Easy Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake

I’ve decided it’s spring.  June, even. We may get a blizzard next week, but I don’t care.  I’m ready for some strawberry shortcake. This is inspired by thekitchn.com’s No-Bake Strawberry Icebox Cake. I’ve never been much of a...

Lumber, Lumber, Everywhere

. . . but until it dries, nary a board to build with. It’s bittersweet to part with a fine, big, hardwood tree you’ve grown to appreciate for its shade and beauty, BUT. . . . . . when you can have it milled into gorgeous lumber it takes the sting right out...

Spider Report

  In case you even have this happen, here’s the low down on the spider killing experience. Spraying for spiders is usually ineffective because of the body not touching the ground thing. So, here’s what was done: He sprayed the other day to “keep...

Brown Recluse(s) in my Bedroom!

In the same room my baby sleeps in!!!  ACK! One got mad at me for changing a light fixture (MAN, those guys can run fast) and one was panicked on the floor of my bedroom when we turned the lights on. And this is not the first time. It’s just the first time they...