animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

back to normal

It seems that all of our December projects are doomed to fail. After a few excruciating days with “Crazy Buster,” we put him back on his full dose of medicine. And just like that, he’s back to normal. Well, normal for him. Maybe we’ll try again next year. Or the …

under the dome

This is the latest book from Stephen King and I have to say that it is the best book he has written in years. I could not put it down. Clocking in at almost 1,100 pages, it is a formidable read. But, I was hooked from the beginning and spent …

door fail

We were going to install Jake’s door this evening. I read it’s easier to finish doors after they are hung so we wanted to get right on it. Brian took some measurements and realized that the door jamb was not wide enough. The doors we bought were designed for drywall …

making concessions

We had grand plans to make solid cherry doors for the rooms throughout our house. The first one was supposed to be for the bathroom that we remodeled four years ago. It just never happened. Luckily we kept the old door up. Jake was supposed to get the second door. …