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New floor in the mudroom
Contractors Good contractors Photos Remodel 

Mudroom – now too nice for mud

June 20, 2018June 27, 2018 barbara 0 Comments house, mudroom, remodel

My house is nothing without a mudroom. I can’t imagine the doorway to the mudroom as the door to outside.

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The finished kitchen
Contractors Good contractors Kitchen Photos Remodel 

Kitchen remodel – FINALLY

June 20, 2018June 27, 2018 barbara 0 Comments kitchen, remodel

Last year I refinanced my house and took out funds to remodel my kitchen and bathroom. Finally, I’d be able

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Red paint on the house
Good contractors New Post Photos Repairs 

Screen saga

September 9, 2017September 24, 2017 barbara 0 Comments glass, house, screens, windows

Bugs aren’t really a big problem up here at the Bar B. Oh, there’s the occasional black widow spider and

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Textured ceiling
Annoyances Contractors Good contractors Photos Remodel Repairs 

Mudded

September 30, 2016September 10, 2017 barbara 0 Comments mudroom, remodel, texture, walls

Moving right along with the remodel on the mud room. Today was mudding day and wow, is it intense. I’m

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Where the window seat was
Contractors Good contractors Remodel 

Where’d the paneling go? Wow!

September 24, 2016June 27, 2018 barbara 0 Comments mudroom, paneling, ugly

It was hard to believe how easy it was to transform the wood paneling into clean drywall and a new

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Repairing the roof
Contractors Good contractors Photos Remodel 

Roof damage: fixed

September 24, 2016September 10, 2017 barbara 0 Comments ceiling, contractor, mudroom, repair

American Premier Restoration came up and saved the day – the roof damage is fixed! The crew made quick work

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Remodel, repair, remodel, repair

April 3, 2014 0 Comments complain, Mountain Hearth, woodstove

The original repair took four days. The repair’s repair took four hours. Recap: Last year I made the mistake of

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Angie’s List

April 9, 2013 0 Comments AL, I hate contractors

If you’ve followed this blog you know I’ve had real trouble with contractors. Either they don’t show up or they

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The July crop of foster kittens
Animals Foster kittens Photos 

The July crop of foster kittens

July 29, 2019 barbara 0

So far there’s been two groups of foster kittens up here. The first was a pair of boys, Nathan and

The wind cups for my weather station
Photos Weather 

What the hail!

June 3, 2019 barbara 0
Claws and paws
Bears New Post Photos Wildlife 

Claws and paws

April 5, 2019 barbara 0
Spooky Moon
Photos Trees 

Spooky Moon

January 28, 2019 barbara 0
Wisdom
Annoyances Humor 

Wisdom

August 6, 2018 barbara 0

Bar B cats

Petticoat outside in deep snow
April 17, 2016 – Petticoat wanted out. I let her out.
The last picture of Buzz
Buzz, hanging out in his favorite spot in the yard. September 2016.
Ragdoll
Nina 2009
Jack in sunlight
This is one of my favorite images of Jack. He loved sunshine and sought it out any time he could.
Jack and Little Buddy
Little Buddy and Jack in 2011.
Skeeter in the sun
Skeeter enjoying the morning light
Christmas ornament
I have lots of "B's" for all occasions and holidays.
Nina in the dark
Nina in 2009
Hummingbird at the feeder
Hummingbird August 2013

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