After several weeks of very quiet progress, week 17 was one where we picked up momentum again. The biggest thing? The house is on the foundation. That’s right. After about 3 months in the air, the old lady finally landed on her brand spanking new foundation. With the house finally in its resting spot, everything…
It feels like everything I’ve been making recently has chick peas. When I went to the grocery store this weekend, I bought four cans of chick peas. So I need to find a way to pull back on this and add in some other substitutes. But in the meantime, this moroccan turkey stew is delicious.…
Well, I finally got around to trying the vegetable that everyone and their mother has tried …. spaghetti squash. I was skeptical about something that everyone loves so much – but just like avocado toast, they were right. Spaghetti squash is better than decent. It’s pretty solid. I actually picked this miracle squash several weeks…
Happy 4-month-aversary to my construction site! This would be a perfect time to travel back in time and do some side by side comparisons but maybe we’ll save that for next week. I’m still deep into plumbing fixtures. Hey remember when I was worried about shingle color? Those were the good old days. After about…
When I’m looking at recipes, I oscillate between “fast but moderately impressive” and “long and slow”. This recipe is a wonderful combination of both worlds. Yes, it takes 3 hours in the oven …. but it only takes like 15 minutes of hands-on time. A real winner in my book. I made this on a…
I’ve been jumping into more of the design details recently but was drawn to reflect on some of the differences between the design iterations over the past year plus. I’m so excited about where this house is going – and how far it is from the awkward designs of a year ago. Here are some…
So not much to report. The house hasn’t moved. Which means, the house looks exactly the same as it did last week – and perhaps even the week before. But, it’s getting closer. Every week I say this, but as soon as the house moves onto the foundation this work is going to really pick…
Another year, another Christmas card. I’m not sure how I managed to get the Christmas cards actually made and in the mail because every other aspect of Christmas was absolutely behind schedule. I was making and wrapping presents on Christmas Eve. I’m normally better than this. I think I managed to make the card in…
If I’ve learned one thing about myself in this process, it is that I will never stick to my first decision. I come out of it feeling pretty confident and accomplished …. and then whamo. Change my mind. It’s not that big of a deal and honestly kind of expected. But the bathtub is the…
I’m pretty deep into the mood boards right now – and as part of that trying to pick out actual products to put on the boards. Novel concept right? I’d like to note the worst parts about this whole process are: conflicting advice cost trying to pick a lasting aesthetic industry leaders Conflicting Advice examples:…
