Pioneer Woman at Heart

  Conversation with my husband.... "Hey, Mom gave me her set of red glass dishes to put in the glass door hutch.  In order to do that we have to jack up the floor first." Well, that was followed by an entire day of trying to access under the kitchen with two accesses we already have.  Didn't happen.  We created a 3rd.  Got in a few feet, and dug out some dirt to get to the beam.   Jacked up the floor only after an entire day of work, to find we have dry rot. Guess who is ripping out their kitchen floor?  Yep.  We can't do sister joists from the access.  No room for anyone to get in.  Seriously old house problems.  Guess I'm gonna get new kitchen flooring out of this now.  Just what we don't need.  I may live with a wood floor until next year, and put new flooring in the kitchen. On the same day, after all that bad news, we went to town to pick up a new recliner we bought for Mom.  We picked it up, delivered it, a...

Garden work has started.  We had a busy weekend too.  We added another roost to the existing chicken coop.  Plans for the new one involve using barn wood from the knocked down barn.   We replaced the bottom board in one kitchen cupboard and purged what was under it. Installed the new wall towel rack in the smaller bathroom, installed new solar lights outside, and repaired a part on the dishwasher, and Hubby mowed all weekend. We ended the evening by grilling burgers, and toasting the buns on the grill.  We mixed in chopped garden jalapenos, garlic and onion, and topped them with homemade thousand island dressing and blue cheese (we were too exhausted to fry bacon for them).  Oh so good and great way to end the day.  On this week's to-do list: -boil eggs -laundry -sweep/mop kitchen -dishes -start back at the craft purge  -pick an extreme clean project -make homemade lip balm -make homemade "neosporin" -write out a shopping list Today I am join...

  "What?" exclaimed the kids!  "Why would you want an outhouse?! For about the la st four years, I've be en telling the f amily it would be nice to h ave an outhou se.   Well, we found out we hav e a leak un der the house, under the kitchen bathroom.  This is part of the old farm house, and who ever put in the new parts (before we moved in), did a terrible job , according to Hubby.   I also fou n d out there is only about 1 1/2 f eet or less, dee p of a "crawl space" and we cann ot go under the house.  I guess back in the 30 's or 40's they didn't think th at someday those pipes may not hold , and someone would need to craw l under th ere. We ha d to cut a hole in t he bathroom floor. F i rst the toilet was re moved.  The seal was good.  Th e guys moved it out to the side porch.  In the phot o above, the toilet is next to the wall, and on the other side of hubby is the stand up shower (that small).  Then the w...