A Day in the Life of Amy

The other day I was speaking with one of my clients and they said “I’m not sure how you handle all of this; your clients, the blog, your kitchen remodel, your kid.” Frankly, I’m not entirely sure either. Well, a super supportive spouse is certainly a big part of it. But the comment got me to thinking. What exactly am I doing during a day? There was a spate at the beginning of March where

Our Kitchen Remodel – A Progress Update

Our kitchen remodel has been underway for two weeks now. Well, really three if you count the week we spent dismantling our previous kitchen. We seem to be right on schedule, which is nice. The electrical and plumbing were laid out in their new locations and we passed our City permit inspections. Drywalling started shortly thereafter. That should be finished early this week. From there, we’ll paint the walls and ceilings. Sadly the hardwood floors

My Archnemesis

NOTE: I have an 8-month old, I feel I have the right to complain about this. Oh baby protective gear, how I hate you with an unrelenting passion. You consistently foil and harm me on showings and inspections. Baby gates- why are you always closed and locked at the top of stairs and so hard to figure out how to open? I always have to hoist myself over you, smack my shins, and risk toppling

This Old House Magazine

The magazine version of This Old House arrived in the mail yesterday. It was a very good day. There are only 2 magazines that I immediately sit down and read cover-to-cover, and this is one of them (the other is Wired). It is a perfect mix of interesting stories, tasteful design ideas, and moderate skill project suggestions. Each issue is full of useful tips and addresses issues that relate to me, since we actually live

Looking for a Past Owner

We’ve been getting a lot of calls to our home phone number in the last few months. We don’t really give out, or even use, our land line very much, so we’re always suspicious of who’s calling us when it rings. We typically think it’s a telemarketer, even though we’re on the Do Not Call list. But recently it’s not telemarketers on the line. It’s collections agencies. And the people calling us are looking for