Hallway (Part 2: Board and Batten)

Technically this project should be named ‘walls and battens’ because we didn’t install the boards. And if it wasn’t for Jeff letting us borrow a ton of tools it would just be ‘walls’. See Hallway Part 1 here. Here’s how it all went down. I fell in love with the board and batten look and added it…

What is your time worth?

We all have to set priorities; lately mine have been going on dates with Nolan and not on the house, reading or eating (I do eat, but haven’t done much in the way of cooking for awhile). But last Friday when Lululemon was having their warehouse sale I thought, dang, I should get on that. It’s…

Cray cray crazy changes

Wait, what? Jared Allen is no longer a Viking and Ke$ha is no longer Ke$ha? AND it’s 50 degrees in Minnesota right now!?! Change is hard, I’ll get it over it, but what sort of new sack dance do I have to learn? My dance skills are lackluster as-is.  I like nicknames, all my favorite musicians…

Best|Worst Birthday present ever

Sophie was a surprise birthday present from nol-dog and we’re both convinced it was both the best and worst birthday present ever. Goldendoodles were all the rage and even though I was in grad school, we both worked full-time and we both had a very healthy social life we didn’t think it was that big of a deal to get a…