A couple of weekends ago the fella and I were deciding what to do for the day. Actually that’s a lie. I’ve started off with a lie. We weren’t lounging around the house deciding what to do like a happily ever after couple. The fella was off somewhere doing something and I was off [...]
I made a video of this process and I had the camera set up the wrong way. Vertically. Which is wrong. I wanted to address this before I addressed anything else about ripping out my floor. So let’s watch the video. Spending 3 days ripping out tile, cement, wire mesh and plywood tends to wear [...]
I really shouldn’t be counting on having any sort of meals at all for the next month or so … and neither should the fella. But I’m making out a menu for this week to ensure we don’t eat as poorly as we did last week when I was ripping out floors. You’ll find [...]
What the other people tell you: “Today I dusted my entire house … What they don’t tell you: … with a sock I found on the ground.” So that’s my little secret for today. Not so secret anymore. I’m in the middle of my Big Spring Project, and there’s construction dust EVERYWHERE. And as [...]
Remember a while back I made the alarming discovery that I was stupid? And then I solved that problem by becoming smart? Well, I’m even smarter now. A few weeks ago I introduced you to writing your salad dressing ingredients on your salad dressing bottle. It was a way to make remembering your [...]
You wanna know how I knew these were the right glasses to pick? It only took 2 shots to get a half decent photo of me in them. And that was just with my crappy laptop camera. Imagine the thing of beauty I would be with a little lighting and maybe a shot or [...]
In case you haven’t heard, my backyard is featured in this month’s issue of Style at Home Magazine. The May Decorating Indoors & Out issue. The magazine is still on newstands so you can run out and buy one. If that isn’t an option, once the magazine is off the shelves you’ll be able to [...]
I remember the days when a big project involved something that would start on Friday and be done by Sunday. Ah … those were the days. When you work in an office setting (yes television hosting is oftentimes an office setting) you pretty much have to restrict your DIY accomplishments to things that take no [...]
I’d love to write a full length highly entertaining post for you, but at this very moment the only thing I can think about is going to bed so I can continue reading this book. Which is exactly what I’m going to do right now. It’s currently 4:15 p.m. by the way. [...]
My niece has an iPhone 5. I do not. I have an iPhone 4. The iPhone 5 has built in emoticons you can use in your text messages. Mine does not. So my niece takes great joy in adding emoticons to every text message she sends me. And we’re not talking your average smiley face. [...]
Last spring I got an email from an Art of Doing Stuff reader who lives in my general area. She said she had spotted a vintage suitcase out for garbage pickup while she was out for her morning walk. She lugged it home, emailed me and asked if I’d like it. Um [...]
Every few weeks someone emails me to ask what’s involved with keeping chickens. So for everyone out there who has been thinking about maybe getting chickens but isn’t really sure of what’s involved … this post is for YOU.
