One woman's quest to salvage the world's castoffs, lock, stock and bauble
I have a soft spot for galvanized metal. I think because it reminds me of my childhood on the family farm. We always had stacks of 10-quart galvanized pails that we kept in the vestibule connecting our milkhouse and our barn that were used mostly when feeding our calves. Our cows drank out of a …
I went down to my recently organized basement after dinner to put a load of laundry into the washing machine and noticed something was missing from its usual spot.A Leinenkugel's Summer Sampler pack (three bottles each of Summer Shandy, Honey Weiss, Classic Amber and Sunset Wheat, in case you're wondering) was not on the husband's …
I had a couple days off of work at the end of the week last week and a long list of chores to do around the house: painting the trim on the porch, weeding the garden, organizing the kitchen closet, etc. I went garage sale/thrift store shopping instead. My favorite find was this kitschy plastic …
As I was watering my terrarium the other day (for the second time ever), I noticed something new. There are little green shoots coming out of the plant that I call Faux Peas (on the left). It's GROWING, people! GROWING! As are the other plants in the terrarium, albeit slowly. For some reason, I thought …
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How many Cestkowskis does it take to load a cat into a pet carrier? I don't know, but the answer is definitely more than two. My son and I spent 20 minutes this morning trying to coax, finagle and ultimately force Calvin into our carrier before admitting defeat. Obviously Calvin was more committed to staying …
This little white shadow box of mine gets a new look every so often. For the summer, I thought I'd go with a patriotic theme and stitch up a few stars to display in it. I prefer my stars to be a little on the wonky side. I found a template here and printed it out. …