When we renovated, our family room became the dining room. The reason for doing this was to have the dining area adjoin the kitchen. This ...

It seems that the painting never ends. We still need to paint the hallway upstairs, but with cold weather approaching, Jeff decided it was t...

I always thought that Cooper and Otis made a good alarm system. The dogs usually bark when a car pulls up or if they hear a noise in the mid...

The railing has been stained and the balusters have been painted. I hope to never have to stain or paint the staircase again, as it is ver...

The dining room chandelier has been installed. I bought the light fixture on the Internet and the color was called "Wilshire Bronze...

The railing has been stained to match the hardwood floors. Two coats of polyurethane have been applied. I still need to paint all the balu...

We have a large metal canister that holds 20 lbs of dog food. I had just bought a new bag of dog food and poured it into the container. I di...

The Waterford lights have been installed in the downstairs hallways. We are slowly completing the finishing touches on the house.  The din...

The second time is the charm. After installing smoke detectors in all the upstairs bedrooms, we have finally received the certificate of occ...

This weekend, I saw two more signs that Fall is here. At the grocery store, the wonderful summer fruits are no longer on display. The produc...

The leaves have started to fall, which means that walking Cooper is now an adventure. Coop scans the trees and if he sees a leaf falling, ...

The Waterford lights have finally arrived. I am hoping that Jeff will install them in the next few days. After months of key lights and ba...

From SayAnything Blog : Senator Chris Dodd was asked for a reaction to Obama’s apparent intention to name Harvard law professor Elizabeth ...

Wonder how long it took to train this Golden ? We still struggle with "Come!".

The hardwood floors in the dining room and hallway have been sanded, stained and polyurethaned. Mountain Flooring did a fantastic job remo...

Otis was stretched out in the kitchen while I was washing dishes. When I turned the lights out and headed upstairs, Otis stayed in the kitch...

We enjoyed a beautiful stretch of weather while we were in Massachusetts. One day we drove to Gloucester for a 7 Seas whale watch tour. Wh...

While the hardwood floors were being refinished, we spent a few days in Salem, MA. This was our first trip to Salem. Salem is best known f...

While traveling in Massachusetts, we stopped at a Walmart. When we pulled into the parking lot, I was surprised to see wind turbines on top...