With just three days left in my week off there was still a lot to do, but Teacher had promised we’d get it done so I wasn’t worried. At least, not much. What can I say, I’m a worrier. I figure that when you find a strength you’ve just got…
My biggest fear about tearing up all the flooring was that the kitchen and dining room wouldn’t be put back together again until the last minute and I’d spend Sunday night running around like crazy to get things ready for the children to arrive Monday morning. But Thursday morning I…
Yes, we were crazy and decided to rip up the dining room too. Luckily it’s just a big rectangle, without the ins and outs of the kitchen, so it went fairly quickly. iMatt got into the action again, carrying boards outside. Z-Man couldn’t stand the smell of the…
To me, summer isnt summer until we’ve been to the pool. That’s probably one of the reasons I love taking the kids to swimming lessons so much. It was extra-fun this year because the boys and grandkids all had lessons at the same time so they could play together in…
Tuesday was a busy day: swimming lessons in the morning, a dentist appointment for me in the afternoon, and the neighborhood’s annual block party at night. Even though Teacher and I were busy, Jo-Bear found time to work on the stairs. This is the ugly tile we inherited when we…
Monday morning Teacher and I took the kids to swimming lessons and Jo-Bear went to work in my Dad’s clock shop but by the afternoon we were ready to resume work on the floor. And by “we” I mean mostly Jo-Bear and Teacher, although I pulled nails and cleaned up.…
I usually take one week of summer vacation during the kids’ swimming lessons because I love taking them to the pool. The downside is that we can’t take a trip anywhere because they’d miss lessons. But the upside is that we can do home improvement projects, and have a whole…
You know how you plan a quick and easy project and it snowballs into something not so quick or easy? Yeah. That. It all started when I noticed the flooring in front of the dishwasher was curling up. We discovered that the dishwasher was leaking underneath the flooring. So…
I promised I’d post pieces and parts from my policy book and figured I’d better get started before I forgot. “About Amy & Kids Co.” is the first section of my policy book. It begins with a Welcome page that includes a brief welcome statement, my Mission Statement, my Philosophy,…
Remember last summer when we pulled the floor out of the kitchen and dining room? If not, check out the “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” series of posts. They’re a perfect example of how a little project snowballs into something major. At the time I was adamant that I…
