Twitter, my favorite social media venue is FaceBook. I've reconnected with so many people, high...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 7, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Before moving the enormous dirt pile from the back of the house to the front—and filling in the mote around the front porch—the basement concrete panels were covered with stucco. Unlike typical building materials, stucco can be applied directly to the aerated concrete...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 6, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The builders—waiting for it to stop snowing in April—installed a makeshift staircase from the basement to the main floor yesterday. Alana says they look like “the depths of hell.” Truth be told, it was a little scary for Samson to climb them. But better...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 5, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
In order to meet code, we had to screw straps through the base floor and into the floor trusses with the end attached to the cement wall panels. This was completed today.
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 3, 2010 | for Love
As my husband and I approach our silver anniversary, there are two things that keep me wondering. How can this be when we, obviously, aren't that old? Why are we still so in love after all these years? Seeing so many people my age who've been through the wringer in...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 1, 2010 | for Body, for Home
A Clean Eating Dream Long before the term Clean Eating became a huge health industry, I was converted to healthy eating. For almost 30 years I've eaten a diet consisting mostly of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and all things high in...
