Archive for November, 2008

What will break next?

Have you ever noticed that when one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong?  It seems like everything will be working fine and life is going along nicely and then, bam, everything decides to break all at once.  We’ve been having some of those breaking moments around here. 
Living in a house with three boys, those little [...]

Converting crumbled steps into a wraparound porch

My house is surrounded with gardens on all sides: flowers in the front and sides, vegetables in the back. Cars driving down the road often slow down as the drivers peer through their windows to catch a closer glimpse of the roses or azaleas or tulips or lilies in full bloom. Gardening has some sort [...]