In what had to be the 2 hottest days of the year, I was stuck outside spreading mulch around our playground set! I had committed to having this done by Alyssa’s party, yet procrastinated too much! Now her party was one day away and I had yet to get the mulch. The grass had been [...]

It’s time for us to get a fence for our backyard. Drew is running around nowadays, so it is time! We decided on a white vinyl fence from Menards. We got the standard 4 foot fence with the arched top. With the help of family, I’m planning on installing the entire thing on my own. [...]

We got Drew’s early birthday present the other day. But, that means lots of work for me! We got one of those playground DIY kits from Menards. They give you the entire list of wood, screws, tools and accessories along with detailed instructions on creating this beast. 4/22/2005 Update: We picked up all the lumber, [...]

We finally decided that the basement needs to be finished before our 2nd kid comes along. Our current upstairs office is going to turn into a baby room. And since Sarah uses the office a lot for Creative Memories work, we need more livable space downstairs. I’ve had the plans drawn up for quite a [...]

When we bought our house, it had two decks. A medium sized deck off of the dining area, and a small deck off of our master bedroom. There was about a 10 foot space in between these two decks. We decided that to make the decks more functional, we should combine the two decks into [...]