I can’t seem to settle with any particular order for how I arrange things in the house. I’m always looking for new ways to make the house look more…nice? I guess? Or to use the space more effectively?
Continue reading “Upstairs Reorganization Again Part I”
We are scrapping the bottom of the barrel for posts dear readers. It’s been terribly cold, Tyler has been working around the clock at the school, and I’ve been…sleeping excessively as I haven’t been feeling well for almost six weeks now (this post is being written mid-way through February). But that is how winter eventually turns into spring here in Iowa.
Continue reading “The Bathroom Window”
Every winter we have 1-3 weeks of absolute bitter cold. Not just regular winter, but the kind where advisories go out about the danger of being outside in the cold. When air temps drop to the double digits below zero, I manage Gus’s time outside by shortening walks to ten minutes.
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If you recall, when I began cleaning the basement at the start of the shutdowns at the beginning of the pandemic; I discovered a small mouse nest and some mouse poop along one corner of the basement.
Continue reading “The Mouse Wars”
There is always something interesting going on at the homestead, even in the depth of winter when progress and construction has slowed to a halt.
Continue reading “The Day the Furnace Broke”
The Pedersen Homestead 