Posts by Julia Schmeelk

This morning with a forecast of snow as a possibility, Shawn suggested we go over to my parents and help clear some of the ice away from the cars and from in front of the garage doors. We loaded up the heavy shovel, the tile scraper, and Shawn’s wheel chair along with a few other…

I have a wonderful friend who is painting the basement as a house warming gift. While engaged in this project, he also helped with the mind bending problem of the light fixture over the stairs. It looks like an ancient affair, crusted with dirt inside and out and obviously the bulb needed to be changed.…

A great friend of ours had a unique idea for a house warming gift. I picked out the colors and he is painting the downstairs rooms, what will be our library and the sitting room. He not only brought the paint, tools, and other necessities, he brought company for the job. We are thrilled to…

We were lucky enough to get on a list for a furnace inspection. This is to make sure our system is properly maintained, in good working order, and to recommend any work that might need to be done. Being in a new house this is particularly important and it was not very expensive when compared…

Six times yesterday I tried to get on the website and do a post and I finally gave up last night. Today I was calling Bryon and like magic it worked and here I am, writing away. I think my tech curse is alive and well. While being locked out, I thought of six or…

Ice managed to cover everything, more than an inch thick and making walking, driving, and stopping somewhat difficult. Cleaning the sidewalk, steps and the area around the vehicle seemed like a good place to start. We have a handy dandy tool. It is a tile scraper, used to scrape up tile floors. It lifts up…