We are Back! Finally back from our U.S.A. vacation, and we had SUCH a wonderful time with family & friends and seeing sights – there is SO much to see! It’s good to be back home and back into the swing of things here as school kicked off 4 days after...
Visiting Mount Airy – Hometown of Andy Griffith We’re having a fabulous time visiting Marty’s sister and family here in North Carolina. This particular day we took a trip out to Mount Airy, famous for being the hometown of actor, Andy Griffith from...
What a huge year this has been – seriously! And where did that time go? Life seems to speed up the older you get, don’t you think? 2016 has been a roller coaster of sorts. Back in January, I shared with you about my mum and her diagnosis in this post,...
I know it is out of the ordinary for me to post things that have nothing to do with furniture, upcycling, painting or DIY, but since you all are such wonderfully supportive people who read my blog, I know you’ll agree that sometimes we just have to get things...
In my first post about our huge backyard renovation project, I showed you how we tackled our roof, railings and the edition of huge sandstone blocks, re-turfing and basically turning our “hole in the ground” leftover from an above ground pool, into a...
We undertook the biggest backyard reno we have ever tackled towards the end of last year. I say we, but my husband is the real hero here. He stripped our entire metal roof and painted it!! This also meant removing about 3,000 screws that were worn and causing leakage...
