Garage Project: Partial OSB Sheathing
Wow, remind me not to post about weather in relationship to the garage project EVER again because I apparently jinxed us on Saturday. I thought the forecast was calling for light rain on and off Saturday afternoon, but we ended up with constant rain for twelve hours,...
Garage Project: Timing (& Other Thoughts)
This morning someone told me it may snow on Halloween, and yep, it does say that on AccuWeather. Eek! Where did October go (how is this the LAST October weekend?)? Why are we talking about snow? Granted, if it does snow, it’s not the type of snow that will stay...
Garage Project: Trusses
We got a lot of work done on the garage this weekend thanks to Jen and Troy helping us! On Friday we did prep work for putting up the trusses. We put a string line up as a reference point, admired the leaves, braced all the walls on the interior, and confirmed all the...
Garage Project: The Slab Is Poured!
We have exciting garage news that I bet you would never guess from the title! Ha. But yes – the slab was poured this week! We couldn’t easily do much more work before the slab was poured, because we’d prefer that firm surface to put our ladders on,...
Very few things
There are very few things I miss about our old home: we each had our own walk-in closet no yard work proximity to friends and my part time job it was less than a minute walk from a trail all the sidewalks I’ve talked about this before. Maybe I write this post...
Hi! I’m Kim, a 40-something-year-old living in northeastern Illinois with my husband Steven, and our cats, Khaleesi, Apollo, Starbuck, and Eddard aka Ned. My current main hobbies are running, painting rocks, flying, reading, and eating. I follow a vegan lifestyle and work in an account management role. I write about a variety of topics and consider this a “life” blog – a place I can share anything that’s on my mind. Please visit the “About” page to get a better idea of who I am! 🙂