And yes, that's meant to be a play on words implying that I found a great, inexpensive fragrance! I like to attempt to match the scent i...

There were two bare walls in my pink bathroom that have been bothering me for a bit. I couldn't quite think what to put in there that wo...

This past weekend my siblings came to visit, and brought their dogs with them. I don't have any dogs (yet,) I have two cats who spent mo...

Our brand new (to us) Olympic class 470 sail boat ! Doesn't Haris look so happy? He's posing there with the spinnaker pole. The guy...

Now, don't get so excited Moms! Here she is: For about three years the conversation has gone like this: Husband: "When will you bu...

Over the last five years and last five homes, we've had a total of 1 trick-or-treater, and this year we got 60! I guess that's what ...

When we bought our house, we of course had it inspected... Other than a few cosmetic issues (the previous owner seems to have had some rage ...

About a month ago I received a brochure from the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem advertising their new exhibits... They had an exhibit on In...

This whole weekend was one of those lovely fall weekends... where if you sit inside and lament the 50 degree temperatures you'll be conv...

Hello my loyal readers... I wish to apologize for and explain my long (and continuing) absence from the Blogosphere. My computer has died. W...

When I began painting my house in technicolor - my fuchsia bathroom, orange dining room, the bright yellow swatches for the kitchen- friends...

I have this cute little storage ottoman that I bought awhile back , about two years ago, I believe. It was just what I wanted in the way of...

You remember that dining room that I was saying didn't match itself? The one with the off-white textured walls and while trim? There...

That really should have taken about four days... Four years or so ago, I grabbed two cute little arm chairs out of someone's trash pile....

Speaking of ways my husband and I keep ourselves entertained ... we chased a balloon over the weekend. I think it was Thursday night, I wa...

While my muscles were nicely built up from hours of wallpaper remover removal , I thought I would continue the manual labor streak...