Cinderella Has a Mortgage

The blog has been moved and relaunched with a new focus. In addition to the trials and tribulations of home ownership, I'll also blog ab...

The fence has been a long-standing source of frustration , ever since the previous neighbors knocked out numerous slats. (Before that, a ran...

I had a really good Sunday. For the first time in weeks it wasn't raining (nor was the ground freshly soaked) and after a week being stu...

I've always wanted my very own gargoyle. My alma mater, the University of Chicago, was positively crawling with them. And besides,...

I had my weekend timeline carefully planned to finally finish the door! After staining the backsides of all the trim, I planned to do a firs...

I tried, I really did. This year I planned to be even more adventurous with the garden – I was going to grow everything from seed! No more “...

“We'll make a carpenter out of you yet,”my dad said as I knelt on our makeshift saw horse, carefully lining up the saw against the line ...