Haphazard Homestead

Over the weekend, Shane and I laid the new wood laminate floor in our kitchen/dining room. By new, I mean it had never been installed. But...

Some of you may remember us replacing our nasty old sliding patio door with a new wood-framed door with operating side lights.  You can read...

We had a very nice spring break last week, but whew! -- I'm glad to get back to some usual routines this week.  Kat is back to school, S...

You might remember this post , where I talked about how we'd keep our ugly, old gas range until it quit working.  If you follow Haphazar...

Our new back door project is almost done.  Shane put the trim up today.  What remains to be done is staining the wood trim, touching up the ...

...for this bird house project. Kat built this birdhouse on a field trip to Gorman Conservation Discovery Center yesterday.  She and Shane ...

Or maybe I should say, AAGHH!!! We've still got our hands full with this door project, but at least it doesn't look like this anymor...

I decided to publish my usual Monday morning post this afternoon because I don't expect to have much time to post tomorrow.  We have fri...

I thought I'd take a look at the books I read in January and February of this year.  Maybe you'll find something here you like. I...

First the bad.   Kat has been under the weather since she woke Saturday morning.  She had headache, tummy ache and fever Saturday, then head...

One thing we've learned about spending deliberately is that some things just aren't important enough to trade our money for.  An e...