When You Bite Off More Than You Can Chew, Keep Chewing

by | Jun 4, 2024

I bit off more than I could chew on Friday and Saturday. I stopped working on the projects at my house and volunteered for a project at my son and daughter-in-law’s house. The project was to take up the brick patio in front of their house, clean the grass out...

Don’t Quit

by | May 27, 2024

I’ve been working on two different projects over the last few weeks. My DIY patio is to this point… see picture below. And my front porch is only a little further along than this last picture. I had rain delays and poor customer service to deal with when...

Lessons Learned

by | May 20, 2024

I tend to bite off more than I can chew. A LOT! I have no idea why I decide I can do certain things that are beyond most women physically, but I jump right in and then find out I’m in over my head. For the last few weeks I’ve blogged about my journey with...

You Can Do Hard Things!

by | May 13, 2024

I’ve been working on installing a DIY patio now for several weeks. By myself, I dug out the area and transported the sod to the backyard where it can be tilled and incorporated into a deep slope. By Saturday, I had finished digging out all the sod and spent that...

Patio Update

by | May 6, 2024

I am continuing to work on the patio area when it is not raining. I got a little more dug out today, but it was very hot, muggy, and buggy. The gnats were terrible. It seems lavender repels them a little, and I have a spray that I use to keep them away from my face as...