Good Progress
This weekend was very satisfying, one of the best I’ve had in a while. I got to do all the dorky things I love, like playing with my cats and making cat videos and drinking too much Coke, but I also moved ahead on some …
Home Improvements and Decorating
July Home Improvements
Every weekend Rob and I try to make some small improvement to our house or yard. To me, that’s one of the requirements of a good weekend: it ought to involve a beautification project (no matter how tiny). I always want to make things better. …
Breezeway Touchup
On Saturday Rob and I touched up the paint on the breezeway and repainted the door that leads from the breezeway to the Little House. The breezeway gets lots of wear and tear because it’s open to the elements–and because it’s our cats’ very favorite …
A Sweet Sunday
Rob was out of town on Sunday, so I got to have one of my little “Leslie days.” It was extremely pleasant. I started it with a delicious breakfast of popcorn popped on the stove. There’s nothing better than eating popcorn at dawn. As I ate, I read a cookbook …
Clean as a Whistle
Rob and I did nothing but clean our house this weekend. We cleaned it from top to bottom. We washed all the baseboards and mopped all the floors and brushed all the furniture and cleaned the windows and the windowsills and all the moldings. Of …
Then and Now
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, Rob and I live in an old house, built before the Civil War. You can tell it’s well aged, that it’s been around a long time, by its wavy windows and its smell, inside, like an old trunk—a cedar …
On My Own
Rob was out of town this weekend, so I lived for two days in my weird Leslie way—getting up too early and eating funny things. I enjoyed delicious, salty popcorn suppers and spent most of my time happily puttering and rearranging things—I love to rearrange. …
A Front Porch Freshen-up and More
Last weekend Rob and I worked so hard and accomplished so much. We did several major projects, and by Sunday night my whole body hurt. On Saturday morning I made a new little “patio” for our Atlanta Stove Works table-and-chair set to rest on. It’s …
New Improved Breezeway
This weekend we started redecorating our breezeway, attempting to turn it into a cozy open-air living room. We took everything out and washed the walls and the floor with buckets of warm soapy water. Then we drove up to Thomasville in search of some sort …
