BJay is a chimney sweep

I have bragged about this before.  But my husband is amazing.  He operates under the assumption that he can do anything.  And aside from dentistry and obstetrics, he does.  In the east we’re experiencing arctic weather.  It hasn’t been above freezing for days now and that means exponentially high power bills for us.  We have [...]

Kitchen remodel

To save money we decided to buy our kitchen cabinets and countertops at Ikea. It is much cheaper because we have to pick up the cabinets and assemble them ourselves. We also had to measure and design the kitchen ourselves. Here are some things we have learned in the process:
1. Measure 5 [...]

Fun on weekends

*(Ummm… I don’t know where the spell check went… Now you can see how bad my spelling is.)
We went to my sister-in-law’s house last night for games and pizza. It was fun and we stayed too late. As we were driving home a storm was coming in and we were awed by [...]

Its nice to have a handy man

Sunday afternoon I was making brownies, went to check on them and the oven was stone cold. The brownies were still batter. It had been warm when I put them in, but 30 minutes later, nothing. I have a brand new oven–just over a year old so I was super annoyed. [...]

New lights!!

BJay spent all last Saturday putting up new lights
Before

After

After a year with shoplights in the family room, these new ceiling fans are really nice!

Jumping

Guess what BJay is doing in the background of these pictures?