Because I don’t! Strangely we always had one growing up, in every house we lived we had one. We had one in the house we owned before we had to get rid of it too. I guess for me ever since leaving that house we don’t have one due to space. or like my mom [...]

Ok I know there are lawn chairs and deck chairs but I’d never heard of outdoor sofa sets. I didn’t know people went beyond the normal patio furniture which is usually a table and umbrella and some chairs. I can imagine if I were entertaining a lot I would definitely want to have a sofa [...]

Simple answer? BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH COUNTER SPACE IN MY ALREADY TINY KITCHEN TO EFFECTIVELY ROLL OUT PIE DOUGH! Ok I am not shouting I swear but after working on a fruit tart today and mini pies I realized that having no useable storage for stuff and it being on the counter took out [...]

Ok so I’m not hunting, like hunting a wabbit, but I am deep into thinking about doing some renovations for my older kids rooms now since the toddler got his big boy room over last weekend. (For the record, he still refuses to stay in his bed and sleep there this far.) My other two [...]

  If there is one regret in my entire 15 years of (mostly) wedded bliss, its that we didn’t splurge on a really good bed. We’ve had pretty crappy beds for all these years and for the most part didn’t even have headboards. The one we have now I don’t have a clue where it [...]

I am a shade dweller. I stay in the shade as much as possible in the hot sun. I spent my summers in Alabama and because of sunscreen neglect when I was little, I got blisters from the sun, and they were the size of egg yolks. I do not tan. I burn, peel, and [...]