What a Crock: One Year, One Crockpot and One Reno Wreck

Food Mood : Cabbage!   Yep, I said it!   How do ya like me now!  Reno Ridiculouso : kiddos away so it’s full speed ahead.   Get that insulation in,vapour barrier up and tyvek on After Cool Contractor finished putting the doors and windows in earlier in the week (they arrived!   Yeah!) , The Hubby worked all out after work every night to foam seal every crack.   Little Girl is away today so he and I set to.   Yep, believe it or not I can be handyish too.   With help.   Shut up ex roomates, I am nowhere near as bad I used to be!!! Our list today: ·          Cut the foam caulking flush with the windows in preparation for drywall and trim ·          Stick all the insulation in where there isn’t sprayfoam (everywhere but the ceiling basically) ·          Vapour barrier it all ·     ...

Food Mood : I like food.   A lot Reno Ridiculouso : utterly stalled. No windows.   No doors in.   No tyvek.   Husband working in the crawl space. Insulation Complete!   Vapour Barrier Complete!   At least in the crawl space. Husband and I sat up late on the front porch last night drinking rye whiskey (yeah, I’m hardcore like that.   When there’s no beer and wine is too much of a commitment) and talking about my side projects and how I can help a group from a nearby city who’s struggling with keeping their space in use.   It’s a big project and I’m kinda freakin’ out about if I have the time to help them.   It’s exciting but overwhelming. Anyhoooo... I sleep in a little bit,but it’s the end of daylight savings time.   Score!   I get up and still only   I wake to the sound of Little Girl’s barking bloody cough ( five days and counting) and Husband bashing around in the “studio kitchen”.   I thought about g...

Food Mood:Squash Soup with Fun Add Ons Reno Ridiculouso: Waiting on some doors and Battening the Hatches for Winter So.   It appears that we’re not going to be opening our house back up fully anytime soon.   In fact, it seems like it might snow before we get doors and windows on the back half.   Ok then.   Whatever, fates, screw you, we’re just going on with our thing…. The Hubby gets out some bat insulation and we insulate the temporary wall between the new part and the old.   And we cover the holes were doors and windows should be with some plywood.   And we hover on the precipice of despair, our tiny little toes curling over the edge… but we pull back.   So that’s good! And winter is definitely coming soon so we close up the outdoor kitchen.   This whole time (six months if ya haven’t been counting) we’ve been doing our dishes in the backyard in our old sink and countertop which the Hubby set out there on some sawhorses. ...