Joy of Country Living

While cleaning out my paint room couple of weeks ago, found two pieces of leaded glass stashed under the barn-wood shelf that holds my what-nots. Can’t believe I had completely forgotten about those pieces of glass. They’re not large but very pretty and they used to hang in my kitchen window in Houston. When we [...]

If you’ve ever bought anything from Ikea and had to put it together, you’ll know what I’m talking about. All the bits and pieces, screws, pegs, nuts, bolts, and the strange little tools they send along for you to use – not to mention the confusing  directions. For quite a while now, I had been [...]

Ever so often, we decide to play hooky for a day, leaving the yard work, computer work and everything else behind.  And last Saturday was one of those days. We woke up to an absolutely gorgeous day – unseasonably cool and a beautiful clear sky. Certainly not a day to stay home no matter what [...]

After last week this week seems like a cake-walk. It all started after David watched an online financial webinar. After the webinar, he went to a website to read more about one of the topics, and that is when it all started. He received an AVG alert about a Trojan virus being detected. Normally, he [...]

Since living out here on top of our little hill, we’ve found that there are times when we don’t see or talk to anyone for a week or so. That being said, David and I have had some strange conversations during these ‘spells’ – like the other morning when we had a discussion on the [...]