Category: Small Steps Saturdays

  • First Paint

    The window frame in my office had the auspicious honor of being the first object in the house to receive fresh paint. It was pretty grungy. I sanded and cleaned…

  • Weary Feet

    You know that feeling when it’s rained for two solid weeks and you have to walk through a just-plowed-and-planted Illinois cornfield, and your boots get more caked with black mud…

  • While We Wait

    Initially we hoped the drywall crew would take two weeks. The reality has been a bit slower. But, they do seem to be doing a nice job, and paying extra…

  • Give Me Victory…or Let Me Die of Itchiness

    Two girls and I went back Monday afternoon and spent an hour cleaning up the mess left from the week of work, vacuuming and organizing tools. With the heat advisory…

  • A Week of Work, Continued

    Thursday While Menards and I had more morning quality time, the guys got an early start in the attic. We had an extra helper coming and the plan was to…

  • A Week of Work

    Matt took a week of vacation time to work on the house. It was an intense week. Saturday We started with a trip to Menards, this time for a trailerful…

  • Oops. (Moving a Doorway)

    We should have planned that doorway better. Except, originally it didn’t matter, because this closet space under the stairs: was only intended to be a closet, because we were going…

  • Smaller Bedrooms

    With the change of plan to move back in, we talked seriously about how to fit our five kids into the two upstairs bedrooms–the fourth, downstairs bedroom currently being reserved…