Kitchen face lift

Chris and I have been a bit preoccupied over the last 6 weeks or so. It started innocently enough, with a broken down keg fridge. Actually, if you go that far back, the whole thing started in late July, when we declared the fridge truly dead. The story of the keg fridge and its replacement…

Finally… warmth!

We finally got ‘er done! Yesterday was attic insulation day! Chris did the prep up in the attic a couple weeks ago; installed the baffles along the edges (allows for proper airflow around the roof line, above the insulation) and did some wiring we needed for a light fixture. We had such a hard time…

Dia de los muertos altar

On Halloween we checked out Wychwood Barns for a small Dia de los muertos celebration (Day of the Dead). There was all kinds of Mexican food being prepared, crafts for sale, performances and an altar being built. There was a wide range of people there, and they were burning a smudge incense in the altar….

Moving up in the world

So… after trying half a dozen contractors over the spring and summer to give us quotes, and only a couple of them actually showing up to give a quote, and both of those coming in at figures hovering around $8,000 to $9,000, we finally found a reliable contractor who came in at a very reasonable…